Reader small image

You're reading from  CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide - Second Edition

Product typeBook
Published inJun 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781803248158
Edition2nd Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Hemang Doshi
Hemang Doshi
author image
Hemang Doshi

Hemang Doshi has more than 15 years of experience in the field of system audit, IT risk and compliance, internal audit, risk management, information security audit, third-party risk management, and operational risk management. He has authored several books for certification such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, DISA, and enterprise risk management.
Read more about Hemang Doshi

Right arrow

Enterprise Architecture

An Enterprise Architecture (EA) defines the structure and operations of the organization. The objective of EA is to determine how an organization can achieve its current as well as future objectives. It is important for the EA to include the entire future outcome. If a future-state description is not included in the EA, it is incomplete.

The EA’s primary focus is to ensure that technology initiatives are compatible with the IT framework. Hence, the EA’s goal is to help the organization adopt the most successful technologies. The Zachman Framework was one of the first EAs created by John Zachman. It is a fundamental EA structure that provides a formal and structured way of viewing and defining an enterprise.

Enterprise Security Architecture

Enterprise security architecture is a subset of overall enterprise architecture and includes security processes and procedures and how these are linked across the organization from a strategic, tactical...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide - Second Edition
Published in: Jun 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803248158

Author (1)

author image
Hemang Doshi

Hemang Doshi has more than 15 years of experience in the field of system audit, IT risk and compliance, internal audit, risk management, information security audit, third-party risk management, and operational risk management. He has authored several books for certification such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, DISA, and enterprise risk management.
Read more about Hemang Doshi