Security Architect: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Many security architects draw their plans on big whiteboards, like a giant map of how information travels.
Through history
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Long ago
People first sent secret messages in code, long before computers. Keeping messages safe has always been an important job.
Tools of the trade
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Firewall
A digital wall that checks the information coming in and going out of a computer network. It lets safe things through and stops the rest.
Words to know
- Data flow
- The path information takes, from where it starts to where it ends. Security architects draw data flow maps to see every step.
Quiz time
Security architects only work with computers, never with people.
A security architect helps decide who is allowed to see private information.