Knowledge ID: K0871
Knowledge of enterprise architecture (EA) principles and practices
Work roles with this Knowledge
Security Control Assessment
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-012Responsible for conducting independent comprehensive assessments of management, operational, and technical security controls and control enhancements employed within or inherited by a system to determine their overall effectiveness.
Systems Authorization
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-013Responsible for operating an information system at an acceptable level of risk to organizational operations, organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, and the nation.
Systems Security Management
Category: Oversight and GovernanceNICE Framework ID: OG-WRL-014Responsible for managing the cybersecurity of a program, organization, system, or enclave.
Cybersecurity Architecture
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-001Responsible for ensuring that security requirements are adequately addressed in all aspects of enterprise architecture, including reference models, segment and solution architectures, and the resulting systems that protect and support organizational mission and business processes.
Enterprise Architecture
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-002Responsible for developing and maintaining business, systems, and information processes to support enterprise mission needs. Develops technology rules and requirements that describe baseline and target architectures.
Secure Software Development
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-003Responsible for developing, creating, modifying, and maintaining computer applications, software, or specialized utility programs.
Secure Systems Development
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-004Responsible for the secure design, development, and testing of systems and the evaluation of system security throughout the systems development life cycle.
Software Security Assessment
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-005Responsible for analyzing the security of new or existing computer applications, software, or specialized utility programs and delivering actionable results.
Systems Testing and Evaluation
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-007Responsible for planning, preparing, and executing system tests; evaluating test results against specifications and requirements; and reporting test results and findings.
Technology Research and Development
Category: Design and DevelopmentNICE Framework ID: DD-WRL-008Responsible for conducting software and systems engineering and software systems research to develop new capabilities with fully integrated cybersecurity. Conducts comprehensive technology research to evaluate potential vulnerabilities in cyberspace systems.
Network Operations
Category: Implementation and OperationNICE Framework ID: IO-WRL-004Responsible for planning, implementing, and operating network services and systems, including hardware and virtual environments.
Systems Administration
Category: Implementation and OperationNICE Framework ID: IO-WRL-005Responsible for setting up and maintaining a system or specific components of a system in adherence with organizational security policies and procedures. Includes hardware and software installation, configuration, and updates; user account management; backup and recovery management; and security control implementation.
Systems Security Analysis
Category: Implementation and OperationNICE Framework ID: IO-WRL-006Responsible for developing and analyzing the integration, testing, operations, and maintenance of systems security. Prepares, performs, and manages the security aspects of implementing and operating a system.
Defensive Cybersecurity
Category: Protection and DefenseNICE Framework ID: PD-WRL-001Responsible for analyzing data collected from various cybersecurity defense tools to mitigate risks.
Digital Forensics
Category: Protection and DefenseNICE Framework ID: PD-WRL-002Responsible for analyzing digital evidence from computer security incidents to derive useful information in support of system and network vulnerability mitigation.
Incident Response
Category: Protection and DefenseNICE Framework ID: PD-WRL-003Responsible for investigating, analyzing, and responding to network cybersecurity incidents.
Infrastructure Support
Category: Protection and DefenseNICE Framework ID: PD-WRL-004Responsible for testing, implementing, deploying, maintaining, and administering infrastructure hardware and software for cybersecurity.
Insider Threat Analysis
Category: Protection and DefenseNICE Framework ID: PD-WRL-005Responsible for identifying and assessing the capabilities and activities of cybersecurity insider threats; produces findings to help initialize and support law enforcement and counterintelligence activities and investigations.
Vulnerability Analysis
Category: Protection and DefenseNICE Framework ID: PD-WRL-007Responsible for assessing systems and networks to identify deviations from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. Measure effectiveness of defense-in-depth architecture against known vulnerabilities.
Digital Evidence Analysis
Category: InvestigationNICE Framework ID: IN-WRL-002Responsible for identifying, collecting, examining, and preserving digital evidence using controlled and documented analytical and investigative techniques.
Source: Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework) (NIST SP 800-181 Rev 1) (Version: 1.0.0)