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The consumerization of IT and trends such as cloud, virtualization and mobility are changing the way we do business. The lines between business and personal life continue to blur as we move towards constant connectivity. It's not just technology that is impacting the way we do business; it's also the expectations and behaviors of today's Digital Natives.
Digital Natives, born in the 1990s, have never known a world without Internet connectivity and mobile devices. They are used to immediate online social interaction and collaboration. As this new generation enters the workforce, they bring with them a new way of working combined with a different perspective on technology. The way we do business, collaborate and secure our information is changing, because it has to.
The future of business is right in front of us. It is virtualized, in the cloud, mobile and constantly connected. Yesterday's enterprises were locked down and secure. Today's enterprises are open, distributed and far less secure than they need to be. We no longer control devices, public and private cloud use is increasing, and we don't know where our data resides. We have to find a way to adapt to these changes without compromising security.
We know the “lockdown
