Platform Engineering Academy · Interactive Architecture Studio

Security Boundary Model

Visualise identity, network, workload and data boundaries with their enforcement points.

Objective: Make trust assumptions and security controls visible and testable.

Practical guidance

Plan and design

01

Identify identities, assets and trust transitions

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02

Classify privileged and non-privileged paths

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03

Map preventive, detective and recovery controls

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Practical guidance

Build and validate

01

Model attack paths and compensating controls

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02

Validate secrets, keys and certificate handling

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03

Review least privilege and separation of duties

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Practical guidance

Evidence and review

01

Document residual risk

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02

Link controls to evidence

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03

Schedule control-owner reviews

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