To find common ground on security measures with stakeholders in business architecture, engage in open dialogue to understand their concerns, align security proposals with business objectives, and present a clear cost-benefit analysis. Use quantifiable risk assessments and reference industry standards to support your case, ensuring measures address vulnerabilities while adding value. Foster collaboration by incorporating feedback and demonstrating how security enhances organizational goals.

When it comes to security architecture depending on the nature of the requirement whether it is an external requirement (legal or compliance) or internal the debate with business stakeholders differs. There’s no debate about legal and compliance security requirements. About the internal ones the risk analysis should be done and the pros and cons of accepting the security risks against ease of doing business should debated and concluded and based on that the requirements should be addressed.

During the business architecture, focus should be on taking the security needs as inputs. Be empathetic to the needs and ensure it is taken care of in the technology architecture. Then in the iteration validate that requirements are well covered as well gain trust to have next projects managed even more amicably!

Emphasize shared goals like minimizing risk and ensuring operational continuity. Use clear language to connect security measures to business outcomes, such as protecting customer trust or regulatory compliance. Present cost-benefit analyses to illustrate the ROI of robust security, and invite stakeholder input to align measures with business priorities.

Step. 1 Demonstrate business capability map with security posture Step 2 . Explain the business impact and reputation damage of an unlikely security incident . Step 3. Provide a comparison of repair against prevention in terms of cost, time and operational effectiveness Step 4. Explain How new security investment can provide additional benefits along with planned prevention scenario. Step 5. Explain risk of delayed decision making