To better understand the importance of strategy on IT, we need to see what a well-planned and implemented strategy might produce for a particular company. ‘An effective strategy is not necessarily one that promises maximum efficiency or least total cost, but rather one that fits the needs of the organization and strives for consistency between the organization’s capabilities and the competitive advantage being sought by the organization.’ In Sony’s prospective, the company needs to reshape its IT objectives and programs, so that the risk of network failures or network attacks are minimized giving the customers the security that they expect from the products and services that the company offers.