Business is all about the delivery of products and services to create value and fulfill the organizational vision and mission. A business driver refers to the factor or function that directs or controls the motions, activities, and business course to create and deliver value. A business enabler, which indirectly delivers value, is an auxiliary factor or function that supports business drivers.

A business function as a business driver typically contributes revenue directly. As a business enabler, the security function is crucial to organizations nowadays, creating value indirectly and shall be integrated into business functions or processes to support business drivers.

In Porter’s value chain, business drivers are primary activities, and business enablers are support activities.