The efforts of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to secure and manage critical enterprise information assets face complex challenges. CISOs must manage and mitigate security risks that can affect profitability and corporate compliance initiatives, while increasing operational effectiveness for better returns on IT assets. Failure may result in financial loss, damage to the organization’s brand and reputation, loss of customers and competitive advantage, and regulatory penalties.

By integrating security into infrastructure management capabilities, organizations can have increased protection against evolving threats, while mitigating the administrative complexities and costs of layered security solutions. CISOs should seek answers to five questions as they consider a holistic security strategy to reduce risk and secure the enterprise's future.

This paper offers resources to help CISOs:

• Protect information proactively
• Respond to threats rapidly
• Automate compliance processes
• Lower cost and complexity