This document discusses improving enterprise information security architecture by taking a more business-focused systems thinking approach. It outlines the current state of security architecture, which can lack business alignment. The document proposes applying business modeling techniques, enterprise architecture, and information design to better integrate security as a practice within the business. This would involve developing a component-based security architecture using common artifacts and terminology to become more agile and contextualized to business needs.
Every organization has business rules and every IT system within the organization as to comply with at least some of those rules. It is up to the Business Analyst to discover those rules, elicit the details, and document and verify them with Subject Matter Experts. Even though they may have been approved, the Business Analyst can't always be sure that the business rules are right until they have been tested with real data. Through a series of short exercises, we will explore how to manage different types of business rules.
Delivering the promise of data mining and predictive analytics requires an operational platform that is agile, business-friendly and decision-centric - decision modeling with DMN and business rules.
The purpose of this presentation is providing an overview of the main approaches in using big data: data focus vs. business analytics focus. The following topics will be covered:
- Why getting data should not be a starting point in business analytics, and why more data not always result in more accurate predictions
- The simulation analytics methodology in comparison to machine learning and data science approach
- Examples of two business cases:
(i) Healthcare: Pediatric Triage in a Severe Pandemic-Maximizing Population Survival by Establishing Admission Thresholds
(ii) Banking & Finance: Analysis of the staffing and utilization of a team of mutual fund analysts for timely producing ‘buy-sell’ reports
8 steps to Successful Accounts System Selection - Xledger WhitepaperXledger UK
Looking at a new Finance or Accounts system?
Perhaps your current system is no longer supported or your business has simply outgrown it and needs something more suitable to support future growth.
What steps can you take to ensure your business makes the right choice and derives all the business benefits associated with a modern finance system?
With over 6,000 successful accounts system implementations behind us we outline our 8 Steps to Successful System Selection.
Carolyn Engstrom - IT Data Analytics: Why the Cobbler's Children Have No Shoescentralohioissa
This presentation is to provide IT departments who have not leveraged their own data analytics skills for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of compliance efforts to implement very low-cost solutions while achieving high returns on investment. Focusing on understanding how audit performs testing should assist IT organizations in designing their own compliance testing. Multiple examples will be provided to demonstrate how unlocking the potential of small and/or unstructured data and focusing on data relationships will improve overall data integrity and provide quantifiable measures of operational effectiveness.
IT Asset Management (ITAM) - Hardware Asset Management (HAM)Laurence Tindall
Are you an IT Professional who wants to learn about IT Asset Management? Or maybe you already know about IT Asset Management and want to brush up you're existing skills? If so, then this course is perfect for you!
In this course you will learn about:
What is IT Asset Management, Role of ITAM in an Organization, Starting up an ITAM program, Executive Buy In, The Asset Repository, Asset Procurement, Install Move Add Change (IMAC) Process, The Asset Lifecycle, Asset Tagging, Vendor Management, ITAM Maturity Model, Return Merchandize Authorization (RMA), Configuration Management Database (CMDB), Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and many more useful topics
Careers in the IT Asset Management industry are proving to be more and more common, so the need for solid skills and education is proving to be a basic requirement for all ITAM professionals.
Your Challenge:
At every organization, every day, employees at various levels make decisions on how IT is used in building, transforming, and operating the enterprise.
These decisions affect enterprise performance, both short and long term.
Our Advice:
Critical Insight
IT policies assign authority and accountability for making key IT decisions and outline mandatory process steps, but don’t say what should guide the decision-making process.
Naturally, employees in different departments and at different levels have different, often competing priorities.
Moreover, employees tend to make decisions leaning on their own assumptions as to how IT should be used by the organization. IT decisions, guided by foundational beliefs that differ, lack cohesiveness in achieving enterprise goals and require an increased IT governance effort to achieve policy compliance and realize desired business outcomes.
Impact and Result
EA principles succinctly communicate the organization’s intent as to the use of IT in building, transforming, and operating the enterprise and provide a foundation of shared beliefs that guide IT decision making across the organization.
EA principles represent a key component of IT governance and should guide the development of domain-specific policies (e.g. security policy, procurement policy) that elaborate on particular implications of principles in specific process areas.
Every organization has business rules and every IT system within the organization as to comply with at least some of those rules. It is up to the Business Analyst to discover those rules, elicit the details, and document and verify them with Subject Matter Experts. Even though they may have been approved, the Business Analyst can't always be sure that the business rules are right until they have been tested with real data. Through a series of short exercises, we will explore how to manage different types of business rules.
Delivering the promise of data mining and predictive analytics requires an operational platform that is agile, business-friendly and decision-centric - decision modeling with DMN and business rules.
The purpose of this presentation is providing an overview of the main approaches in using big data: data focus vs. business analytics focus. The following topics will be covered:
- Why getting data should not be a starting point in business analytics, and why more data not always result in more accurate predictions
- The simulation analytics methodology in comparison to machine learning and data science approach
- Examples of two business cases:
(i) Healthcare: Pediatric Triage in a Severe Pandemic-Maximizing Population Survival by Establishing Admission Thresholds
(ii) Banking & Finance: Analysis of the staffing and utilization of a team of mutual fund analysts for timely producing ‘buy-sell’ reports
8 steps to Successful Accounts System Selection - Xledger WhitepaperXledger UK
Looking at a new Finance or Accounts system?
Perhaps your current system is no longer supported or your business has simply outgrown it and needs something more suitable to support future growth.
What steps can you take to ensure your business makes the right choice and derives all the business benefits associated with a modern finance system?
With over 6,000 successful accounts system implementations behind us we outline our 8 Steps to Successful System Selection.
Carolyn Engstrom - IT Data Analytics: Why the Cobbler's Children Have No Shoescentralohioissa
This presentation is to provide IT departments who have not leveraged their own data analytics skills for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of compliance efforts to implement very low-cost solutions while achieving high returns on investment. Focusing on understanding how audit performs testing should assist IT organizations in designing their own compliance testing. Multiple examples will be provided to demonstrate how unlocking the potential of small and/or unstructured data and focusing on data relationships will improve overall data integrity and provide quantifiable measures of operational effectiveness.
