Introduction
🎊 I would like to share this beautiful concept and poem (at the end of this post) about six honest serving men. This concept can be used to create a wholesome and comprehensive solution to a problem. It recommends that we consider six aspects of any problem when trying to solve it. These aspects are What, Why, How, Who, Where and When about the problem.
Six Men
🔐 We can use this when trying to solve security problems as well. Think about the factors below before you solve a security problem next time and see the difference.
⚒️ Aspects to consider
- What are you trying to do ? – The assets to be protected by your security architecture.
- Why are you doing it? – The motivation for wanting to apply security, expressed in the terms of risk.
- How are you trying to do it? – The processes and functions needed to achieve security.
- Who is involved? – The people and organizational aspects of security.
- Where are you doing it? – The locations where you apply your security.
- When are you doing it? – The time-related aspects of security.
🎹 Poem – I Keep Six Honest Serving Men
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
I send them over land and sea,
I send them east and west;
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.
I let them rest from nine till five,
For I am busy then,
As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,
For they are hungry men.
But different folk have different views;
I know a person small—
She keeps ten million serving-men,
Who get no rest at all!
She sends’em abroad on her own affairs,
From the second she opens her eyes—
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!