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 2019
Data provided by 189 respondents*
All regions, IT & Telecoms, 4 999 employees
IT Security budget makes up 27% of the total IT spend
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average
$ 6 007 592
average
$ 6 007 592
max
$ 52 500 000
2019
2022
Expected change to IT security budget in three years
+ 12 %
year
2019
2022
YoY Dynamics
Threats experienced in the last 12 months
Data provided by 222 respondents*
All regions, IT & Telecoms, 4 999 employees
62%
Physical loss of devices or media
61%
Viruses & malware
59%
Data breach
55%
Inappropriate IT resource use by employees
52%
Inappropriate sharing of data via mobile devices
51%
Targeted attacks
48%
Incidents affecting third party cloud services used by the business
46%
DDoS attacks
46%
Incidents affecting virtualized environments
45%
Incidents affecting IT Infrastructure hosted by a third party
IT and telecoms companies, data centers and cloud infrastructures, are at the forefront of implementing the newest technological advances, but they are also at the forefront when it comes to encountering the most cyber threats. They have one of the highest rates of virtual infrastructure cyber incidents, not to mention the fact they have to fight off huge amounts of malware and encounter DDoS and similar attacks every day. This means that, besides building a multi-layered defense against malware, they should be using specialized security solutions optimized for virtual environments, and should invest in cyber-awareness training for their staff. Only complete fully-fledged cybersecurity solutions for data centers and cloud-based systems can ensure the continuity of service that is such an important customer consideration for these organizations when they are selecting or changing provider.
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*These statistics are based on results from an online survey of 4,474 business representatives from companies with up to 4,999 employees around the world, conducted in 2019 by Kaspersky and B2B International. Statistics based on less than 30 respondents should be used with caution, due to this being a low base.
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