CA Technologies announced its predictions in identity and access management (IAM) and their impact on security professionals in 2014.

“We believe that the technology trends of cloud, mobile and social will continue to heavily influence the direction and need for IAM in 2014, but we also see new business demands and enabling technologies joining in to put a twist on the IAM and security path for many organizations,” said Mike Denning, senior vice president and general manager, Security business, CA Technologies.

1. The software-defined, open enterprise emerges: The enterprise is remaking itself into a platform that developers can experiment with and innovate on. Every IT layer from data to application to infrastructure to network is becoming service-enabled and software-defined through APIs. The pattern extends beyond the data center to partners and cloud services as enterprises are forced to open up….

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