Tech execs and security leaders view life very differently. Tech execs think in terms of opportunities, security leaders in terms of risk. Too often, their strategies are misaligned and the two work at cross purposes. But their teams can reap a multitude of benefits if they establish sound relationships and work together to enable the business. This requires a unified, consolidated technology vision supported by security. This report analyzes the root causes of tension between tech execs and security leaders and the mutual benefits their teams and the business gain from an alliance to help tech execs build, repair, improve, or elevate their relationship with security.