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‘Each generation stands on the shoulders of those who have gone before them’ Stephen Hawking (2017)��‘. . . each giant calling to his brother through the desolate intervals of time . . . ’ Friedrich Nietzsche (1873)
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Who am I
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1981 Born � 1992 In IT :)
2005 Full time IT
2024 Self Employed
@Edzob
(.com, LinkedIn, Twitter)
After a while you see patterns
Edzo Botjes
Organisational Resilience
Antifragility Architect
Trusted Advisor
ASc Computer Science 2003
BSc Business Information Systems 2006
MSc Enterprise Architecture 2020
PhD Student Cyber Resilience tbd
Counting from 2005
8 Sectors,
40+ Clients,
50+ Assignments
Infra engineer to business strategy
Multiple whitepapers
Thesis/IEEE ~6.000 reads
40+ Blogs
Quoted in Books and Theses
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After a while you see patterns
Internships�2005-2006
Consultant @ Sogeti�2006 - 2020
Consultant @ Xebia�2021 - 2023
Self Employed�2024
@Edzob
(.com, LinkedIn, Twitter)
Edzo Botjes
Organisational Resilience
Antifragility Architect
Trusted Advisor
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Organisational Resilience
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Index
Index.md
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Bonus Slides
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My Personal Journey
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Software, �Solutions & Enterprises
What is an enterprise?
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An enterprise is an intentionally created
cooperative of human beings
with a certain societal purpose.
Dietz et al, 2013
… enterprises aims �to fulfil or address certain (perceived) wants and needs �of (certain) societal member of society at large �by delivering products and/or services.
Hoogervorst, 2017
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Why does this matter?
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An enterprise is an intentionally created
cooperative of human beings
with a certain societal purpose.
Dietz et al, 2013
… enterprises aims �to fulfil or address certain (perceived) wants and needs �of (certain) societal member of society at large �by delivering products and/or services.
Hoogervorst, 2017
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Why does this matter?
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Why does this matter?
IF an enterprise is a cooperation of people, �with a certain purpose, �THEN our collaboration determines the data �in our systems.
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What does this imply? Take 1
IF an enterprise is a cooperation of people, �with a certain purpose, �THEN our collaboration determines the data �in our systems.
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Also known as Conway's Law
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What does this imply? Take 2
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Information
Context
Data
Value
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What does this imply? Take 3
This implies that collaboration �in a team, between teams and with your supplier/ clients is an instantiation of an enterprise,
and thus needs �purposeful design.
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An enterprise is an intentionally created
cooperative of human beings
with a certain societal purpose.
Dietz et al, 2013
… enterprises aims �to fulfil or address certain (perceived) wants and needs �of (certain) societal member of society at large �by delivering products and/or services.
Hoogervorst, 2017
If an enterprise is purposeful, �and it is intentionally designed �then the organisation design plays an important role, �else there is no intention and no purpose.
Daft et al, 2010
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This is not easy!
There be dragons!
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A story on reality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave
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Perspective and information
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Perspective and information
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Perspective and information
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Reflections and information
https://twitter.com/NicoleBeckwith/status/1277236284470280195/photo/1
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Visualisation and information
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Visualisation and information
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Reflections and information
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#938DBB
https://writing.exchange/@XanIndigo/109966588561594572
Screenshot�Colorpick
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Magniphy8x51ms.gif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_phenomenon
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Hidden Slide
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Rotating Snakes https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rafaelgiraldotenorio_entarch-activity-6681201385402376192-4MNK
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Types of Cognitive/ Mental blindness
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Hidden Slide
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Types of Time
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Hidden Slide
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Observation of �reality is broken.
Subjective Chaos
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Definition of chaos by Lorenz
‘When the present determines the future, �but the approximate present �does not approximately determine the future.‘
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Edward Lorenz�May 23, 1917 – �April 16, 2008
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Observation of �reality matters!
Mental Models and Behaviour
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Mental Model
Behavior
Reality
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Mental Models are in your head!
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Mental Model
Behavior
Reality
What you do not know,
you can not see [social engineering].
What you do not expect,
you can not see [inattentional blindness].
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Subjective chaos & variety of Mental Models
What is amplifying the variety of reality?
