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 147 respondents*
META, All industries, 999 employees
IT Security budget makes up 31% of the total IT spend
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average
$ 417 718
average
$ 417 718
max
$ 3 325 000
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 161 respondents*
META, All industries, 999 employees
55%
Data breach
50%
Inappropriate IT resource use by employees
45%
Physical loss of devices or media
44%
IT Security policies violation by employees
42%
Physical loss of BYOD devices
42%
Physical loss of company owned mobile devices exposing the organization to risk
42%
Viruses & malware
42%
Inappropriate sharing of data via mobile devices
41%
Malware infection of BYOD devices
41%
Targeted attacks
40%
Attacks on local / branch offices of our company
40%
Phishing / social engineering attacks on accounts
39%
Cryptomining attacks
39%
Fileless attacks
39%
Electronic leakage of data from internal systems
39%
DDoS attacks
38%
Incidents affecting suppliers that the business shares data with
*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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