Would a vpn be classified as a communcation network or something else?
Hi,
This question should better be posted on the ArchiMate Community (https://archimate-community.org/#!discussion-board.md)...
That being said, If you want to keep things as simple as possible (prefered approach IMHO), yes a Communication Network is fine. If you are doing some more advanced modeling, then a Path realized by some Communication Networks (such as Internet), and aggregating elements such as a System Software 'VNP Client', and a Node 'VPN Concentrator') would be best.
Regards,
JB
There is a decent example on the bizzdesign documentation site (https://help.bizzdesign.com/articles/#!horizzon-help/enterprise-risk-and-security-management)
(https://help.bizzdesign.com/resources/Storage/horizzon-help/about-modeling-for-ersm/ersm_modeling_ex-nw_en.png)
This shows the realisation at the tech layer of how the VPN components.
You could represent VPN as a path, or as a network, depending on what you are intending to describe in the view