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Practical Cybersecurity Architecture

By : Ed Moyle, Diana Kelley
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Practical Cybersecurity Architecture

By: Ed Moyle, Diana Kelley

Overview of this book

Cybersecurity architects work with others to develop a comprehensive understanding of the business' requirements. They work with stakeholders to plan designs that are implementable, goal-based, and in keeping with the governance strategy of the organization. With this book, you'll explore the fundamentals of cybersecurity architecture: addressing and mitigating risks, designing secure solutions, and communicating with others about security designs. The book outlines strategies that will help you work with execution teams to make your vision a concrete reality, along with covering ways to keep designs relevant over time through ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and continuous improvement. As you progress, you'll also learn about recognized frameworks for building robust designs as well as strategies that you can adopt to create your own designs. By the end of this book, you will have the skills you need to be able to architect solutions with robust security components for your organization, whether they are infrastructure solutions, application solutions, or others.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
1
Section 1:Security Architecture
4
Section 2: Building an Architecture
9
Section 3:Execution

Chapter 4: Building an Architecture – Your Toolbox

In this chapter, we will introduce you to some of the tools that you can put into your toolbox as you prepare to undertake the design process. These are the tools that an architect can employ to plan, test, and validate their strategy and vision for securing their organization. We'll look in detail at analytical, telemetric, strategic, and other tools that we can employ as part of the creation and validation of a security design, as well as work through how a hypothetical organization might employ these tools as we move deeper into the planning process.

The purpose of us introducing this now is twofold. First, the scope that you selected in the previous chapter provides a solid starting point for the selection of tools and techniques you'll employ throughout the design process. Therefore, sequentially, now is a useful time to discuss these tools and techniques in more detail. Secondly, we will leverage these tools...