This is the ultimate guide to the cost of IT security. Select the details that match your company to see the average budgets your industry peers spend on IT security (by region, industry, size), what security measures they take, the major threat vectors they encounter, how much money they lose as a result, and what you can do to avoid being compromised. The Calculator has been created as an adjustable tool. The data presented can be updated and/or added to over time based on insights from customers and Kaspersky.
IT security budget in 2021
Data provided by 1 260 respondents*
All regions, All industries, 999 employees
IT Security budget makes up 27% of the total IT spend
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average
$ 338 431
average
$ 338 431
max
$ 2 187 500
2021
2024
Expected change to IT security budget in three years
+ 12 %
year
2021
2024
YoY Dynamics
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Threats experienced in the last 12 months
Data provided by 1 413 respondents*
All regions, All industries, 999 employees
46%
Data breach
43%
Viruses & malware
43%
Inappropriate IT resource use by employees
42%
IT Security policies violation by employees
39%
Malware infection of BYOD devices
38%
Physical loss of company owned mobile devices exposing the organization to risk
38%
Physical loss of devices or media
36%
Targeted attacks
36%
Inappropriate sharing of data via mobile devices
35%
Phishing / social engineering attacks on accounts
34%
Physical loss of BYOD devices
34%
Cryptomalware/ransomware
33%
Incidents affecting suppliers that the business shares data with
With more than 20 years of experience in studying malware as it evolved from hacktivism to advanced threats, we still observe that viruses, worms and trojans remain on the top of threats that businesses today encounter on daily basis. It means that whichever industry you belong to, your cybersecurity should be built upon the firm foundation of a multi-layered defense solution, incorporating advanced behavioral detection engine and top-notch expertise augmented with machine learning, powered by cloud-assisted threat intelligence network.
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*These statistics are based on results from an online survey of 3,063 business representatives from companies with 50 and up to 4,999 employees around the world, conducted in 2021 by Kaspersky and B2B International. Statistics based on less than 30 respondents should be used with caution, due to this being a low base.
** The methodology for measuring endpoint protection represents the penetration of endpoint protection in businesses meaning the proportion of corporate endpoints (both physical devices and virtual endpoints) that have endpoint security software installed in the average organization of this vertical and segment
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