What is security architecture?
Security architecture embeds controls into your systems and products so that privacy, integrity, and availability are baked in—not retrofitted. It maps threats and shows where controls should live, whether you're designing an application or infrastructure.
Security architectures can become quite complex. Depending on the size of the architecture, it is not a one-size-fits all solution and needs to be tailored to your specific needs. These needs can range from the architecture framework that is currently being used in the organisation, such as SOA, TOGAF, SABSA, or others, to the business needs and the various controls and functions that may already exist in your application or infrastructure.
We collaborate with your organisation to determine what works best for you—rather than recommending technologies and processes simply because they are "best practice."
We help you incorporate security architecture design principles to develop transparent security that fits your workforce, based on a thorough understanding of your processes and way of working.
We support your security architecture design and processes—from control ideation to risk assessments and threat modelling.
What we deliver
- Security architecture documentation tailored to your framework (SOA, TOGAF, SABSA, or hybrid approaches)
- Threat models that map attack surfaces to controls
- Control design that fits your stack—cloud, on-prem, or hybrid
- Integration with your existing development and operations processes
Frameworks we work with
We adapt to the frameworks you already use or want to adopt: SABSA for enterprise architecture, TOGAF for IT alignment, domain-driven design for microservices, and lightweight threat modelling (e.g. STRIDE, attack trees) for applications. We don't impose a single methodology—we fit yours.
Who it's for
Organisations building or evolving systems that process sensitive data—product teams, platform engineering, and IT leaders who need security embedded in design, not bolted on afterwards. We've worked with startups scaling their first security architecture and enterprises refreshing legacy systems.