SABSA Foundation

SABSA stands for Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture and is a framework and methodology for Enterprise Security Architecture and Service Management. SABSA ensures that the security needs of the enterprise are met completely and that security services are designed, delivered, and supported as an integral part of the IT Management infrastructure.

The SABSA model follows closely the work done by John A. Zachman in developing a model for Enterprise Architecture. SABSA is to Security Management what ITIL is to Service Management, PRINCE2 to Project Management and TOGAF to Enterprise Architecture. SABSA is used worldwide by numerous of organisations and governments.

The target group for the SABSA Foundation training consists of:
IT Business & Security Architects
Security, Risk Management & Audit Professionals
IT Service Management Professionals
Governance & Assurance Managers
IT & Business Consultants
Service Provider Management

The SABSA certification framework is a comprehensive, competencies-based testing programme that provides employers and peers with far greater assurance and confidence that employees, job candidates, service providers and contractors have the professional capability to meet the needs of their particular business to design, deliver, and manage Business Security Architecture. It tests professional proficiency in all aspects of Enterprise Security Architecture as delivered by the SABSA method.

The competencies framework, and its associated training programme, go much further than other certification efforts, which are largely knowledge-based. The SABSA programme is designed to develop and enhance professional capabilities in a measurable way.