A week in Tweets: 19-25 December 2010

A somewhat smaller collection of Tweets and links this time – mainly because people are heading off into their various holiday-seasons, I guess. Same categories as usual, though, preceded by the usual ‘Read more…’ link.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy, innovation and similar business themes:

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IT: The professionals

Business decision makers aren’t interested in the details, but they want to know important IT decisions being made in their business are in the hands of true professionals. Certification verifies the qualities and skills IT executives have with regards to the effective deployment, implementation and operation of IT solutions. Continue reading

The Trusted Technology Forum: Best practices for securing the global technology supply chain

Supply chain risk needs focus to be able to address the concern. If everything is “a supply chain risk,” then we can’t focus our efforts and hone in on a reasonable, achievable, practical and implementable set of practices that can lead to better supply chain practices for all, and a higher degree of confidence among purchasers. Continue reading

Security & architecture: Convergence, or never the twain shall meet?

Can the disciplines of architecture and information security do a better job of co-existence? What would that look like? Can we get to the point where security is truly “built in” versus “bolted on”? Continue reading

Cybersecurity in a boundaryless world

The core dilemma in public cybersecurity: Balancing boundarylessness and data security. The solution isn’t easy, but long-term, it lies in not relying on the security of the pipes or the perimeter, but improving the trust and security of the data itself. Security needs to be associated with data and people; not the connections and routers that carry it. Continue reading

Unpacking business-architecture

Just posted on Slideshare my slidedeck ‘Unpacking Business-Architecture‘, from the Biner/OpenGroup enterprise-architecture conference in Stockholm earlier this week.
It also represented the first fully public outing for the Enterprise Canvas model, and, in effect, the launch for my latest book, Mapping the Enterprise, which focusses on the Enterprise Canvas.
Unpacking business-architecture
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