Building an Architecture – Your Toolbox

In this chapter, we will introduce you to some of the tools that you can put into your toolbox as you prepare to undertake the design process. These are the tools that an architect can employ to plan, test, and validate their strategy and vision for securing their organization. We’ll look in detail at analytical, telemetric, strategic, and other tools that we can employ as part of the creation and validation of a security design, as well as work through how a hypothetical organization might employ these tools as we move deeper into the planning process.

The reason we are introducing this now is twofold. First, the scope that you selected in the previous chapter provides a solid starting point for the selection of what tools and techniques you’ll employ throughout the design process. Therefore, sequentially, now is a useful time to discuss these tools and techniques in more detail. Secondly, we will leverage these tools...