Introducing ISAUnited's new Security Design Operations (SDO) framework
Implementing SDO: Streamlining Security Architecture Design Introducing ISAUnited's new Security Design Operations framework, our...
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Welcome to the International Security Architects United
Working together. Working with others. Designing security
The International Security Architects (ISA) United organization is a professional membership body that stands at the forefront of a profession focused on planning, designing, and engineering information security within the framework of security-by-design and enterprise security architecture. Our mission is to provide comprehensive support and guidance to our security architect members as they navigate the complex landscape of cybersecurity.
ISAUnited empowers architecture designers and executives
by providing valuable insights and actionable guidance in collaboration, strategizing, planning, and deploying safe, secure, and resilient enterprise architecture with a focus on ‘security-by-design’.
Spotlight Features
Professional Membership
ISAUnited is a community, and much more. Today, we are the only security architecture design organization that shares your passion for security architecture and your desire to change the world through the power of design.
Practitioner Publications
The ISAUnited Library issues publications of types in electronic forms: journals and practice periodicals; standards; manuals and reports on security architecture design practice.
Defensible Architecture Design
The design methodology is mainly for practicing security architects and those who plan on becoming architects. In addition, it is also meant for those non-architects who want to better understand the security architect profession.
Latest News
ISAUnited Task Group Updates
NEW Standards Alignment with NIST and ISO
ISAUnited announces the integration project with the internationally recognized standards of NIST and ISO, embracing global foundational security architecture standards.
Our dedicated Task Group and its members are actively collaborating to progress and align security architecture standards on a global scale. ISAUnited is partnering with established standards development organizations, actively contributing to the creation of control standards and engaging in the planning of new initiatives related to security architecture and engineering standards. Publish dates will be 2024.
What We Do
We advocate for the value of security architecture and give architects the resources they need to do their best work. Our work drives positive change through the power of security by design.
We help our industry and the industries we work in, learn and share our experience, skills, knowledge, and abilities.
We also promote the essential contribution that security architects make the world secure.
Our ISAUnited Community
As a member, you get a family of like-minded security professionals to share ideas, successes, support, and passion for anything security
Collaborate. Share experiences. Help us design. Idea engagement. Meet others. Receive Guidance. Ask questions. Learn together. Spread your knowledge. Help us grow. Support others. Educate. Be yourself.
ISAUnited Government and Compliance News
Publication
Secure-by-design: Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software.
CISA and 17 U.S. and international partners published an update to the joint Secure by Design product, “Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Secure by Design Software,” that includes expanded principles, guidance, and eight new international agency co-sealers.
Revision Date: October 25, 2023
Networking
Let's make ISAUnited available in every corner. Interact with colleagues who share your security architecture enthusiasm and technical interests. Build a network of peers that you can rely on for guidance, support, and idea-sharing. Communicate virtually anywhere with our forum. Connect with other professionals now.
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