Security Architecture

Security architecture defines how confidentiality, integrity, availability, and privacy requirements are achieved through policies, controls, patterns, and monitoring across the enterprise. It translates risk appetite into design constraints and verification criteria. Security architecture is most effective when treated as a design partner, not a late-stage gate.

In Practice

Larkinized LLC aligns security architecture with EA repositories so threat models, control patterns, and standards are discoverable during solution design. Security architects co-own non-functional requirements and compliance assessments. Zero-trust, identity, and data protection patterns should appear in the pattern library.

Example

A security architecture pattern mandates tokenized API access and centralized identity federation for all customer-facing services.