Risk Management Use Cases (EA)
Strategic & enterprise risk alignment​
Enterprise Architecture (EA) helps identify risks that may affect the organization's ability to execute its strategy.
Risks addressed:
- Misalignment between business strategy and IT capabilities
- Failure to adapt to market or regulatory change
- Emerging technology disruption
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Assessing capabilities and capability realizations -> Identifying risks
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Identifying risks linked to an external event
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Analyzing capabilities at risk -> Defining action plans -> Scheduling of enterprise stages or projects
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IT & technology risk assessment
EA inventories technology components, their relationships, and their lifecycle status to help identify risks.
Risks addressed:
- Obsolete technology (end-of-life infrastructure, unsupported versions)
- Single points of failure in infrastructure
- Cybersecurity vulnerabilities
- Inconsistent technology stacks
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Managing technology obsolescence -> Identifying possible risks
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Defining architecture template and reference architecture, assessing compliance of architecture against those templates/references -> Identifying risks
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Analyzing impact / "What if" scenario for technology -> Identifying risks
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Impact reports in:
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Project & portfolio risk management
EA helps ensure that projects are feasible, aligned with the organization's objectives, and do not increase risk.
Risks addressed:
- Lack of architectural compliance
- Integration or data inconsistency issues
- Underestimated technical complexity
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Asset rationalization reports
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(Rationalization sub-menu)
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Reviewing of architecture compliance to architecture principles
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Assessing projects -> Identifying risks
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Business continuity & operational resilience
EA maps critical processes and the systems that support them, helping to highlight operational vulnerabilities.
Risks addressed:
- Process disruptions
- Failure of critical applications or infrastructure
- Supply chain or vendor-related risks
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Analyzing risks related to strategic process and application/data/technology/infrastructure used -> Identifying risks
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Compliance and regulatory risks
EA helps organizations ensure that architectural components comply with internal and external requirements.
Risks addressed:
- Non-compliance with industry standards
- Lack of audit trails
- Gaps in security controls
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Reviewing architecture compliance to regulations -> Identifying risks
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Defining controls to perform for compliance check
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Analyzing impacts of regulations on EA assets -> Identifying risks
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Recording risk management tasks and decisions
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Remediating Risks through action plans and controls
Recording Architecture Decisions on applications
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Change impact & dependency risks
During changes such as projects, mergers, or technology upgrades, EA helps anticipate impacts and assess associated risks.
Risks addressed:
- Unexpected system failures
- Integration failures after deployment
- Breakdowns in processes
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Analyzing application dependencies and identifying associated risks
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(to assess the risks associated with the source applications of incoming flows)
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Cybersecurity risk management
EA contributes to the identification and mitigation of security risks across all layers of the architecture.
Risks addressed:
- Network vulnerabilities
- Application security weaknesses
- Poor identity and access management
- Misconfigured cloud environments
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Defining security architecture principles, mapping them to IT assets and assessing compliance -> Identifying risks
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Defining remediation action plans in case of noncompliance
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Remediating Risks through action plans
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Vendor & outsourcing risks
EA helps assess external dependencies that influence business operations and information systems.
Risks addressed:
- Vendor lock-in
- SLA (Service Level Agreements) non-compliance
- Cloud provider failures
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Risk scoring of external vendors
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(Risks section available in vendor properties)
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Identifying and creating a risk
Analyzing vendor-related risks
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