SABSA Foundation

The SABSA Foundation Modules (F1 & F2) are the SABSA Institute’s official starting point for developing Security Architecture Competencies. They are designed to create a broad-spectrum of knowledge and understanding of the SABSA method, its frameworks, concepts, models & techniques. Theories and concepts are put to the test in ‘proof-of-concept’ style case study exercises and workshops so that candidates can understand how SABSA is best applied to meet the challenges of the real world.

SABSA Foundation

1 Define enterprise security architecture, its role, objectives and benefits
2 Describe the SABSA model, architecture matrix, service management matrix and terminology
3 Describe SABSA principles, framework, approach and lifecycle
4 Use business goals and objectives to engineer information security requirements
5 Create a business attributes taxonomy
6 Apply key architectural defence-in-depth concepts
7 Explain security engineering principles, methods and techniques
8 Use an architected approach to design an integrated compliance framework
9 Describe and design appropriate policy architecture
10 Define security architecture value proposition
11 Use SABSA to create an holistic framework to align and integrate standards
12 Describe roles, responsibilities, decision-making and organisational structure
13. Explain the integration of SABSA into a service management environment
14 Define Security Services
15 Describe the placement of security services within ICT Infrastructure
16 Create a SABSA Trust Model
17 Describe and model security associations intra-domain and inter-domain
18 Explain temporal factors in security and sequence security services
19 Determine an appropriate start-up approach for SABSA Architecture
20 Apply SABSA Foundation level competencies to the benefit of your organisation