Earning Criteria

• Validation of knowledge of 8 of the 14 domains is required, and may be accomplished by either passing and maintaining the external certification listed, or by completion of an internal examination administered by the security architect certification board covering a predefined subset of the domains.
• Conduct a customer briefing encompassing each  domain, major industry trends, challenges,  associated with security strategies.
• Develop architectures that combine people, process, and tools to address customer-specific needs across multiple domains.
• Recognize the major technical solutions (IBM and  competitors) that apply to each domain .
• Provide documentation for at least two projects that show architectural knowledge for at least 6 of the above domains.
• Present these two architectures to a review board consisting of three members.  This is a presentation, followed by a Q&A period, and final approval by board.
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