// Q-SAM · QUANTROPIC SECURITY ARCHITECTURE MODEL
IT IS NOT THE LOCATION.
IT IS THE WAY BETWEEN.
Q-SAM places every system, data set and model in one of four areas and three zones. The position sets a
baseline; the properties and controls of the element refine it into a security level from 0 to 100.
The ways between positions carry the risk. Each way is evaluated for what it transports, the controls on
it and how trust travels along it: a weak source can pull a well-placed target down.
Confidentiality, integrity and availability are evaluated separately against the protection level your
organisation sets for each element.
The result is a map of your estate with every place and every way scored, the ones that fail marked, and
the smallest change that makes them pass. It is the model behind our assessments and architecture work,
and the one we teach.
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