IT Asset Management (ITAM) - Hardware Asset Management (HAM)Laurence Tindall
Are you an IT Professional who wants to learn about IT Asset Management? Or maybe you already know about IT Asset Management and want to brush up you're existing skills? If so, then this course is perfect for you!
In this course you will learn about:
What is IT Asset Management, Role of ITAM in an Organization, Starting up an ITAM program, Executive Buy In, The Asset Repository, Asset Procurement, Install Move Add Change (IMAC) Process, The Asset Lifecycle, Asset Tagging, Vendor Management, ITAM Maturity Model, Return Merchandize Authorization (RMA), Configuration Management Database (CMDB), Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and many more useful topics
Careers in the IT Asset Management industry are proving to be more and more common, so the need for solid skills and education is proving to be a basic requirement for all ITAM professionals.
Your Challenge:
At every organization, every day, employees at various levels make decisions on how IT is used in building, transforming, and operating the enterprise.
These decisions affect enterprise performance, both short and long term.
Our Advice:
Critical Insight
IT policies assign authority and accountability for making key IT decisions and outline mandatory process steps, but don’t say what should guide the decision-making process.
Naturally, employees in different departments and at different levels have different, often competing priorities.
Moreover, employees tend to make decisions leaning on their own assumptions as to how IT should be used by the organization. IT decisions, guided by foundational beliefs that differ, lack cohesiveness in achieving enterprise goals and require an increased IT governance effort to achieve policy compliance and realize desired business outcomes.
Impact and Result
EA principles succinctly communicate the organization’s intent as to the use of IT in building, transforming, and operating the enterprise and provide a foundation of shared beliefs that guide IT decision making across the organization.
EA principles represent a key component of IT governance and should guide the development of domain-specific policies (e.g. security policy, procurement policy) that elaborate on particular implications of principles in specific process areas.
This presentation was delivered at the 2008 National Safety Council's National Conference and Expo in Anaheim California, by Phil La Duke (Director, Performance Improvement--O/E) Daryl James (retired--Chrysler) and George Drexel (Local 3520 President---UAW)
Edv2015 business framework for analytics oct 9 2015 ja102815jadams6
Presentation of a framework that supports baselining analytical and data management capabilities.based on a maturity model approach.
This proposal is grounded in the CMMI Data Management Maturity Model.
Cracking the code: how security leaders earn respect (Handout Version) - Evan...Security Catalyst
This is the handout version of the opening keynote I presented at the 2015 Evanta CISO Summit in Minneapolis. I was asked to share my work on how to earn respect as a security leader.
These slides introduce the Remarkable IT Leadership Framework™ - including the 5 foundational elements, 9 competencies, and 5 essential habits.
The session description:
Your challenge isn’t technology. Your opportunity is outstanding IT leadership. Michael Santarcangelo believes the pathway from individual contributor to IT security leader includes understanding five foundational elements and demonstrating nine competencies of remarkable IT leadership.
Santarcangelo reveals the benefits of a competency-based approach and explains how to assess where you are currently. He shares insights on how to demonstrate your value, earn your place in the executive suite, and be heard by your board and other leaders. Galvanize your personal pathway to exceptional IT security leadership with this invigorating keynote.
Implementing a Successful, Scalable, Governed BI ProgramPyramid Analytics
Explore elements, challenges, and tips in orchestrating a successful BI program. See related highlights from the BARC BI Survey 14 and from Gartner research. This slide presentation accompanies a webinar given in March 2015. For more contextual information related to these slides, see the list of content on the “Additional resources” slide of this presentation.
Notes for Mental health business architectureDonna Kelly
Comprehensive and explanatory notes pages to accompany presentation. Top layer in the Redwing Architecture. Part of our business intelligence and hospital performance series.
Understanding IT Governance and Risk Managementjiricejka
Describes IT Governance Holistic Framework for establishing transparent relation between Business and IT environment.
Describes Governance services and Risk Management Methods
As businesses have an increasing obligation to demonstrate compliance with regulations there is a need for a business architecture view that not only tracks regulations impact but also connects seamlessly to diverse, distributed implementations in automated systems and manual procedures. The Decision Model Notation (DMN) has been used to create a decision architecture for regulatory compliance at a leading global financial organization. This Regulatory Architecture includes business decisions impacted by a variety of global financial regulations – the Dodd Frank Act, in particular. This business architecture has been modeled in the form of decision requirement models and aligned with business process and business organization architectures. Presented by Gagan Saxena of Decision Management Solutions at the Building Business Capability Conference (BBCCon) 2015
Establishing a shared understanding of the business problem across business, IT and analytics teams is critical for successful predictive analytics projects. Recently decision modeling has begun to be adopted as a way to specify business requirements for predictive analytics projects. This session will introduce decision modeling and describe how it helps predictive analytics practitioners. The value of the technique will be illustrated with both experience working with real-world projects and of using the approach to teach students of analytics.
Solution Spotlight IT Consulting ServicesThe TNS Group
IT Services through a Managed Service Provider provides the opportunity to develop your business strategy through technology. There are so many different solutions to chose from that can help take your business to the next level.
Learn how to reduce financial fraud and improve risks management. What are the most common risks for activities and business processes? How a SoD repository is commonly set up? Learn the top 3 SoD conflict types and how to implement a methodology in order to leverage your SAP governance.
Main points covered:
• How to reduce financial fraud and improve risks management
• What are the most common risks for activities and business processes?
• How a SoD repository is commonly set up?
• Learn the top 3 SoD conflict types
Presenter:
The webinar was presented by M. Roseau, director of business development for In Fidem, a Canadian company based in Montreal, Quebec.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bRsiWx2NodA
What is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework?
Why YOU should care?
How would I apply it?
Would you drive BLINDFOLDED?
A false sense of security?
Without a Security Framework…
Why Cyber Security Framework?
How would I measure my effectiveness?