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Mental Model
Behavior
Reality
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Subjective chaos & Innovation�An example of what is amplifying variety
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Value of information
How does a chaotic context influence: �the value, and �the protection of this value?
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Information
Context
Data
Value
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So what about objective reality?
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Double Pendulum
Two deterministic systems create one non-deterministic system
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Double Pendulum
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Butterfly Effect
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Objective chaos and organisation
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Security
Business
Strategy
Information
Information Systems
Infrastructure
Service Management
Security
Business
Strategy
Information
Information Systems
Infrastructure
Service Management
Security
Business
Strategy
Information
Information Systems
Infrastructure
Service Management
Security
Business
Strategy
Information
Information Systems
Infrastructure
Service Management
Security
Business
Strategy
Information
Information Systems
Infrastructure
Service Management
Security
Business
Strategy
Information
Information Systems
Infrastructure
Service Management
Security
Business
Strategy
Information
Information Systems
Infrastructure
Service Management
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Objective chaos in IT
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Integrity
Access (Identify & keys)
Virtual Machine
Network & Power
Storage
Database
Middleware
Application
Operating System
HyperVisor
Virtual Network
Compute/CPU
Application 3-Tier Layer
Virtual Machine Layer
Virtualization Layer
Hardware Layer
Configuration
Tools/ Services
Data / Interfaces
(DevOps) LifeCycle Management
Dev & Ops Environment
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Double Pendulum
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Objective chaos in IT
https://xkcd.com/2347
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Objective chaos in IT
Continuous innovation.
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Techstack is broken
Chaos & Technology
"It’s hard to explain to regular people how much technology barely works, how much the infrastructure of our lives is held together by the IT equivalent of baling wire. Computer, and computing, are broken.”
- Quinn Norton 2014
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Reality is broken
Filmjoy on youtube�https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo4H-u3UVhY
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Continuous Chaos
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Objective and Subjective chaos fuel VUCA
Your reality �inside your organisation, between organisations, and around organisations is VUCA.
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Volatile
Uncertain
Complex
Ambiguous
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Resilience is where
Security meets Sensemaking
Technology �is not the solution.
"If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.”
- Bruce Schneier, secrets and lies, 2007
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Definition of Secure
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Secure
in-Secure
Expectation
Observation
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Subjective Story
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Secure
in-Secure
Expectation
Observation
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This definition of security,
is not about security.�It is about uncertainty,
and sensemaking
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Cynefin Sensemaking
A subjective story�can be tackled by �subjective tools.
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Cynefin Sensemaking
We know we don’t know and thus act differently.
We know things have ripple effects, so we design differently.
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Holistic
approach
Reductionistic
approach
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Watch tips
An Introduction to Residuality Theory �- Barry O'Reilly - NDC London 2024�https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MPUoiG6w_U
Dealing with unanticipated needs �– Dave Snowden�https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqWREPb3Lc
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We can tackle this
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Resilience &�Antifragility
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Triad of fragility
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Generic Resilience Definition
Botjes, E. A., van den Berg, M., van Gils, B., & Mulder, H. (2021). Attributes relevant to antifragile organizations. In J. P. A. Almeida, D. Bork, G. Guizzardi, M. Montali, H. A. Proper & T. P. Sales (Eds.), 2021 IEEE 23nd conference on business informatics (CBI) (pp. 62–71, Vol. 01). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CBI52690.2021.00017
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Three subtypes of resilience
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Three subtypes of resilience
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Impertinent
Recover
Adapt
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Three subtypes of resilience
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Impertinent
Recover
Adapt
construction stays the same�functionality stays the same
construction changes�functionality stays the same
construction changes�functionality changes
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The business dilemma
‘Normal’ resilience is not enough, and it is the default language.
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Optimize to learn, change and exploit the unknown
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Optimize
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Mental Models are in your head!
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Mental Model
Behavior
Reality
What you do not know,
you can not see [social engineering].
What you do not expect,
you can not see [inattentional blindness].
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Learning model of Senge and Hestenes
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Mental Model
Building shared vision
Personal�Mastery
Team�Learning
Systems�Thinking
Behavior
Reality
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III
II
IV
V
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Learning model of Senge and Hestenes
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Mental Model
Building shared vision
Personal�Mastery
Team�Learning
Systems�Thinking
Behavior
Reality
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III
II
IV
V
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This is the blind spot of Enterprise Architecture.
