Architect guides

Architect reference guides

Each guide explains the relevant diagram's elements, connectors, design decisions, alternatives, failure behavior and implementation questions. They are proposed design references; read the review status alongside them.

Architecture Canonical source Detailed guide
AI Security overview Overview Narrative, example and explanations are included in the overview.
Secure business AI Architecture Guide
Defend against AI Architecture Guide
Defend with AI Architecture Guide
AI Governance Architecture Guide

Start with the overview, then follow the recurring supplier-payment example across the three security views and the governance companion. Governance supplies the decision and oversight structure that the security views support; it is not a fourth security view. The diagrams describe responsibilities and boundaries; selecting products, assigning named roles or setting deployment conditions requires additional design work.