It may not be the future CIOs envisioned a decade ago. But today, while the business is traditionally viewed as the predominant driver of innovation, growth, and expansion, IT still is seen as the behind-the-scenes assistant, responsible for responding to the goals and demands of business.

Just over the horizon, however, ushered along by fast-emerging trends, the distinction between business and IT is blurring. Consumerization, connectivity, and cloud have placed an increased emphasis on speed and agility.

The rapid ascent of social networking, the explosion in mobile devices and technologies, and the growing spectre of cyber terrorists operating like organized crime are key factors changing the face of enterprise security in profound ways. For CIOs, security challenges naturally lead to the question of balance.  Just how do you balance the competing demands of securing enterprise data with the requirements to give users the ‘instant’ access to data they demand any time, any place and from just about any device?