Togaf V9.2

[Kizzy Burnworth]

Im looking to expand my skillset to encompass Enterprise Architecture. I am currently a CISSP and CCSP in good standing. The TOGAF certification has peaked my interest, but wanted to see what other members thoughts are on this certification and how it compliments what you currently have?

Thank you,

Thank you for your take on this. My whole thing about it is to expand my knowledge but also bring to the table this knowledge to my current organization as from what I have seen here, people were promoted to "Architects" just because, with no real backing against a certifed governing body of being "certified" as an Architect.

Having say that, I felt at least right now, that the CISSP-ISSAP wouldn't be a good step for me as I want to expand my knowledge of "Enterprise Architecture" and have it confirmed against that of industry standards for Enterprise Architecture such as SABSA, TOGAF, ZACHMAN, etc... as you have already stated. Once I am more comfortable with that, I may venture into doing the ISSAP concentration.

As for building this for my career, I feel that adding Architecture to my repertoire would be beneficial as I already am in Information Security dealing with on Prem and Cloud hosted envrionments and having to work with how this is Architectured for the organization. I currently have my CISSP, CCSP, and hoping to add TOGAF v9.2 to that list.

I went to an IT Architecture conference in August, originally it was called IT Enterprise Architecture conference, but they deliberately dropped the Enterprise bit, as apparently the Industry has had so many problems with people calling themselves "Enterprise Architect" but in fact they are plainly and simply are not. What I mean is the Open Group offer the ability to become a certified architect at different levels, but having achieved Master Architect level, I cannot then call myself an "Enterprise Architect", simply by having completed my employers own certification program internally, which is recognised by the Open Group i.e. recognised by industry at having reached their standard. And what I mean is there is a whole heap of Professional Giveback, over a three year period, additional evidence for Intellectual Property development, and other means of giving back. So every three years, I have to go through a formal re-certification program, to maintain the level of "Master".

So, I think it is good to obtain the TOGAF certification for awareness purposes, but just be aware, there is a whole heap of additional work to do, to formally be recognised by Industry as a certified Architect or even a "Enterprise Architect".

I do know my own organisation is formally going through the process for the role of "Security Architect" to being formally recognised, but in doing so, this means obtaining industry recognition via the Open Group.

Scaled Agile Framework, which involves Agile methodology, not only as a culture within many organisations, but also within the context of "digital transformation" but ensure you really do have real Enterprise Architects, who really do understand the business guiding it.

My organisation, regularly develops, architecture methodologies including "Enterprise" approaches, and are aligned to the Open Group certification and career pathway. Being an Architect, is becoming also a career in itself.

I just want to say that I am officially TOGAF v9 (9.2) Certified as of today. I have to say that I have enjoyed my journey in gaining the knowledge to get this certification. It is helping me focus my direction in security where I think Security Architecture is in my future.

The exam was tough to say the least, but if you are dilligent and read, comprehend, and absorb the material, you will have everything it takes to pass it.

Thank you very much @Caute_cautim. I am greatly honored to have been awarded the TOGAF v9 Certified designation.

To answer your question, I would first have to thank my journey when I received my CISSP a few years ago. In that study period, I was drawn towards "Architecture" where the TOGAF EA was mentioned several times in Shon Harris CISSP All - In - One. After a few years, I decided to go for it and got the materials to start my journey to the TOGAF v9 Certification

The Barriers that I personally came across was my own knowledge of Information Security and how I assmued it would integrate itself into Enterprise Architecture. I also had to drop my foreknown knowledge of certain terms and definitions and had to understand and comprehend what certain terms and definitions are in accrodance to the TOGAF standard.

The material for the exam (purchased from the Open Group) was sufficient enough to pass both parts of the exam. I however supplemented any gaps with video courses from Udemy which helped clarify anything that I couldn't grasp.

From the further research I have done, people who have taken both exams, have stated they have studied on average about 2-4 weeks. This was not the case for me as I have studied about 4-6 hours everyday (10+ on weekends) for almost 2 months, where I really tried to understand the concepts as deeply as possible and have used a lot of the resources available from the Open Group.

Going with the TOGAF over the CISSP-ISSAP was a decision based on visibility in the industry. I haven't seen a lot of job opportunites requesting the CISSP-ISSAP here in the United States unless it is DoD 8570 which I don't and don't perceive to be working for DoD in the near or long term futute.

I know SABSA would have probably better align with Information Security, but felt with the visibility in the industry that the TOGAF has, plus the reasonable pricing for the study material and exam costs made it more appealing for me.

In my studies and jouney to getting the TOGAF Certification, I have learned, that where EA and Agile are, are at 2 different levels of the organization. Enterprise Architecture is at the Business Level, Agile is at the Business Unit Level. Also, The TOGAF is actually Agile in it's Architecture Development Method (ADM) where the approach may be iterative as well as responsive enough to have deliverables and component roadmap items to show Stakeholders their needs and concerns are met with Incrimental transition states.

For applying TOGAF with ARIS you can find instructions, databases, reports and queries on the ARIS installation medium (traditionally called "ARIS DVD") or in the download center. The path on the DVD is "Content / TOGAF v9.2".

If you would like to know more about the certification, I recommend that you watch this good video Applying TOGAF Business Architecture Enhancements - The Open Group. I think this certificate makes sense in the following situations:

If you have earlier certification of TOGAF v9 or v9.1, please consider this post "Passing TOGAF Essentials 2018" for upgrade to v9.2 I think it will be better path & knowledge for you, also includes many aspects in business architecture from this certificate as value streams, business scenarios & others.

All TOGAF 9 Accredited Training Courses are available in this link, previously I have made a small comparison below, but if you intend to select this way better to go with the full list for more updated options:

After exam completed with 15 mins, I received email with subject "Score Report Available Notification". You will need to login Pearson with credentials of The Open Group, and you will find the link "View score report" and you will see your score and detailed report.

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