Alternative FAQ Phrasings: What is a cybersecurity architecture? | What is a cyber security architecture? | What is a cyber architecture?
The term cybersecurity architecture (or cyber architecture for short) is commonly used to describe computer network architectures that include and emphasize cybersecurity features, such as cybersecurity devices (firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Protection Systems [IDS/IPS], encryption/decryption devices, etc.) and secure communication protocols (HTTPS, SSL, etc.).
In order to specify a cybersecurity architecture precisely and completely you should use a bona fide architecture modeling language (UML2, SysML, CyberML) to define the following network and security elements:
For more information about cybersecurity architectures and how they differ from network architectures see:
When used by Cyber and Network Architects applying a Agile SysML subset, the CyberML commonly adds two new diagram types to extend the standard SysML diagram types (modulo Use Cases):
When used by Cyber and Network Architects applying an Agile UML 2 subset, the CyberML commonly adds ttwo new diagram types and the SysML Requirement diagram type to the UML 2 diagram types listed below: