EMERGING IT TECHNOLOGIES - ADVANTAGES AND RISKS

Companies are looking for new business models ensuring quality, effectiveness, efficiency and competitive advantages. IT-based business models implementing the most recent IT developments are considered the new vector in business innovation and key of success. Companies are aware that the IT specific risks can induce failure in achieving strategic objectives. Managing risks, of all kind, is the key of success. The risks must be monitored and the new threats arising from the new IT solutions must find their correspondent in security policies and solutions.The present paper aims at emphasizing the importance of IT in the business development and management signaling the new emerging risks companies must face when shifting their business on new IT environments and models. The empirical research has focused on the IT security policies` adjustment to the new IT developments imbedded in the businesses` processes.