When a famous bank loses thousands of credit card numbers or a hospital loses medical records, the customers and patients do not ask whether the theft happened over the wire or because of a break-in. There is loss of trust and damage to the value of the brand regardless of the method of breach. But many businesses continue to treat physical and IT security as unrelated silos. This approach is no longer acceptable against the changing realities, and many companies are beginning to realize the value of an integrated approach to security.
Just as the ascetics of ancient India realized the value of a holistic approach to health (leading to yoga, which literally means union), the modern enterprise must embrace the notion of a holistic approach to security bringing together physical and IT security.