David will be presenting on "How to Solve Complex Security Problems with SABSA at SABSA World events in Sydney and Melbourne this month. Registration is free of charge on the SASBA World Australia website.
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SABSA World Australia – Sydney & Melbourne Events March 2025
Australian Cyber Conference Canberra, 18-19 March 2025
Find us on Stand 60 at the Australian Cyber Conference 2025, 18-19 March at the National Convention Centre Canberra.
COSAC 2025 – Call for Papers
The COSAC 2024 Call for Papers is now open COSAC 2025 will take place Sunday 28th September - Thursday 2nd...
Australian Cyber Conference, 26-28 November 2024
Find us on Stand 10 at the Australian Cyber Conference 2024, 26-28 November at Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA): What Is It and Why Is It (Really) Important?
What is “Architecture”? What is “An Architect” and what does an “Architect” do? And how does that relate to the “Enterprise” way of thinking to deliver business value particularly in the field of information/cyber security?
Competence is Value – Why Knowledge-based Training Falls Short
The roles of information security, risk management and assurance are vital to providing confidence and trust over our use of technology and information, and thus business ability to leverage them for opportunity and gain.
Leveraging Security Standards-based Knowledge
Security standards, in all their various shapes and forms, are often viewed as a deep well of compliance nit-noid details associated with ever-rising demands on resources and periodic compliance and audit agonies. But let’s step beyond the agony to recognize and make effective use of security standards as the rich source of security knowledge they represent.
The SABSA Modeller
Was it the SABSA Foundation Course that first drummed into me, a then transitioning security professional, the importance of “Context, context, context”?
Resources
Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA) Principles
An explanation of SABSA®’s Principles for Enterprise Security Architecture, revealing the most common client mistakes we encounter, and demonstrating how we at David Lynas Consulting use ESA Principles.
W100 – The SABSA White Paper
An executive summary of the SABSA Method, it’s tools, techniques and concepts. White Paper from The SABSA Institute.
W103 – SABSA Responsibility Assignment Modelling
An introduction to SABSA Responsibility Assignment Modelling and the abstract and conceptual views of stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities.
R101 – The SABSA Matrices 2018 Release Notes
An update to the SABSA Matrix™ and the SABSA Management Matrix™ in 2018 and an analysis of the changes made in that update.