PREFACE

WHY DO WE NEED INFORMATION SECURITY ARCHITECTURE?

A few years ago, a number of pundits (such as Carr 2003) suggested that information technology (IT) was being commoditised and, therefore, no longer needed to be treated as strategic. In the same vein, one could be forgiven for thinking that information security principles and standards have already been worked out.

Recent developments such as cloud computing, virtualisation, big data, social networking, mobile and home working, as well as the globalisation of markets and other demographic changes, have illustrated that nothing could be further from the truth. Such huge shifts in both technology and behaviour have completely changed the way we think about information technology in general, ...

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