SABSA Foundation Modules
The SABSA Foundation Modules (F1 & F2) are the SABSA Institute’s official starting point for developing Security Architecture Competencies. They are designed to create a broad-spectrum of knowledge and understanding of the SABSA method, its frameworks, concepts, models & techniques. Theories and concepts are put to the test in ‘proof-of-concept’ style case study exercises and workshops so that candidates can understand how SABSA is best applied to meet the challenges of the real world.
SABSA Competency Framework

Pre-Requisites to Participating in Foundation Course Modules
There are no pre-requisites to participation in a SABSA Foundation course.
Top 20 Competency Development Outcomes
- 1Define enterprise security architecture, its role, objectives and benefits
- 2Describe the SABSA model, architecture matrix, service management matrix and terminology
- 3Describe SABSA principles, framework, approach and lifecycle
- 4Use business goals and objectives to engineer information security requirements
- 5Create a business attributes taxonomy
- 6Apply key architectural defence-in-depth concepts
- 7Explain security engineering principles, methods and techniques
- 8Use an architected approach to design an integrated compliance framework
- 9Describe and design appropriate policy architecture
- 10Define security architecture value proposition
- 11Use SABSA to create an holistic framework to align and integrate standards
- 12Describe roles, responsibilities, decision-making and organisational structure
- 13Explain the integration of SABSA into a service management environment
- 14Define Security Services
- 15Describe the placement of security services within ICT Infrastructure
- 16Create a SABSA Trust Model
- 17Describe and model security associations intra-domain and inter-domain
- 18Explain temporal factors in security and sequence security services
- 19Determine an appropriate start-up approach for SABSA Architecture
- 20Apply SABSA Foundation level competencies to the benefit of your organisation
Who Should Attend
- 1Security Architects
- 2Security Professionals
- 3Systems Developers
- 4Security Operations Professionals
- 5Risk Management Professionals
- 6Audit, Compliance & Governance Professionals
- 7Business Managers & Strategists
- 8Service Management Professionals
SABSA Institute Foundation Examination Format
Foundation level examinations consist of 2 modules of 48 multiple choice questions equally distributed through 6 knowledge domains (the columns of the SABSA matrix). For more information refer to our certifications section
Course Outline – Module F1 Sections – Security Strategy & Planning
Principles & Objectives of Security Architecture | The SABSA Framework | Business Requirements Engineering & Attributes Profiling | Risk & Opportunity Modelling | Policy Architecture Framework |
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Systems Engineering & Integrated Compliance | Capability-based Defence-in-Depth | SABSA Governance Framework | Security Domain Concepts | Security Time & Performance Concepts |
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Course Outline – Module F2 Sections – Security Services & Service Management
Information Security & Data Security Architectures | Risk Treatment Architecture | Transformation & Service Architecture |
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Entity & Trust Modelling | Security Associations Modelling | Security Service Sequencing & Performance Management |
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Register for a SABSA Foundation Course.