Enterprise Security Architecture: Aligning Cybersecurity with Business Goals
52mIntermediate2024-11-19
Authors

Malcolm Shore
Cybersecurity Expert, Former Director of GCSB
Course details
Cybersecurity only has value if it is aligned with and enables the business. In this course for mid-level cybersecurity professionals, IT professionals, CIOs, and CISOs, cybersecurity expert Malcolm Shore introduces the concepts of applying an enterprise security architecture framework to developing cybersecurity solutions which can demonstrably enable the business to achieve success. Find out how to use the concept of security attributes to link the security of technology deployments to business requirements. Plus, evaluate how cybersecurity risk assessments at the technology level can be aggregated to demonstrate cybersecurity risk to the business' services.
Learning objectives
Analyze how enterprise security architecture aligns cybersecurity solutions with business objectives.
Evaluate the effectiveness of security attributes in linking technology deployments to business requirements.
Create a model that demonstrates how cybersecurity risk assessments at the technology level can be aggregated to illustrate business-level risks.
Apply an enterprise security architecture framework to develop cybersecurity solutions that enable business success.
Synthesize the concepts of security attributes, risk assessments, and business requirements to design a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy.
Learning objectives
Analyze how enterprise security architecture aligns cybersecurity solutions with business objectives.
Evaluate the effectiveness of security attributes in linking technology deployments to business requirements.
Create a model that demonstrates how cybersecurity risk assessments at the technology level can be aggregated to illustrate business-level risks.
Apply an enterprise security architecture framework to develop cybersecurity solutions that enable business success.
Synthesize the concepts of security attributes, risk assessments, and business requirements to design a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy.
Skills covered
Vulnerability ManagementNetwork SecurityIncident ResponseCybersecurityOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Align security and business requirements
- 02 - What you should know
1. Introducing Security Architecture
- 03 - Introduction to enterprise security architecture
- 04 - SABSA strategy and planning
- 05 - SABSA attributes
- 06 - The lower layers of design
- 07 - The service management matrix
2. Aligning Cybersecurity with the Business
- 08 - Establishing a conceptual architecture
- 09 - Risk management with SABSA
- 10 - Using attributes to collect lower layer risks
- 11 - Creating the logical architecture
- 12 - Aligning security services with attributes
- 13 - Your SABSA journey
3. COBRA Proof of Concept
- 14 - Introducing the COBRA application
- 15 - Modeling cybersecurity risk
- 16 - Connecting cybersecurity to the business
Conclusion
- 17 - What's next