An Enterprise Architecture (EA) defines the structure and operations of the organization. The objective of EA is to determine how an organization can achieve its current as well as future objectives. It is important for the EA to include the entire future outcome. If a future-state description is not included in the EA, then it is not complete.
The EA's main focus is to ensure that technology initiatives are compatible with the IT framework. Hence, the EA's goal is to help the organization adopt the most successful technologies. The Zachman Framework is one of the first EAs created by John Zachman. It is a fundamental EA structure that provides a formal and structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise.
Enterprise security architecture
Enterprise security architecture is a subset of the overall enterprise architecture and includes security processes and procedures and how these are linked across the organization from a strategic, tactical, and...
