Glossary - Information Assurance Architecture - page 542

Term Description

Architectural phases The three high-level phases of producing an

architecture plan: to-be, as-is, and transition; much
detail goes into each phase to produce an
architecture plan.

Architectural principle A fundamental edict or underlying faculty with

regard to architecture as a practice or the
architecture of the solution at hand.

Architectural process Provides a disciplined methodology to promote

repeatability, consistency, high quality, and
complexity management in producing an
architecture.

Architectural view A perspective on the architecture that isolates and

focuses attention on a specific class of concerns.

Architecture 1. A product of the architecture process, e.g., an IA

architecture document. 2. The art of consciously
forming a coherent structure.

Artifact A practical creation; may be a document or device;

many EA standards specify “EA artifacts” that are
documents with specific form, flow, and content as
specified by the EA standard.

Asset An object of value owned by the organization.

Asset space A collective term referring to all organizational

assets, all attributes of assets, and the environment
containing assets.

Assumption A quality, fact, or statement taken to be true.

Attribute A naturally occurring or inherent characteristic.

Availability Information or information resource is ready for

immediate use.

Authenticity Information or information source conforms to

reality.

Authorized use Cost-incurring services are available only to

authorized personnel (e.g., toll-fraud prevention).