I was going through some stuff in my basement and I came across my Computer Science 464 notes from my alma mater. I didn’t even realize that even back then, we covered a little bit of information security. I had the following depiction in my notes, courtesy of Dr. Arch Harris: (click to expand)

It is a 4×4×4 cube, with areas where data might be exposed on the X axis, security risks on the Z axis, and risk mitigations on the Y axis. So, what’s missing from the cube? How have the last 15 or so years changed our thinking, and what is the correct way of visualizing this today? Please comment below!

This entry was posted on Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 8:45 am by Peter Hesse and is filed under data protection. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.