Secure Information Architecture for Information Warfare

Greetings from the National Pres Club In Canberra, where Dr Asif Gill is speaking on "Secure information architecture: security by design". Dr Gill is describing the strategy and architecture needed to get from the current insecure state of an IT system to the desired more secure state.

Dr Gill is describing a defensive strategy however, it occurs to me that the same approach could be used for thinking about offensive operations, where the desired state is less secure for your opponent.

This is my second security presentation for the day. The Minister for Foreign Affairs recently opened Australia's Diplomatic Academy. The Academy's impressive new premises are a short walk  from the Press Club. Today the Academy hosted a presentation by the Australian National University's National Security College on The New Weapons: Propaganda, Misinformation and Fake News. This is the topic of an ANU short course starting next week.

Data Management Body of Knowledge

DAMA International and the Australian Computer Society held a joint meeting last night on the Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBoK). A new version two of DMBoK is due out later this year with more on management and cultural issues.  There is a useful free 27 page DMBOK2 Functional Framework document.

DAMA also have a Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) qualification, based on the DMBoK. There are some Self-Study materials for the certification and DAMA conducts examinations in Canberra. ACS Canberra are running two one day training courses: Data Management Overview and Practical Data Governance.

The Open University (UK) had an online course in Data management based on the DMBoK. There would appear to be scope for higher education institutions in Australia to offer courses aligned with DMBoK.