Best Practice Is Not The Architecture
Recommendations such as MFA, segmentation, PAM, encryption and Zero Trust are useful, but they do not remove the need for architectural judgment. The objective is not to implement one preferred product; it is to prevent uncontrolled or insufficiently verified access in the actual environment.
Cybersecurity best practice is a baseline, not a blueprint. Standards provide direction, but architecture must adapt them to the organisation’s actual risks, dependencies and operating environment.
Best practice establishes a minimum expectation. Architecture determines how it applies within dependencies, operational constraints and business consequences.
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