Open Repository for the Open Security and Privacy Reference Architecture

Open publications for IT security and privacy are still rare. Despite the great work of the OWASP foundation many IT security organizations are not that open.

This reference architecture aims to enable you to create better and faster security and privacy solutions by reusing content that is provided in this reference architecture. To encourage collaboration for this project this reference architecture is of course free and open (cc-by-sa).

This project is supported by the BM-Support Foundation, https://www.bm-support.org/

Current status: We are working on a complete revision for 2019 of this 'Open Reference Architecture for Security and Privacy'. So join the party and create the 2019 version together with us.

We encourage all security professionals to improve this reference architecture. Join the team to:

• Add security or privacy principles.
• Add security or privacy models.
• Help us create the largest OSS reference framework on OSS security and privacy applications and tools.
• Create better graphics and text.
• Add threat models that can be easily reused.
• Improve criteria on selecting OSS solutions for security and privacy applications.
• Create tools to speed up the process of making use of this reference architecture. E.g. we created a GPL WordPress tool to * manage and create security specification documents fast. Help us to improve these tools or create your own.

Your contributions to this Guide are greatly appreciated as long as contributions fit within the scope and goal of this security and privacy reference architecture. As an open project, this Open Reference Architecture for Security and Privacy shall always remain vendor-neutral and freely available for all to use. If you contribute you will of course get credit (mentioned in upcoming publications). You can contribute using the following Github repository: https://github.com/nocomplexity/SecurityPrivacyReferenceArchitecture

Please observe our contribution guidelines before creating a pull request:

With the exception of typos and spelling mistakes (feel free to fix these and they’ll be merged), please observe the following guides:

• Always open an issue first. This will allow us to determine whether or not the change should take place.
• Explain your issue, and we will discuss it with you. If we agree the change is necessary we will mark it as TODO and will fix it when we get a chance, or we will allow a member of the community to supply the change with a pull request.
• This reference architecture is intended to be a helpful resource aimed at professional security/privacy architects and designers.
• Contributions must fit within the scope and goal of this security and privacy reference architecture. Of course we like to discuss your input for changing scope or goals if needed!

For small corrections or input, just send me an email. For larger contributions, please create a pull request.

When you submit text to which you hold the copyright, you agree to license it under:

• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).