Next Generation Security Architecture

[Nigel Willson <NWillson () tbg com>]

Is anyone aware of a suitable forum in which to discuss future
goal state 'models' for a new security architecture?

It seems that it is time to take a fresh look, to define a goal
state and, to help enterprises address their legacy security 
issues with a radically new architecture that will afford them
agility, competitivity and, survivability.

It seems to me that there are significant opportunities in the
year 2001, with a major convergence underway: as the intranet
and extranet converge, public and private networks converge and,
the concept of inside and outside start to disappear. The new
distributed "mainframe" model with subsystems.

I also see a convergence of the architecture of the enterprise
with that of the service provider, as enterprises Internet-enable
themselves with enterprise portals and, service providers take on
those enterprise management elements. A plug-and-play community.

What is necessary is the adoption of a distributed, modular and,
flexible architecture that supports an underlying general-purpose
infrastructure, a substrate leveraging directory and security as a
common authentication and authorization model -- that facilitates
rapid deployment, both hosted and outsourced in support of new
and emerging business opportunities, changes, acquisitions, etc.

Executives are looking for answers, it is time for thought leaders
to take a fresh look. It is time for security to be the "enabler"
and not a reactive "fix".


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