Enterprise Security Architecture

A Business-Driven Approach

Nicholas Sherwood

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2005
• ISBN:
  9781498759908
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Information Technology
• Index: Computer Science

Security is too important to be left in the hands of just one department or employee-it's a concern of an entire enterprise. Enterprise Security Architecture shows that having a comprehensive plan requires more than the purchase of security software-it requires a framework for developing and maintaining a system that is proactive. The book is based

Part 1

Introduction

This book is entitled Enterprise Security Architecture. Here we begin by looking at what exactly we might mean by those words. As with all of the parts of the book, we shall start with some dictionary1 definitions to help us understand the language we are using.

ar-chi+tec+ture n. 1. the art and science of designing and supervising the construction of buildings and similar structures. 2. a style of building or structure: Gothic architecture. 3. buildings or structures collectively. 4. the structure or design of anything: the architecture of the universe. – ar-chi+tec+tur+al adj.

- ar-chi+tec+tur+al+ly adv.

ar-chi+tect n. 1. a person qualified to design and supervise the construction of buildings. 2. a person similarly qualified in another form of construction: a naval architect. 3. any planner or creator: the architect of the expedition. [C16: from French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Greek arkhitektõn director of works, from ARCHI- + tektõn workman; related to tekhnê art, skill.]

se+cure adj. 1. free from danger, damage, etc. 2. free from fear, care, etc. 3. in safe custody. 4. not likely to fail, become loose, etc. 5. able to be relied on: certain: a secure investment. 6. Nautical. stowed away or made inoperative. 7. Archaic. careless or overconfident. ˜ vb. 8. (tr.) to obtain or get possession of: I will secure some good seats. 9. (when intr., often foll. by against) to make or become free from danger, fear, etc. 10. (tr.) to make fast or firm; fasten. 11. (when intr., often foll. by against) to make or become certain; guarantee: this plan will secure your happiness. 12. (tr.) to assure (a creditor) of payment, as by giving security. 13. (tr.) to make (a military position) safe from attack. 14. Nautical. to make (a vessel or its contents) safe or ready by battening down hatches, stowing gear, etc. 15. (tr.) Nautical. to stow or make inoperative: to secure the radio. [C16: from Latin securus free from care, from se- without + cura care] – sec+cur+a-ble adj. – sec+cure+ly adv. – sec+cure+ment n. - sec+cure+ness n. – sec+cur+er n.

se+cu+ri-ty n. pl. -ties. 1. the state of being secure. 2. assured freedom from poverty or want: he needs the security of a permanent job. 3. a person or thing that secures, guarantees, etc. 4. precautions taken to ensure against theft, espionage, etc: the security in government offices was not very good. 5. (often pl.) a. a certificate of creditorship or property carrying the right to receive interest or dividend, such as shares or bonds. b. the financial asset represented by such a certificate. 6. the specific asset that the creditor can claim title to in the event of default on an obligation. 7. something given or pledged to secure the fulfilment of a promise or obligation. 8. a person who undertakes to fulfil another person’s obligation. 9. Archaic. carelessness or overconfidence.

Security Architecture

We first look for a definition of ‘security architecture’ by drawing on the distilled knowledge and wisdom embodied in the dictionary definitions above.

Security architecture is the art and science of designing and supervising the cons...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: Strategy and Planning
• Part 3: Design
• Part 4: Operations
• Appendix A: List of Acronyms
• Index