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table 14.1
iA Architectural influences
Driver
Description
Economy
Economic competitiveness; employers/
employees; distributed workforce; off-shoring
Ecology
Natural resources and global implications
Legislation
Additional legislative compliance requirements
similar to Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA
Litigation
Notable court cases surrounding security
legislation will provide insight to the
corporate concern du jour.
Society
[Intra- | inter-] Group dynamics; increasing gap
between have and have-nots adds to the
potential for crime
Globalization
Increasing awareness of global dependencies;
intercountry and intereconomy dynamics
Competition
Necessity may be the mother of invention;
competition is the catalyst for innovation. Is
your game changing? Has it changed? Are you
still playing the old game? Principle: Playing
the old game harder just gets you to the same
end faster, tired, and poorer.
Domestic politics
Elections may result in change of people or
change of party; new personal and political
agendas change the playing ground and
perhaps some of the fundamental
architectural principles.
World politics
State-sponsored adversaries (e.g., national
armies); non-state-sponsored adversaries (e.g.,
organized crime, terrorists)
Geographic boundaries versus
geopolitical boundaries
Physical border versus virtual border
Technology
Advances; rate of change (e.g., Moore's law)
