CISSP Domain 5 Domain Description Harriet Tubman’s Work
• The security design was so
Security Architecture & From the CISSP® CBK®: effectively efficient that Tubman
Design stealthy communicated specific
The Security Architecture and Design instructions to over fifty to sixty
domain addresses the high level and other fugitives who escaped to
detailed processes, concepts, struc- the north. Her dangerous work
tures, and standards used to define, required tremendous ingenuity;
design, implement, monitor, and she usually worked during winter
secure/ assure: operations systems, months, to minimize the likelihood
applications equipment, and networks. that the group would be seen.
• One admirer of Tubman said: “She
always came in the winter, when
the nights are long and dark, and
people who have homes stay
in them.” Once she had made
contact with escaping slaves, they
left town on Saturday evenings,
since newspapers would not print
runaway notices until Monday
morning.
• She effectively used Negro
spirituals as coded messages,
warning fellow travelers of danger
or to signal a clear path.
CISSP Domain 6 Domain Description Harriet Tubman’s Work
From the CISSP® CBK®: Back up Plans
Business Continuity • Harriet Tubman was one of
Planning (BCP)and The BCP & DRP domain addresses the many individuals involved in the
Disaster Recovery preparatory activities, processes and abolitionist movement to help
Planning (DRP) practices required to ensure the pres- slaves escape slavery.
ervation of the business in the face of
disruptions to normal business opera- • She helped to establish multiple
tions. routes, and numerous safe
houses within the Underground
Railroad network.
• Plans were changed on the fly
to avoid capture. She moved
on to other safe houses or used
other paths to avoid capture.
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