In 1995 David Lynas, and his associates John Sherwood and Andy Clark, devised a unique methodology to address cybersecurity issues for organisations. They saw a better, more positive way to look at security – holistically embedded in innovation. They called it SABSA (Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture).
David, John and Andy authored the ‘blue book’ Enterprise Security Architecture: A Business-Driven Approach in 2005 and the field of Enterprise Security Architecture was born.
DLC is proud to have built a team of unrivalled depth with decades of experience defining and leading enterprise programmes or reporting directly to Corporate CEOs and Government Ministers.
Each member of our team has a history of demonstrable success, can articulate the bigger picture, transform the enterprise conversation, engage stakeholders at every level, and deliver insightful, actionable, practical advice with value-add, and skills transfer.
DLC provides unrivalled assurance of capabilities. All of our team members are SABSA® authors, SABSA® Masters, or accredited to multi-Practitioner level with Masters in progress.
Utilisation of a structured, holistic framework empowers your enterprise with strategic insights and practical solutions, transforming cybersecurity from a siloed function into a unified, strategic asset.
Deliver cybersecurity capability end-to-end and through-life
Create and sustain clarity of policy, governance, and risk ownership
Establish a common culture and language, enabling the enterprise to collaborate, integrate, adopt, consume & implement
Support business ambition to transform, transition and change
Design security architectures that are closely aligned with business objectives, transforming security from a siloed function into a strategic asset that supports growth and innovation.
Develop reusable security architecture patterns and cohesive frameworks that ensure consistent, scalable, and efficient security implementations across the enterprise.
Enhance the organization’s security posture by proactively addressing vulnerabilities and risks through strategic planning and design, reducing reliance on reactive measures.
Provide implementation roadmaps and management processes that enable internal teams to efficiently allocate resources, focusing on critical security areas for maximum impact.
An executive summary of the SABSA Method, it’s tools, techniques and concepts. White Paper from The SABSA Institute.
An introduction to SABSA Responsibility Assignment Modelling and the abstract and conceptual views of stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities.
An update to the SABSA Matrix™ and the SABSA Management Matrix™ in 2018 and an analysis of the changes made in that update.
Learn how developing and implementing an Enterprise Security Architecture based in SABSA can transform your cybersecurity initiatives.
Our SABSA Training programme is led by David Lynas: co-author of SABSA, CEO of the SABSA Institute, and principal author of the SABSA Institute intellectual property. Quite simply there is no better source of SABSA Education!
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Advance your cybersecurity career with certification in a framework that equips cybersecurity professionals with skills that enable an ever-changing business environment.
Find us on Stand 10 at the Australian Cyber Conference 2024, 26-28 November at Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.
This White Paper describes how security architecture concepts can be expressed using ArchiMate 3.0, the latest version of The Open Group’s widely adopted Enterprise Architecture (EA) modelling language.
