Christopher M. Healey, CISSP, MCSE, CCEA, has worked in the IT and Security community for over 12 years. He has worked with many prominent New England companies in developing policies and systems architectures in helping them safely pursue market dominance. The utility of IT security and risk management derives entirely from the core needs of the business. If you can't connect what you're doing in security to the reasons your CIO gets out of bed in the morning, you're doing something wrong.