What Is a Cybersecurity Architect and What Are Their Responsibilities?

Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: (1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight; (2) he will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces; (3) he will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks; (4) he will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared; (5) he will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.

–Sun Tzu

So, in the previous chapters, we covered the foundational and major cybersecurity concepts to help prepare and direct those interested in the field and specifically the cybersecurity architect role. In this chapter, the discussion shifts fully to the cybersecurity architect.

A cybersecurity architect is a specialized professional responsible for designing and implementing secure information technology systems and networks within an organization. Their...