This presentation was delivered at the 2008 National Safety Council's National Conference and Expo in Anaheim California, by Phil La Duke (Director, Performance Improvement--O/E) Daryl James (retired--Chrysler) and George Drexel (Local 3520 President---UAW)
Edv2015 business framework for analytics oct 9 2015 ja102815jadams6
Presentation of a framework that supports baselining analytical and data management capabilities.based on a maturity model approach.
This proposal is grounded in the CMMI Data Management Maturity Model.
Cracking the code: how security leaders earn respect (Handout Version) - Evan...Security Catalyst
This is the handout version of the opening keynote I presented at the 2015 Evanta CISO Summit in Minneapolis. I was asked to share my work on how to earn respect as a security leader.
These slides introduce the Remarkable IT Leadership Framework™ - including the 5 foundational elements, 9 competencies, and 5 essential habits.
The session description:
Your challenge isn’t technology. Your opportunity is outstanding IT leadership. Michael Santarcangelo believes the pathway from individual contributor to IT security leader includes understanding five foundational elements and demonstrating nine competencies of remarkable IT leadership.
Santarcangelo reveals the benefits of a competency-based approach and explains how to assess where you are currently. He shares insights on how to demonstrate your value, earn your place in the executive suite, and be heard by your board and other leaders. Galvanize your personal pathway to exceptional IT security leadership with this invigorating keynote.
Implementing a Successful, Scalable, Governed BI ProgramPyramid Analytics
Explore elements, challenges, and tips in orchestrating a successful BI program. See related highlights from the BARC BI Survey 14 and from Gartner research. This slide presentation accompanies a webinar given in March 2015. For more contextual information related to these slides, see the list of content on the “Additional resources” slide of this presentation.
Notes for Mental health business architectureDonna Kelly
Comprehensive and explanatory notes pages to accompany presentation. Top layer in the Redwing Architecture. Part of our business intelligence and hospital performance series.
Understanding IT Governance and Risk Managementjiricejka
Describes IT Governance Holistic Framework for establishing transparent relation between Business and IT environment.
Describes Governance services and Risk Management Methods
As businesses have an increasing obligation to demonstrate compliance with regulations there is a need for a business architecture view that not only tracks regulations impact but also connects seamlessly to diverse, distributed implementations in automated systems and manual procedures. The Decision Model Notation (DMN) has been used to create a decision architecture for regulatory compliance at a leading global financial organization. This Regulatory Architecture includes business decisions impacted by a variety of global financial regulations – the Dodd Frank Act, in particular. This business architecture has been modeled in the form of decision requirement models and aligned with business process and business organization architectures. Presented by Gagan Saxena of Decision Management Solutions at the Building Business Capability Conference (BBCCon) 2015
Establishing a shared understanding of the business problem across business, IT and analytics teams is critical for successful predictive analytics projects. Recently decision modeling has begun to be adopted as a way to specify business requirements for predictive analytics projects. This session will introduce decision modeling and describe how it helps predictive analytics practitioners. The value of the technique will be illustrated with both experience working with real-world projects and of using the approach to teach students of analytics.
Solution Spotlight IT Consulting ServicesThe TNS Group
IT Services through a Managed Service Provider provides the opportunity to develop your business strategy through technology. There are so many different solutions to chose from that can help take your business to the next level.
Learn how to reduce financial fraud and improve risks management. What are the most common risks for activities and business processes? How a SoD repository is commonly set up? Learn the top 3 SoD conflict types and how to implement a methodology in order to leverage your SAP governance.
Main points covered:
• How to reduce financial fraud and improve risks management
• What are the most common risks for activities and business processes?
• How a SoD repository is commonly set up?
• Learn the top 3 SoD conflict types
Presenter:
The webinar was presented by M. Roseau, director of business development for In Fidem, a Canadian company based in Montreal, Quebec.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bRsiWx2NodA
What is the NIST Cybersecurity Framework?
Why YOU should care?
How would I apply it?
Would you drive BLINDFOLDED?
A false sense of security?
Without a Security Framework…
Why Cyber Security Framework?
How would I measure my effectiveness?
The strategic importance of Information Security for organisations is gaining momentum. The current surge in cyber threats is compelling organisations to invest in information security to protect their assets. Rushing to protect assets often comes with the expense of excessive technology adoption without a valid strategic foundation. Enterprise Security Architecture is geared to address these issues, but is frequently misaligned with Enterprise Architecture. In this presentation we explore avenues for the adoption and enforcement of Security-By-Design in the Enterprise Architecture value-chain so as position Risk, Security and IT as true business enablers.
Innovative IT leadership professional with proven success balancing managerial duties and advanced technological skills that are integral to project development and success. Collaborates with business unit leaders to meet corporate technological and project goals.
Enterprise Architecture: An enabler of organizational agility PECB
The webinar covers:
In today`s rapid changes in the business environment; organizational agility is one of the top management concerns organizations face. Among enterprise architecture benefits, organizational agility has been one of them, perceived as a direct or indirect benefit. This webinar seeks show how the development and use of EA (Enterprise Architecture) contributes to organizational agility.
Presenter:
The webinar was hosted by Oluwaseyi Ojo. Mr. Ojo is currently the Chief Enterprise Security Architect (CESA) and Partner, AaronYoung Infosystem and a PECB Certified Trainer.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4-vMSegwfEE
As an information security professional, it is your role to take on the cybersecurity challenges in your organization. That is where a solid understanding of Risk Management comes in. Risk Management is a lot like a chess game. To succeed you need to understand the risks ahead and be able to plot future scenarios, to weigh up the relative impacts and then plan accordingly. Scroll through this slideshare to learn about 4 essential frameworks.
Advantages of an integrated governance, risk and compliance environmentIBM Analytics
Risk management is increasingly becoming a strategic, executive-sponsored solution that many organizations view as providing a competitive advantage. When companies have an aggregated view of all the different kinds of risk and compliance data, they can start to generate insights about how to run the business better. In this presentation, learn why and how to empower business leaders to make more risk-aware decisions with visibility across controls and associated issues and actions throughout the organization.
