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Practical Cybersecurity Architecture

By : Ed Moyle, Diana Kelley
Book Image

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

Section 3:Execution

This section continues the theme of how to execute, describing methods of execution and how to integrate architectural designs into ongoing work. We begin by creating an implementation that fits into the model of the high-level solution that we've put together based on the organizational requirements and within the target scope. From there, we build in mechanisms such as metrics and instrumentation that allow us to optimize and improve the solution over time, and since no project is ever perfectly executed out of the gate, we work through the various issues that can arise during execution, such as scoping failures, misaligned requirements, and technical hurdles. Lastly, we look at the design process as an iterative cycle that can be optimized and improved over time.

This section comprises the following chapters: