Security Architecture
What is Security Architecture?
The design artefacts that describe how security controls are positioned and relate to the overall IT architecture. Security architecture provides a structured approach to designing, implementing, and maintaining security across an organisation.
Terms that appear alongside security architecture
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as security architecture. The number is how many controls name both.
- nist 8 shared controls
- authentication 6 shared controls
- policy 5 shared controls
- defence in depth 5 shared controls
- risk assessment 4 shared controls
- cybersecurity 4 shared controls
- incident response 3 shared controls
- network architecture 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern security architecture
What the standards actually require on security architecture
Requirements naming security architecture across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Security architectures must put the principles of separation and segregation into effect.
new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::10.8.35.C.01 · 10.8.35.C.01 Security architecture applies separation and segregation →For each system the applicant develops the system security architecture (elements, roles, responsibilities and interrelationships implementing the measures) and its security measures and requirements, allocating further to sub-systems and items as needed, cons...
do-326a-ed-202a::SSAM · System Security Architecture and Measures →Security is planned integrally, documenting facilities and access points, the system (equipment, internal networks, external connections, workstations and consoles), the lines of defence (interconnections, firewalls, DMZ, diverse technologies) and the identifi...
spain-ens::op.pl.2 · Documented security architecture, management system and data validation →Define the overall 5G security architecture covering UE, RAN, core network, and service-based interfaces with documented trust boundaries.
TS33.501-4.1 · 5G Security Architecture Overview →The security architecture is built from security domains mapped onto power system domains, system interface categories mapped onto the TC 57 architecture, and security controls (the Figure 9 overview) mapped to domains, with a method to determine the controls...
iec-62351-power-systems-communication-security::10:5 · Part 10, clause 5: security architecture in power systems (security domains and their mapping, system interface categories, security controls and their domain mapping, determination of controls, network-based controls) →ITU-T Recommendation X.805 (10/2003), whose full title is in the framework name, is a foundational network security architecture standard published in October 2003 by ITU-T, the standardization arm of the International Telecommunication Union for telecommunica...
X805-Scope-Architecture-3Layers-3Planes-8Dimensions-5Threats-72Cells-X.800-Series-Heritage · ITU-T X.805 Scope + Security Architecture Overview + 3 Security Layers x 3 Security Planes (9 Modules) x 8 Security Dimensions = 72 Security Perspectives + 5 Threat Categories + X.800-Series Heritage + End-to-End Network Communications →Questions people ask about security architecture
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