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Security | Architecture Matters

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A view on Security. October 20, 2011. Enterprise Information Security is a hot topic these days particularly for financial institutions around the globe. Something that has picked my attention lately is the digitisation of assets, exposing those assets, currently secured using traditional methods, to cyber crime. It seems then that security is trying to catch up with the new business trends, and the traditional ‘security model’ is no longer viable. I am an Enterprise Architect working in Sydney, Australi...

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Dependency Management | Architecture Matters

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Category Archives: dependency management. Dependency Maps – Sample. October 26, 2011. In an earlier post I described the use of dependency maps. I thought I’d share one or two that I created recently to illustrate the use and benefits. There is the graphical dependency map that assists the team to understand high level dependencies, it should also be used to assess impact of changes to the environment. I hope this is helpful. From Enterprise Architecture to Multiple Domain Architectures. I am an Enterpri...

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Definitions | Architecture Matters

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The Theory of Architecture. April 1, 2011. From architecture theory (not enterprise architecture theory),. After more than half a century of scientific pretence, of systems theory that defined it as the intersection of industrialisation, sociology, politics and ecology, architecture wonders if it can exist without having to find its meaning or its justification in some purposeful exterior need. Bernard Tschumi, 1974. In Tschumi 1990. Interesting analogies could be drawn from the above…. January 15, 2011.

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Managing an Architecture Team | Architecture Matters

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Managing an Architecture Team. December 7, 2011. Managing a team requires a very different set of skills than those of a senior technologist, engineer or architect. Managing a team is about empowering each member to achieving a common goal, whatever that might be. An architecture manager is more a facilitator that achieves consensus in a high performing team, but at the same time is in charge of selling the architecture function to the business. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. I am an Enterprise Architect wo...

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A view on Security. October 20, 2011. Enterprise Information Security is a hot topic these days particularly for financial institutions around the globe. Something that has picked my attention lately is the digitisation of assets, exposing those assets, currently secured using traditional methods, to cyber crime. It seems then that security is trying to catch up with the new business trends, and the traditional ‘security model’ is no longer viable. Building your dependency maps. August 31, 2011. Dependen...

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Information | Architecture Matters

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May 17, 2011. Conceptualising is a skill that gives you the ability to work in concepts and segregate concerns. Understanding a system, not necessarily how it works technically but more of how it connects, what are the key building blocks and how the relationships are built, is imperative to a successful architecture. Understanding the relationships between business, information and technology at a conceptual level is also key. In these two scenarios it becomes complicated when “user” atribut...I believe...

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October 27, 2011. Managing security is about managing risk. In any organisation there are typically two security boundaries, physical and operational. Is about how physical assets are protected, this includes physical locations, equipment, hardware, documentation, etc. Includes the security around how the company operates, that is, processes and people (including roles and responsibilities, segregation of duties, etc.). Dependency Maps – Sample. Managing an Architecture Team. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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So, what is it that you do? January 15, 2011. During my time as an architect I’ve been asked this questions many times, so I thought it would be appropriate to start the blog discussing the definition and scope of architecture. If we define architecture as the structure and behavious of the domain (scope) that it represents, then an architect is in charge of putting together structures and defining acceptable (and more importantly not acceptable) behaviours for those structures. An enterprise architect s...

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Governance | Architecture Matters

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Building your Architecture Practice. August 10, 2011. How your architecture practice is structured and the level of governance, processes and artifacts required depends not only on the goal and reach of the architecture function within the organisation, but also the maturity of the enterprise when it comes to IT. An example of an architecture practice, in the security domain to make it more specific, can be built bin the following way:. A gap analysis of requirements vs. risks determines the areas th...