1. Threat Modeling: It is important to understand your organization's assets, identify potential threats to those assets, and assess the risks associated with those threats.
2. Secure Design: Architects should be trained to design secure architecture patterns, and follow principles such as least privilege, separation of duties, and defense in depth.
3. Secure Coding: Developers should receive training in secure coding practices and apply them when building software components that will be used in the application.
4. Security Testing: Regular security testing must be conducted to identify vulnerabilities in the architecture and software components.
5. Secure Deployment and Configuration: Effective deployment and configuration management practices can ensure that the application runs securely in a production environment.
6. Monitoring and Logging: It is imperative to monitor and log activity in the application to detect suspicious activity or security breaches.
7. Compliance: Architects should be aware of industry standards and regulations and ensure the architecture, software components, and deployment mechanisms comply with those standards.
Balancing architecture efficiency with security considerations requires a continuous effort to improving the security posture of the organization.
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