International Data Corporation (IDC) hosted a Webinar, IDC - 2013 Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Predictions: Securing the Expanding Walls of an Enterprise, highlighting the top 10 predictions for the year ahead. Featuring analyst Christian Christiansen, the session provided organizations with insight and perspective on long-term industry trends along with new themes that may be on the horizon. The Predictions Webinar series is designed to help company leaders capitalize on emerging market opportunities and plan for future growth. An audio replay of today's webinar will be available within 48 hours. To access the replay, please visit http://bit.ly/IDC_Predictions2013_CISO.

The Top 10 Predictions are:

• Prediction 1 - CISOs Agree with C-Suite About BYOD Security Policies
• Prediction 2 - CISOs Focus Social Networking Activities on Customer Experience, Brand Identity, Return on Value, & Security
• Prediction 3 - CISOs Respond to Redundant, Siloed GRC Implementations by Building Worldwide Frameworks
• Prediction 4 - CISOs Realize Big Data & Analytics Risk
• Prediction 5 - CISOs Enable, Not Obstruct, Innovation
• Prediction 6 - CISOs Respond to Demands that Security Becomes a "Predictable Operational Expense"
• Prediction 7 - CISOs Move "Internet of Things" from Incidental to Important
• Prediction 8 - CISOs Wrestle with Virtual Data-center Security that is Cloud Dispersed
• Prediction 9 - CISOs Resolve Problems with "Tower of Crypto Babel"
• Prediction 10 - CISOs Push Back on "New Normal" of Inevitable Breaches

"This year, we predict CISOs will arrive at a BYOD security policy that strikes a balance between user convenience, business unit innovation, and risk management of corporate assets," said Christian Christiansen, Security Products and Services program vice president, IDC.

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About IDC Predictions

A hallmark of IDC’s offering for three decades, the annual Top 10 Predictions reports provide IDC's outlook on the IT market, across industries, for the coming year. IDC will publish dozens of Top 10 Predictions documents for 2013. Please visit www.idc.com/predictions2013 for a complete listing.

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