HD version: http://1drv.ms/1eR5OQf
This is my publication on how the integration of the TOGAF Enterprise Architecture framework, the SABSA Enterprise Security Architecture framework, and Information Governance discipline add up to a robust and successful Information Security Management Program.
How to sustain analytics capabilities in an organizationSAS Canada
This presentation is part of Analytics Management Series that is designed to suggest paths towards effective decision-making in order to help sustain and grow analytical capabilities. It features thought leaders who actively manage complex analytical environments who share their best practices. How to sustain analytics capabilities in an organization features Daymond Ling, Senior Director, Modelling & Analytics (CIBC) on how organizations who want better performance and less problems can use data to their advantage.
This is a follow-on from my 2008 article in the July Issue of Information Security Magazine discussing the concepts of Macro-Information Security and Micro-Information Security.
Projects are expected to address a business need and help an organization attain its goals. Business Analysts are expected to ensure that a project fits into the business context.
Business Analysts must know how to carry out Enterprise Analysis including:
- Conduct root cause analysis to determine business needs.
- Identify goals and define objectives.
-Identify capability gaps using Business Architectures.
- Justify projects through feasibility analysis.
- Establish the business case for a project.
Business-Aligned Enterprise Security – Driving Success in the Face of Shifti...CA Technologies
The global economy continues to exponentially change and develop, shifting the focus and importance of identity – identity of both people and “things.” As these changes continue, the real challenge is that the classic approaches for identity and access management and governance are becoming less effective, yet many organizations are still struggling with the basics. With shifts towards adaptive authentication, continuous authentication, contextual authorization and the need for more tighter alignment with the business so as to both facilitate and protect, this session will discuss effective strategies for success.
For more information, please visit http://cainc.to/Nv2VOe
RMD24 | Debunking the non-endemic revenue myth Marvin Vacquier Droop | First ...BBPMedia1
Marvin neemt je in deze presentatie mee in de voordelen van non-endemic advertising op retail media netwerken. Hij brengt ook de uitdagingen in beeld die de markt op dit moment heeft op het gebied van retail media voor niet-leveranciers.
Retail media wordt gezien als het nieuwe advertising-medium en ook mediabureaus richten massaal retail media-afdelingen op. Merken die niet in de betreffende winkel liggen staan ook nog niet in de rij om op de retail media netwerken te adverteren. Marvin belicht de uitdagingen die er zijn om echt aansluiting te vinden op die markt van non-endemic advertising.
Tata Group Dials Taiwan for Its Chipmaking Ambition in Gujarat’s DholeraAvirahi City Dholera
The Tata Group, a titan of Indian industry, is making waves with its advanced talks with Taiwanese chipmakers Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) and UMC Group. The goal? Establishing a cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication unit (fab) in Dholera, Gujarat. This isn’t just any project; it’s a potential game changer for India’s chipmaking aspirations and a boon for investors seeking promising residential projects in dholera sir.
Visit : https://www.avirahi.com/blog/tata-group-dials-taiwan-for-its-chipmaking-ambition-in-gujarats-dholera/
Business Valuation Principles for EntrepreneursBen Wann
This insightful presentation is designed to equip entrepreneurs with the essential knowledge and tools needed to accurately value their businesses. Understanding business valuation is crucial for making informed decisions, whether you're seeking investment, planning to sell, or simply want to gauge your company's worth.
Cracking the Workplace Discipline Code Main.pptxWorkforce Group
Cultivating and maintaining discipline within teams is a critical differentiator for successful organisations.
Forward-thinking leaders and business managers understand the impact that discipline has on organisational success. A disciplined workforce operates with clarity, focus, and a shared understanding of expectations, ultimately driving better results, optimising productivity, and facilitating seamless collaboration.
Although discipline is not a one-size-fits-all approach, it can help create a work environment that encourages personal growth and accountability rather than solely relying on punitive measures.
In this deck, you will learn the significance of workplace discipline for organisational success. You’ll also learn
• Four (4) workplace discipline methods you should consider
• The best and most practical approach to implementing workplace discipline.
• Three (3) key tips to maintain a disciplined workplace.
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Memorandum Of Association Constitution of Company.pptseri bangash
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A Memorandum of Association (MOA) is a legal document that outlines the fundamental principles and objectives upon which a company operates. It serves as the company's charter or constitution and defines the scope of its activities. Here's a detailed note on the MOA:
Contents of Memorandum of Association:
Name Clause: This clause states the name of the company, which should end with words like "Limited" or "Ltd." for a public limited company and "Private Limited" or "Pvt. Ltd." for a private limited company.
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Registered Office Clause: It specifies the location where the company's registered office is situated. This office is where all official communications and notices are sent.
Objective Clause: This clause delineates the main objectives for which the company is formed. It's important to define these objectives clearly, as the company cannot undertake activities beyond those mentioned in this clause.
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Liability Clause: It outlines the extent of liability of the company's members. In the case of companies limited by shares, the liability of members is limited to the amount unpaid on their shares. For companies limited by guarantee, members' liability is limited to the amount they undertake to contribute if the company is wound up.
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Capital Clause: This clause specifies the authorized capital of the company, i.e., the maximum amount of share capital the company is authorized to issue. It also mentions the division of this capital into shares and their respective nominal value.
Association Clause: It simply states that the subscribers wish to form a company and agree to become members of it, in accordance with the terms of the MOA.
Importance of Memorandum of Association:
Legal Requirement: The MOA is a legal requirement for the formation of a company. It must be filed with the Registrar of Companies during the incorporation process.
Constitutional Document: It serves as the company's constitutional document, defining its scope, powers, and limitations.
Protection of Members: It protects the interests of the company's members by clearly defining the objectives and limiting their liability.
External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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Binding Authority: The company and its members are bound by the provisions of the MOA. Any action taken beyond its scope may be considered ultra vires (beyond the powers) of the company and therefore void.
Amendment of MOA:
While the MOA lays down the company's fundamental principles, it is not entirely immutable. It can be amended, but only under specific circumstances and in compliance with legal procedures. Amendments typically require shareholder
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey throu...dylandmeas
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey through Full Sail University. Below, you’ll find a collection of my work showcasing my skills and expertise in digital marketing, event planning, and media production.
