David Lynas Consulting & SABSA®: Uniquely Positioned to Enable Australian Business to Adopt ASD ACSC’s Modern Defensible Architecture
- Foundations for Modern Defensible Architecture
- Modern Defensible Architecture for Senior Decision-Makers
- Investing in Modern Defensible Architecture
This series of publications recommends a methodical approach with the key characteristic of traceability from high-level business objectives down to specific technical implementations. (https://www.cyber.gov.au/business-government/secure-design/secure-by-design/modern-defensible-architecture)
Embedded into SABSA since 1995, the traceability principle means that each security control can be justified by clearly traced origins in business objectives and context. It works by ensuring that each layer sets the requirements for the next and each layer meets the requirements of the layer above. This Architectural layer independence delivers incredible valuable as the architectural relationships enable and demonstrate more robust:
- Governance
- Testability
- Measurability
- Assurance
- Value
As World-leaders in both architecture training and delivering traceable security architectures in practice, David Lynas Consulting is uniquely positioned to empower and support your organisation to deliver not just the MDA itself but the critical artefacts and principles recommended by ASD to achieve the MDA in reality:
ASD Key Point / Recommendation | How SABSA Can Help | DLC Approach |
Investing in modern defensible architecture | SABSA is the World’s leading Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA) Method & Strategic Framework designed to deliver business-driven value from security ESA Principle #1: Enable Business - Drive value-assured investment in Modern Defensible Architecture | As co-authors of the SABSA Method, we have unrivalled experience in developing business-driven, value-focussed, cyber security strategies |
Develop an MDA investment roadmap | ESA Principle #6: Establish Traceability - Demonstrate transparency of decisions, actions and investment roadmap priorities | Our capability to translate strategic concepts into a consumable, workable, practical, roadmaps is unequalled in the traceable Security Architecture field |
Roadmap Stage 1: Map organisation strategy to MDA Foundations | The Foundations for Modern Defensible Architecture map directly to SABSA's ESA Principles ESA Principle #3: Enact Resilience - Maintain continuity through disruption ESA Principle #9: Simplify Complexity - Resolve complexity into consumable simplicity ESA Principle #14: Enable Consistency - Enable repeatability for design integrity and consistent application | Traceability is what we do. We wrote the book - literally - defining business traceability in practice |
Roadmap Stage 2: Identify people and skills | SABSA Certification from The SABSA Institute is Competency based, providing unique levels of stakeholder confidence and assurance that architects have the capabilities to deliver | We are the pre-eminent supplier of SABSA certification and for training in traceable architecture principles and practices |
Roadmap Stage 3: Assess Technology | SABSA’s layered Architecture structure enables an organisation to evaluate fit-for-purpose, completeness, and value of any technical solution | To achieve the strategic goals, you must understand where to start, where you need to go, and how exactly you will get there. Unlike common suppliers of strategic advice, we don’t leave behind a two-dimensional report, but a living breathing strategic security ecosystem to deliver true and enduring value |
For Practitioners dealing with the ‘here and now’ challenges of developing Modern Defensible Architectures, download an explanation of DLC’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.