Security Architecture Patterns and Models

Manish Garg
Manish Garg Associate of (ISC)² · RingSafe
Apr 26, 2026
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Last updated: April 29, 2026

Reference architectures encode known-good designs — authentication, authorisation, secrets, service-to-service, logging, encryption patterns. Catalogue, deviation process, ARB governance.

A Mumbai fintech CTO designed each new system from scratch. Authentication, authorisation, logging, secrets management — every project re-invented the patterns. Quality varied wildly, security gaps proliferated, audit findings repeated. The security architect she hired in 2024 introduced reference architectures: pre-approved patterns each new project starts from. Within a year, security debt stopped accumulating. This module covers security architecture patterns as a practitioner discipline.

What architecture patterns are

Reference architectures encode known-good designs. Instead of every team designing authentication from scratch, they pick the appropriate authentication pattern from the catalogue. Quality is consistent; security review is faster; the team can focus on business logic.

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