In this issue we shall look at a SABSA Business Attribute that is especially slippery in its character: the attribute ‘valuable’. Value is measureable, but how reliable are those measurements? That’s the slippery bit. The concept of ‘value’ is closely coupled with risk. The concept of ‘risk appetite’ is also involved. This is best explored through a series of case […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Adaptive
Here we take another Business Attribute from the SABSA Business Attributes Taxonomy, looking this time towards the lessons we can learn from the history of the human race. We refer the reader to some research on a number of related topics: (1) Panarchy – see http://www.panarchy.org/molinari/security.html for the article by Molinari, On the Production of Security; (2) Complex Adaptive Systems […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Future Ready
In this issue we take another Business Attribute from the SABSA Business Attributes Taxonomy, looking this time towards the future. What kind of security architecture shall we need to align with new and upcoming business models as they evolve? How shall we be ready for the future? In the previous issue we pointed to the emergence of ‘everything as a […]
The Attributer’s Blog – Service Orientated
It’s the New Year and we take another look at Business Attributes from the SABSA Business Attributes Taxonomy, looking at what these might mean in the coming year. This time we examine what might be meant by ‘service oriented’, since it seems that this might be changing in its nature as we move forward into ‘everything-as-a-service’. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) […]