ESG conducted its annual IT spending intentions survey to gather data on IT and business trends. Security/IT risk management initiatives were identified as the top business issue driving IT spending for the first time ever. The year 2014 began right after the Target breach, ended with the Sony Pictures breach, and featured numerous others (i.e. Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase, Staples, etc.) in between. These and other events in 2014 may be the tipping point that escalated cybersecurity risk issues to corporate mucky-mucks on mahogany row.”]