RMD24 | Retail media: hoe zet je dit in als je geen AH of Unilever bent? Heid...BBPMedia1
Grote partijen zijn al een tijdje onderweg met retail media. Ondertussen worden in dit domein ook de kansen zichtbaar voor andere spelers in de markt. Maar met die kansen ontstaan ook vragen: Zelf retail media worden of erop adverteren? In welke fase van de funnel past het en hoe integreer je het in een mediaplan? Wat is nu precies het verschil met marketplaces en Programmatic ads? In dit half uur beslechten we de dilemma's en krijg je antwoorden op wanneer het voor jou tijd is om de volgende stap te zetten.
Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence.pdfKaiNexus
Enterprise excellence and inclusive excellence are closely linked, and real-world challenges have shown that both are essential to the success of any organization. To achieve enterprise excellence, organizations must focus on improving their operations and processes while creating an inclusive environment that engages everyone. In this interactive session, the facilitator will highlight commonly established business practices and how they limit our ability to engage everyone every day. More importantly, though, participants will likely gain increased awareness of what we can do differently to maximize enterprise excellence through deliberate inclusion.
What is Enterprise Excellence?
Enterprise Excellence is a holistic approach that's aimed at achieving world-class performance across all aspects of the organization.
What might I learn?
A way to engage all in creating Inclusive Excellence. Lessons from the US military and their parallels to the story of Harry Potter. How belt systems and CI teams can destroy inclusive practices. How leadership language invites people to the party. There are three things leaders can do to engage everyone every day: maximizing psychological safety to create environments where folks learn, contribute, and challenge the status quo.
Who might benefit? Anyone and everyone leading folks from the shop floor to top floor.
Dr. William Harvey is a seasoned Operations Leader with extensive experience in chemical processing, manufacturing, and operations management. At Michelman, he currently oversees multiple sites, leading teams in strategic planning and coaching/practicing continuous improvement. William is set to start his eighth year of teaching at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches marketing, finance, and management. William holds various certifications in change management, quality, leadership, operational excellence, team building, and DiSC, among others.
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𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐬 (𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) is a professional event agency that includes experts in the event-organizing market in Vietnam, Korea, and ASEAN countries. We provide unlimited types of events from Music concerts, Fan meetings, and Culture festivals to Corporate events, Internal company events, Golf tournaments, MICE events, and Exhibitions.
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Putting the Business in Enterprise Information Security Architecture
1. Information Security
Science
Putting the Business in Enterprise Information Security Architecture
Ravila Helen White | CISSP, CISM, CISA, GCIH
Making it better without making it complex
2. Disclaimer
This presentation and the concepts herein
are my opinions through private research,
practice and chatting with other
professionals.
It is not the opinion of past, present or future
employers.
3. Agenda
AS IS – The current state of affairs…
Getting There – The return of Systems
Thinking…
To Be – Becoming agile…
5. Sherwood Applied Business Security
Architecture (SABSA) 1995
Structure and Content of an Enterprise
Information Security Architecture by Gartner
2006
Security Architecture and the ADM by
TOGAF
SOA
Legacy
8. Definition Dichotomy
Framework
Guidelines
Taxonomy
Policy
Procedure
Standard
“Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between
knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and
not really understand it.” [Charles Kettering]
9. Artifact Handling
What are they?
Where are they?
How are they used?
Architectural Artifact— “A specific document, report,
analysis, model, or other tangible that contributes to an architectural
description.” [Roger Sessions]
10. One EA’s Point of View
"EA provides a filter on siloed thinking; I know the solution
you proposed makes sense to you, but we provide a wider
perspective that can help you make sense for other people as
well."
"Information Security professionals sometimes forget that the
rest of the organization is there."
"Security professionals often fail to consider the incremental
cost that accrues to a policy. Over time, a good policy can
incur so much cost that it no longer makes sense from an EA
perspective."
Nick Malik – Inside Architecture Blogger
11. Disparate States
Revolutionary Evolutionary
(1) of, pertaining to,
characterized by, or of
the nature of a
revolution, or a sudden,
complete, or marked
change. (2) radically new
or innovative; outside or
beyond established
procedure, principles, etc
A gradual process in
which something
changes into a different
and usually more
complex or better form
12. Opportunities of Optimization
Systemic integration of information security
architecture in to the business.
Adoption of a meta framework to drive
information security architecture to business
alignment and visibility.
Development of a modular schema to
support the use of the most widely used
security architecture methodologies.
14. Systems Thinking not Analytics
What it is
Why you need it
How you get it
Does not follow the traditional analysis focuses of
separating individual pieces of what is being studied.
Systems thinking, in contrast, focuses on how the
thing being studied interacts with the other
constituents of the system—a set of elements that
interact to produce behavior—of which it is a part.
15. Security is a practice within the
business/not the business
Information Security Focus Enterprise Perspective
CISSP
CISA
CISM
CIPP*
GIAC (SANS)
Business Process
Modeling
Enterprise Architecture
Information Design
Software Engineering
16. How to apply as middleware
Business Process Modeling –translates
what you have to offer in terms and
techniques used by the business.
Enterprise Architecture – aligns IT initiatives
to business needs.
Information Design –takes the complex and
makes it consumable.
Software Engineering– reverse engineering
and agile development
17. Benefits of Systems Thinking
Business Process Modeling –
communicates intent and value to the
organization
Enterprise Architecture – sets the context of
information security within the business
Information Design – helps non-infosec
partners quickly orient themselves in a
complex environment
Software Engineering– provides synthesis
of complex information into a whole
18. The Controls of Systems Thinking
Standards
Regulations
Guidelines
Logic Models
Setting Context
Controls are used in business to prevent taking on too
much risk and reducing risk of an existing or potential
weakness. When too much risk is taken against a
system, it is weakened systemically and typically
results in system-wide failure.
