Session Title | Enterprise information security architecture role in fighting the “Infodemic”

"In her recent Facebook post, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming said: “We are not only fighting a ‘pandemic’, in the words of Dr. Tedros, who leads the World Health Organization (WHO), we are fighting an ‘infodemic’… My global communications team at the United Nations will be stepping up our communications efforts to make sure people have the best, most credible information and also inspiration from examples of global cooperation and viral acts of humanity.”
In times of crises, cybersecurity is critically important, a huge number of people under lockdown or movement restrictions are now working and studying remotely, making them susceptible to cybercrime.
Criminals could take hospitals offline and disrupt the work of the United Nations, he explained. He has seen an increase in incidents everywhere, cautioning against phishing emails with attachments and links.
Enterprise information security architecture (EISA) is a part of enterprise architecture focusing on information security throughout the enterprise.
It is concerned about applying a comprehensive and rigorous method to describe the current and/or future structure and behavior for an organization's security processes, information security systems, personnel, and organizational sub-units so that they align with the organization's core goals and strategic direction.
Although often associated strictly with information security technology, it relates more broadly to the security practice of business optimization in that it addresses business security architecture, performance management, and security process architecture as well.
It is now common practice within the financial institutions around the globe to ensure that business strategy and IT security are aligned and it allows traceability from the business strategy down to the underlying technology.
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