IT Security Calculator: IT & Telecoms, 1000 - 4999 employees

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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 2018

Data provided by 265 respondents*

All regions, IT & Telecoms, 4 999 employees

IT Security budget makes up 28% of the total IT spend

average

$ 7 087 287

average

$ 7 087 287

max

$ 101 250 000

2018

2021

Expected change to IT security budget in three years

+ 17 %

year

2018

2021

Security measures in place

Data provided by 316 respondents*

All regions, IT & Telecoms, 4 999 employees

97%

Endpoint security

44%

Security assessment

41%

Anti-DDoS solutions

38%

Security education & training services

38%

Security solutions for SaaS

37%

Security solutions for IaaS and cloud

36%

Threat intelligence security services

36%

Cloud access security broker

35%

Incident response services

34%

Specialized threat analysis and protection (STAP)

27%

Endpoint detection & response (EDR)

Threats experienced in the last 12 months

Data provided by 316 respondents*

All regions, IT & Telecoms, 4 999 employees

63%

Viruses & malware

63%

Physical loss of devices or media

54%

Data breach

53%

Inappropriate IT resource use by employees

51%

DDoS attacks

50%

Targeted attacks

49%

Incidents affecting third party cloud services used by the business

47%

Incidents involving non-computing, connected devices

46%

Electronic leakage of data from internal systems

45%

Incidents affecting suppliers that the business shares data with

45%

Incidents affecting virtualized environments

44%

Inappropriate sharing of data via mobile devices

41%

Incidents affecting IT Infrastructure hosted by a third party

39%

Cryptomalware/ransomware

82%

Any cyberthreat

$ 1 119 014

Average cost of one incident

Recommendations

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 6,687 business representatives from companies with up to 4,999 employees around the world, conducted in 2018 by Kaspersky and B2B International. Statistics based on less than 30 respondents should be used with caution, due to this being a low base.