20. Synthesizing business modeling
A business model describes the rationale of
how an organization creates, delivers and
captures value
A logic model is a systematic and visual
way to present and share your
understanding of the relationships among
the resources you have to operate your
program, the activities you plan, and the
changes or results you hope to achieve.
23. Defining Artifacts
Authoritative
◦ sets the direction
◦ the business validates its decisions
◦ the business executes against
◦ the business captures resource
requirements
◦ the business verifies the activities
necessary to support a solution
Historical
◦ Project plans
◦ Proposals, RFPs,
28. Plan of Action
1. Apply a business model
2. Choose your metadata sources
3. Adopt a common terminology taxonomy
4. Define artifacts and storage location
5. Research current and future
6. Develop component architecture
30. Credits & References
General Professional Influencers
Business Model Generation
www.dictionary.com
Google: www.Google.com
Information Design Handbook
Logic Model Development Guide:
http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/E
valuation/Pub3669.pdf
Oxford Dictionary
Thinking Page: www.thinking.net
TOGAF: www.opengroup.org
SABSA: www.sabsa-institute.org/
Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.com
Alex Osterwalder
31. Copyright Information
Some works in this presentation have
been licensed under the Creative
Common license (CC). Please respect
the license when using the concepts or
adapting them.
For more information please go here:
www.creativecommons.org
Putting the business into information security architecture begins with shaping your view of how the business determines state. Determination is made based on analyzing the current state “as is” and determined future state concept of “to be”. As this is the modeling behavior that most architects and business analyst use to drive the business it will also drive our agenda.
AS IS is a discussion of the current state of affairs of information security architecture. Getting There is a discussion of what is necessary to move past the current state. TO BE is a discussion of how information security architecture looks once it has been integrated into the business.
Let’s discuss the current state of affairs facing information security architects. A point to note is use of the word enterprise has been mostly removed in their presentation. If you are an architect, you are more than likely in an environment that requires and currently utilized enterprise solutions.
SABSA directive based on a taxonomy approach similar to Zachman with integrations from Zachman. Both methods are a great way to start delving into architecture, however they contain the base elements only. You must provide the internals.
Gartner’s directive is based on their BIT methodology of Business Information and Technology. BIT morphed to BITS with the inclusion of Security.
TOGAF directive based on NIST recommendations which typically are used to design a program. The practioner is not told how to integrate security from a busienss perspective. Furthermore, the audience for TOGAF’s appears to be toward the EA has not had the opportunity to delve inside of information security, rather than a seasoned security professional.
SOA and those who practice it have compiled first a set of security standards as it relates to SOA web and application development. In some cases, vulnerabilities exist that are not addressed; adoption of best practices from a myriad of sources exists.
Of the methodologies mentioned, SABSA comes in first with understanding how security architecture can be integrated in the business. However, given the shift of organizational structure from siloed to matrixed as well as the adoption of agile development, none of these methodologies can be considered definitive without a support from other fields and disciplines. Additionally, they do not encourage agile response by the security architect in the provisioning of solutions.
The litmus test for this assumption is based on the current definition of a security architect.
Remember the Where’s Waldo illustrations the late 80’s? The setting was usually chaotic, depicting a specific location or activity. The goal was to fine Waldo amidst all the chaos.
Information security professionals face a similar challenge in operating in the business today. Business initiatives are kicked off and in most cases, information security is engaged toward the end of the project.
This results in conflict as little change can be effect at times without impact the schedule of the project.
The security architect role follows a similar vein when you compare job titles against job descriptions and the required activities. In one case someone might be called an architect when in reality they are a CISO/ISO who must design and manage a security program. Others may actually be security engineers who manage the security technology of the organization. Still others may be a blend of an CISO/Analyst and Engineer.
If you can’t find define the role, how can the business understand what services the architect will provide and how to engage them. When the business can not determine the need then the value is not assessed or appreciated as well.
One of the biggest issues facing not just information security architecture but many information technology disciplines is a lack of common language and standards. This may seem a minor issue. However, it can cause confusion when a group of subject matter experts must reach a goal but they cannot because each person has their own idea of simple terms.
As an exercise, ask people in your organization what a guideline or a framework is. Then ask them what a policy is. If you cannot agree on terminology, don’t expect to agree on what the role of the security architect is or how it should integrate in the business. Developing a common language from which everyone is working will go a long way toward moving architecture initiatives along.
To set the floor of your taxonomy, use terms that are industry standard that easily integrated into the culture of your organization. This becomes especially important if your organization is global or international or has out-sourced some activities.
A crucial point of agreement is architecture is what do we define as our artifacts. Google architecture + artifacts and the results will range from vague to explicit. This is not helpful when we consider an artifacts goal is to provide direction to move forward, help us to understand where we’ve been or why a decision was made.
Artifacts are the resulting documents that provide a vision of the solution you are planning to provide or your environment. In some cases they are conceptual drawings, functional design or even narrative documentation such as a standard.
Next is the question as to where they should live. There is little agreement or direction around where artifacts should live given their particular relevance to a project. This is risky when you consider that some of the resulting artifacts required of information security architecture must provide protection, mitigation and uphold compliance.
Artifacts can be very powerful when used appropriately. They loose their power when there is not a clear definition of how they are used. Most organizations have policies. As policies are legal binding, require enforcement and compliance; enterprise architecture in general requires awareness and knowledge of policies when solutions are first conceptualized and finally developed. A lack of understanding of how artifacts are used once developed can undermine the best laid plans and result in a lack of confidence and trust with non-information security partners.
One evening on LinkedIn, I checked the Enterprise Architecture group discussions and found a posting the asked “Why don’t CISOs know about OWASP?” I was surprised as most of the security leaders I know are aware of OWASP. However given the question and responses, I recognized the existence of a perception that information security professionals in general may appear to be myopic to their business partners.
To test my assumption I engaged a local well experienced enterprise architect and asked him a set of questions. The most relevant responses are shared here as they were the most meaningful.
His responses provided confirmation that to a degree information security architecture really hasn’t been integrated into the business from a systemic perspective. As we’ve already discussed, there are constructs, principles, frameworks etc which exist; however they have not addressed the more important goal of business integration and alignment.
