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 334 respondents*
Europe, All industries, 250 employees
IT Security budget makes up 23% of the total IT spend
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average
$ 329 226
average
$ 329 226
max
$ 1 968 750
2019
2022
Expected change to IT security budget in three years
+ 9 %
year
2019
2022
YoY Dynamics
Threats experienced in the last 12 months
Data provided by 398 respondents*
Europe, All industries, 250 employees
59%
Viruses & malware
49%
Data breach
49%
Physical loss of devices or media
49%
Inappropriate IT resource use by employees
43%
Inappropriate sharing of data via mobile devices
40%
Cryptomalware/ransomware
39%
Incidents affecting third party cloud services used by the business
38%
Incidents affecting suppliers that the business shares data with
37%
Electronic leakage of data from internal systems
37%
Targeted attacks
36%
Incidents affecting IT Infrastructure hosted by a third party
The smooth operation of European businesses depends on the resilience of their online services to DDoS attacks. This puts integrated DDoS attack mitigation strategies in high demand. Another key role in most cybersecurity incidents is the human factor. Thus, raising employees' cyber awareness should be one of the top priorities for European companies, especially in the wake of new GDPR regulations coming into effect in 2018.
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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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