What It Is

TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition is a vendor-neutral enterprise architecture framework by The Open Group. It provides a proven methodology for designing, planning, implementing, and governing enterprise-wide change. Primary scope spans business, data, application, and technology domains via an iterative Architecture Development Method (ADM).

Key Components

• **ADM phasesPreliminary to Change Management, with continuous Requirements Management.
• **Content FrameworkDeliverables, artifacts, building blocks, and metamodel for core entities like actors, services, data.
• Enterprise Continuum, reference models (TRM, SIB, III-RM), and Architecture Capability Framework for governance.
• No fixed controls; modular with certification paths for practitioners.

Why Organizations Use It

Drives strategic alignment, reuse, risk reduction, and ROI through governance. Enables efficiency, avoids lock-in, supports compliance. Builds stakeholder trust via traceability and repeatable processes.

Implementation Overview

Phased tailoring: foundation, pilot, scale via ADM iterations. Applies to large enterprises across industries; requires repository, board, skills. Voluntary with practitioner certification.

What It Is

The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) is Australia's primary federal privacy regulation, establishing baseline standards for handling personal information by government agencies and private sector organizations. Its principles-based approach regulates the full data lifecycle—collection, use, disclosure, security, and individual rights—balancing privacy protection with information flows.

Key Components

• 13 Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) covering transparency, collection, use/disclosure, data quality, security (APP 11), cross-border (APP 8), and access/correction.
• Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme for mandatory reporting of serious harm breaches.
• OAIC enforcement via investigations, audits, and penalties up to AUD 50M or 30% turnover. No formal certification; compliance is self-assessed with regulatory oversight.

Why Organizations Use It

• Legal compliance for entities over $3M turnover, health providers, and those with Australian links.
• Mitigates breach risks, enhances cyber resilience, and builds stakeholder trust.
• Strategic benefits include reduced incidents, competitive differentiation, and governance alignment.

Implementation Overview

Phased approach: gap analysis, policy design, controls deployment, incident readiness. Applies economy-wide; audits via OAIC. Focus on risk management, training, and vendor contracts. (178 words)