Without reaching this goal, information security architecture will languish inside the business.
Information security overall has been fairly revolutionary; its had to deal with the blackhat community and the rise of the internet in most businesses and homes.
It is evolutionary as it is never dormant; rather, it ebbs and flows between states of motion and states of rest.
States of motion exist when the blackhat community provides threats that are new and for which there is little corresponding technology to manage the threat.
States of rest exist, when the Blackhat community and corresponding technology has reached a state of counterbalance.
What does this have to do with information security architecture? An analogy: The greatest building revolutions can take place when societies overcome a weakness or make a discovery that proves to be revolutionary. This cause results in the continued affect of systemic evolution.
The question of information security architecture is given the revolutionary advances of the past 10 years, how have we evolved and what do we need to ensure evolution occurs that will embed information security architecture as a systemic discipline inside the business? Additionally, what is the current state?
We are at a time for great opportunity. If we look at the landscape of technology to malware development, we’ve reach a point of counterbalance. This has resulted in a state of rest so to speak for information security as a whole as we are not responding to threats in a reactive manner. Advantage is gained by using such periods to further revolutionize areas of information security that have not been systemically developed.
In the case of information security architecture, the resting period is currently on of revolution. Security architects should take the initiative and consider the current (AS IS) meta data of methodologies, models, standards and constructs that define information security architecture today. This will result in identification of strengths and weaknesses as well as what suppositions have become obsolete. Such an analysis, leads us to the TO BE or future state that operates inside of the business.
We know we need to change. Lets discuss how can we do that without impacting the organizations we support and take the knowledge we have and channel it to greater success.
This means that instead of isolating smaller and smaller parts of the system being studied, systems thinking works by expanding its view to take into account larger and larger numbers of interactions as an issue is being studied. This results in sometimes strikingly different conclusions than those generated by traditional forms of analysis, especially when what is being studied is dynamically complex or has a great deal of feedback from other sources, internal or external.
Enterprise architecture and its sub architectures of which information security is a part must look at the big picture to provide successful solutions. Becoming myopic or blind to any part of the enterprise results in lose of functionality, protection and most importantly, user satisfaction.
Information security architects must have systems thinking because information security and EA operate in a dichotomy. EA drives the business forward while information security may seemingly quash innovation as it must protect the business and provide assurance in a transparent manner. Transparency of information security cannot exist if the security architect does not understand the partner disciplines it supports or must integrate with. Additionally, information security must look to the business and EA to determine protections. If a protection is not required, then it should not be suggested.
Information security architecture must be truly visionary. When it is visionary, it becomes a compliment of the system is protects. It is not complimentary when over engineered to complexity for those who must support it and those who use the resulting system.
We can achieve systems thinking for the information security architect through diversification. Understand how to protect the flow of data is great. However, is applied differently depending on the type of information data and where it is flowing. For instance the solution for protecting the flow of electronic mail is different than the solution that protects the flow of transactional messages into and out of a data warehouse. A lack of understanding around data warehousing and information architecture could greatly impact usability if a one size fits all solution were approached. Diversification of knowledge is what makes a successful information security architect.
If you look at most job descriptions of information security professionals, they ask for at least three of the five certifications listed. There are many more but these are the most prevalent. These are great certifications to obtain as a method for immersing oneself in the discipline of information security.
The organizations which promoted these certifications are typically focused on information security and how it should be practiced from a autonomous perspective inside of an IT organization. There has been an effort by some to provide direction on how to gain visibility and oversight through governance. However they do not provide direction on how to align to the business. Nor do they provide you with knowledge of partner disciplines. When they do, then typically information security is the driver of the discipline rather then an integration component.
If you are in an enterprise which most of us are, then you must become aware and comfortable with the disciplines you’ll partner with in the enterprise. Take the disciplines of the enterprise and use them as a middleware to integrate information security into the business.
In software development, middleware is used to support interoperability between disparate systems. For information security architecture innovation, non-infosec disciplines and practice can serve as the middleware to achieving success by supporting the business in a manner that is accepted. By learning at least two non-infosec practices in your organization, you are enabled to respond in a fashion that will allow you to easily communication with your business partners.
This is how you move past being a analytical thinker to a systems thinker. Remember, analytics is more about focusing on points and is individualist in nature. Systems thinking is the aggregation of analytics around internal and external behaviors and interactions in a system.
Of the recommended knowledge to gain, reverse engineering is perhaps the most valuable as it will enable you to gain a systems view of the information and guide your recommendations more accurately.
Reverse engineering can tell you much about an environment. First and foremost it is an indicator of organizational maturity. Where standards are present, order is evident; where standards are absent, systemic chaos exists.
Reverse engineering documentation is helpful as it can expose the lack of authoritative artifacts, the lack of supporting documentation and processes. Typically, if you lack documentation which means the organization may lack the maturity necessary to recover and continue operations in the aftermath of a disaster.
Reverse engineering of a system is a learning tool as it will provide an understanding of how the technology is designed and how it operates. It can also help identify gaps in documentation or implementation.
Reverse engineering from an architectural point of view is important as you must understand where you’ve been if you are to more accurately define where you should be.
Information security architecture benefits from systems thinking when the input of non-infosec disciplines results in the output clear communication, definition of scope, mapping of disparate entities to a whole entity that can respond to the complex demands of technology in the enterprise.
Systems thinking also enables the security architect to make long-term recommendations and decisions that are sustainable as opposed to short-term fixes.
Information Design is a crucial missing piece in the arsenal of many security professionals. It will help you present narratives or designs in a manner that is driven toward audience. The drawing you might provide to a director or above is much different than that drawing you’ll provide to an engineer or admin.
Software engineering provides the synthesis around what we’ve discussed in the form of applying the concept of AGILE development to accelerate the top heavy and disparate approach of security architecture today.
As architecture is as much about building as it is about innovation it requires controls to support the design of systems that are extensible and sustainable. The lack of judicious controls results in over-engineering, chaos of component architecture, high cost of ownership to support and maintain a system. The most devastating is the delivery of a solution of end users that does not satisfy business requirements.