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Summary
See - Accept - Act
Embrace chaos
Chaos is inevitable
Optimize for learning
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Do not focus on �hard controls & requirements.�Be kind.
Decouple to limit impact.
Assume breach.�Assume failure.�Recover, fast !
Exploit the opportunity !
Learn from it !!�Start with PDCA.�Optimize using the 5th discipline.�It is a culture thing a social thing.
Social World
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Appendix�Enterprise Architecture
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Antifragility &�Enterprise Design
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Enterprise Architecture - a view
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Security
Business
Strategy
Information
Information Systems
Infrastructure
Service Management
Information Architecture
Business Architecture
Application Architecture
Technical Architecture
______ Architecture
Common Domains
Business information strategy & planning
Focus on adding value
Application LifeCycle
Scope of responsibility
Enterprise Architect
Solution Architect
System Architect
Across �Value Streams
Across �Systems
Single �Systems
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Enterprise Architecture - a Designed for Digital view
Ross, Jeanne W., et al. Designed for Digital: How to Architect Your Business for Sustained Success. The MIT Press, 2019. DOI.org (Crossref). https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12188.001.0001
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Operational Backbone
A coherent set of enterprise systems, data, and processes supporting a company’s core operations
Shared customer insights
Knowledge about what customers are willing to pay for digital offerings and what their demands are towards digital
Digital platform
A repository of business, data, and infrastructure components used to rapidly configure digital offerings
Accountability framework
Distribution of responsibilities for digital offerings and components that balances autonomy and alignment
External developer platform
A repository of digital components open to external partners
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A small contribution to The future of E.A.
van Steenbergen, M., Nouwens, H., Eusterbrock, T., & Botjes, E. A. (2023). Survival of the fitting: An essay on Sensemaking Architecture. Sogeti Nederland B.V. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10041096
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Causal loop diagram to envision sensemaking architecture
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Appendix�Models
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Extended list of antifragility attributes
Botjes, Edzo. (2020). Defining Antifragility and the application on Organisation Design (1.0) [Zenodo]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3719389
Botjes, E., van den Berg, M., van Gils, B., & Mulder, H. (2021, September). Attributes relevant to antifragile organizations. In 2021 IEEE 23rd Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) (Vol. 1, pp. 62-71). IEEE.
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Chaos in your team, in the behaviour of your app
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Secure
in-Secure
Expectation
Observation
Mental Model
Building shared vision
Personal�Mastery
Team�Learning
Systems�Thinking
Behavior
Reality
I
III
II
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Semiotic Triangle
Ogden & Richards’ Semiotic Triangle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_of_reference
Rousseau D, Billingham J, Calvo-Amodio J. Systemic Semantics: A Systems Approach to Building Ontologies and Concept Maps. Systems. 2018; 6(3):32. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems6030032
Dietz, J., & Hoogervorst, J. (2017). Foundations of enterprise engineering. TEE-00
van Gils, B. (2023). DATA IN CONTEXT: Models as Enablers for Managing and Using Data. Springer.
A design (term) is input for a personal mental model.
Both the term and the mental model are used to describe what is going on.
Be aware of the subjective and objective chaos in reality!
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Mental Model
Thing in the real world
Term
II
Models
Refers to
Invokes
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Mental Model
Thing in the real world
Term
Behavior
Reality
II
Models
Refers to
Invokes
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Appendix�Videos and Papers
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Work by Barry O’Reilly
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Videos on Reality
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More Videos on Reality�“Proceed with caution, questioning the fabric of reality can lead you to madness or the truth, �and the problem is, you won’t know which is which” - Lex Friedman
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Sources on the mental models, meaning and objects
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Design for Digital - Content
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Enterprise Security highlighted reference 0/8
Sections of curated literature:
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On Complexity Science/ Reality
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On Security
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On Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience
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On Enterprise & Enterprise Engineering
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On Enterprise Architecture
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On Technical Enterprise Architecture & Software Architecture
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On Enterprise Security Architecture
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On Zero-Trust
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