From the course: Security Architecture Foundations for Security Architects: From Frameworks to Business Integration

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Stakeholder engagement and communication

Stakeholder engagement and communication

From the course: Security Architecture Foundations for Security Architects: From Frameworks to Business Integration

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Stakeholder engagement and communication

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- [Instructor] Security architecture doesn't live in a vacuum. It lives in boardrooms, war rooms, and project kickoff calls. You can design the most secure systems in the world, but if the people who approve budget set priorities and define risk tolerance aren't on board, it will never get built. Stakeholders engagement isn't a soft skill, it's a survival skill for security architects. Every major business decisions from launching a new product to entering a new market shapes the security risk landscape, such as executives, they influence fundings and priorities. The operational teams, they determine how security fits into workflows. Lastly, the risk and the compliance teams, they define the acceptable risk exposure. For example, a company expanding into APAC might accept higher latency for security controls, but only if the business case supports it. If you look at the diagram, the power interest metrics shows all of this. It help us decide who to keep satisfied, who to keep…

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