Standards are the prescriptive control in information security architecture. Use standards to set the floor is to establish your baseline. It means you are working from an expected point that is backed up by the industry.
Regulations such as HIPAA, SOX or PCI are explicit controls as they set ceiling of compliance and are not optional.
Industry guidelines are the control that allow organizations to approach the development of systems typically based on national or global standards (i.e. NIST or ISO)
Logic models illustrate the connection between your planned work and your intended results. YOUR PLANNED WORK describes what resources you think you need to implement your program and what you intend to do. YOUR INTENDED RESULTS include all of the program’s desired results (outputs, outcomes, and impact).
Setting context is a method for aligning activities and services to the business and a control for eliminating scope creep.
Thus far we’ve discussed the AS IS or current state of information security architecture. Critical gaps in the current approach and how they undermine the discipline has been examined.
Thought share around remedies to the current state has been introduced in the Getting There section of the presentation.
Now we are ready to synthesize the AS IS and the Getting there elements to put business in information security architecture and make it agile.
Agile methods generally promote a disciplined project management process that encourages frequent inspection and adaptation, a leadership philosophy that encourages teamwork, self-organization and accountability, a set of engineering best practices that allow for rapid delivery of high-quality software, and a business approach that aligns development with customer needs and company goals.
Business modeling like any process can be come arduous and waste time without its own set of controls. By containing it within a logic model, built-in controls are developed that drives the process to produce meaningful results.
I have provided a link at the end of the presentation that can guide you through developing your own logic models. It can be quite useful in communicating complex data.
This is the Business Model Canvas developed by Alex Osterwalder. It’s one of the best logic modeling tools I’ve found to define and communication a business model.
It consists of nine basic building blocks to show the logic that is required to drives a business: customers, offer, infrastructure and financial viability.
Used correctly, it can serve as a blueprint, strategy or planning artifact for an organization.
Take the time to research the SABSA conceptual and functional model. Then look at Gartner's BITS. If you are a business professional what do you want to see? It’s a business model representation as that is the point of reference business leaders are working from. SABSA and Gartner are for the architects use.
This is the business model canvas adapted to fit an information security architecture model. It is a prototyping tool used to build relationships with your partners but also build a business plan that will integrate and align with the business.
This is what business leaders want to see. They do not want to see the SABSA model nor do they want to sort through reams of reports and analysis that focus on information security centric data. They want to know what its going to take to protect the business and revenue.
Modifying the business canvas to compliment an architectural slant quickly communicates the business that you are aware of their vision and how information security architecture fits in to support it.
One of the most important outputs of architecture are artifacts. According to TOGAF, artifact represents an individual model of a system or solution, which could potentially be re-used in a variety of contexts. An artifact is distinct from a deliverable, which is a contracted output from a project. In general cases, deliverables will contain artifacts and each artifact may exist in many deliverables.
Drive the definement of artifacts to streamline solultion delivery.
Here we’ve defined two types of artifacts. Authoritative and Historical. They have very different uses and the audiences differ as well.
Considering the importance of artifacts, IT should agree upon the type of artifacts they will develop and their location. This is crucial if the security architect is to use the AS IS/TO BE methodology. If they cannot reference the past fairly accurately, visioning the future can become more time consuming.
Artifacts are the ‘guts’ of the business and as such should be stored in a secure manner to only those that require access.
Evangelize for your IT department where to store artifacts. Such a decision can make all the difference later on down the road when audits occurs or information management is addressed.
Setting context defines the conceptual layer that will drive the parent-child relationship of taxonomy-based architectural program. Without establishing the parent-child relationship of your program, you will likely offer services that do not align with the business.
The component architecture is based on a reverse engineering the infrastructure to understand boundaries, how they interconnect and support each other. This is why the infrastructure zone is at the top of the drawing. Different zones require varying levels of protection.
Protection is accomplished through the application of countermeasures and controls. Select the countermeasures and controls you’ll used in your architecture solutions.
Using a taxonomy-based approach, we determine what we are protecting by pulling the architectural concepts architecture context area. This enables the more granular identification of the infrastructure components we will protect.
Controls and baselines are pulled from industry guidelines, standards and regulations.
The component architecture should also contain any future technologies that have yet to be deployed. This will drive the AS IS and TO BE models without creating unnecessary overhead. In this drawing the future technologies are define by the color red.
The component architecture is based on a reverse engineering the infrastructure to understand boundaries, how they interconnect and support each other. This is why the infrastructure zone is at the top of the drawing. Different zones require varying levels of protection.
Protection is accomplished through the application of countermeasures and controls. Select the countermeasures and controls you’ll used in your architecture solutions.
Using a taxonomy-based approach, we determine what we are protecting by pulling the architectural concepts architecture context area. This enables the more granular identification of the infrastructure components we will protect.
Controls and baselines are pulled from industry guidelines, standards and regulations.
The component architecture should also contain any future technologies that have yet to be deployed. This will drive the AS IS and TO BE models without creating unnecessary overhead. In this drawing the future technologies are define by the color red.
At the end the of the day, you are already an expert with information security. Now its time to expand your horizons and add capabilities that will communicate simply what your mission, goals and activities are to non-information security professionals. Diversify your skill set to accomplish more.
I’d like end the discussion with the last bit of diversification. We recognize that technology and the development of technology takes places at a rapid pace. Information security professionals keep pace when they follow the driving disciplines. So I leave you with the AGILE model for information security architecture.
The approach is both strategic and tactical. Steps 1 – 4 are purely strategic. Development will require business partner input. Steps 5 and 6 are of a more tactical nature and are owned by the information security architect.
Steps 4-6 become iterative once solution architecture begins. Each solution project can use the strategic planning information previously gathered to influence the solution they will build using steps 4-6.
This is how you put the business inside of information security architecture and make it AGILE.
Something I’d like to encourage all of you do to…when presenting in the future, list not only your online and book references, but also your people credits. We all meet people who are pivotal in growing or knowledge or professionalism. Don’t forget to mention them.
