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Enterprise Architecture

What is Enterprise Architecture?

A conceptual framework that defines the structure and operation of an organization's IT landscape in alignment with business strategy.

Governance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as enterprise architecture. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on enterprise architecture

Requirements naming enterprise architecture across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Enterprise Architecture. Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture with consideration for information security, privacy, and the resulting risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation

NIST800-PM-7 · Enterprise Architecture. Develop and maintain an enterprise architecture with consideration for information security, privacy, and the resulting risk to organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations, and the Nation
NIST SP 800-1812 controls

Maintains the business, systems and information architecture that the organization builds to, and the rules that govern technology choice.

NICE-DD-WRL-002 · Enterprise Architecture
COBIT 20191 control

Managed enterprise architecture. Control from COBIT 2019 framework, domain: APO - Align, Plan and Organize.

COBIT-APO03 · Managed enterprise architecture

Reflects supply chain dependency and concentration in the enterprise architecture so that structural risk is visible.

161R1-PM-7 · Enterprise Architecture

Develop an enterprise architecture integrating security and privacy considerations.

PM-7 · Enterprise Architecture

Develop an enterprise architecture integrating security and privacy considerations.

PM-7 · Enterprise Architecture

Questions people ask about enterprise architecture

What is Enterprise Architecture?
A conceptual framework that defines the structure and operation of an organization's IT landscape in alignment with business strategy.
Why is Enterprise Architecture important for compliance?
Enterprise Architecture is a key concept in Governance. Understanding enterprise architecture helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Enterprise Architecture?
Enterprise Architecture appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, NIST SP 800-181, COBIT 2019, NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW. Across these standards we have identified 9 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Enterprise Architecture?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how enterprise architecture applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Enterprise Architecture applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.