Key to a comprehensive solution : Utilise Six Honest Serving Men (What, Why, How, Who, Where and When)

Introduction

?? I would like to share this beautiful concept and poem (at the end of this post) about six honest serving men. This concept can be used to create a wholesome and comprehensive solution to a problem. It recommends that we consider six aspects of any problem when trying to solve it. These aspects are What, Why, How, Who, Where and When about the problem.

Six Men

?? We can use this when trying to solve security problems as well. Think about the factors below before you solve a security problem next time and see the difference.

?? Aspects to consider

• What are you trying to do ? – The assets to be protected by your security architecture.
• Why are you doing it? – The motivation for wanting to apply security, expressed in the terms of risk.
• How are you trying to do it? – The processes and functions needed to achieve security.
• Who is involved? – The people and organizational aspects of security.
• Where are you doing it? – The locations where you apply your security.
• When are you doing it? – The time-related aspects of security.

?? Poem – I Keep Six Honest Serving Men

I keep six honest serving-men

???(They taught me all I knew);

Their names are What and Why and When?

???And How and Where and Who.

I send them over land and sea,

???I send them east and west;

But after they have worked for me,

???I give them all a rest.?

I let them rest from nine till five,

????For I am busy then,

As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,

???For they are hungry men.

But different folk have different views;?

??I know a person small—

She keeps ten million serving-men,

??Who get no rest at all!?

She sends’em abroad on her own affairs,

???From the second she opens her eyes—

One million Hows, two million Wheres,

??And seven million Whys!?