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 73 respondents*
META, All industries, 4 999 employees
IT Security budget makes up 26% of the total IT spend
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average
$ 3 313 165
average
$ 3 313 165
max
$ 41 250 000
2021
2024
Expected change to IT security budget in three years
+ 9 %
year
2021
2024
YoY Dynamics
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Threats experienced in the last 12 months
Data provided by 79 respondents*
META, All industries, 4 999 employees
65%
Viruses & malware
63%
Data breach
61%
Inappropriate sharing of data via mobile devices
61%
Phishing / social engineering attacks on accounts
59%
Targeted attacks
58%
Physical loss of BYOD devices
58%
Malware infection of BYOD devices
57%
Physical loss of company owned mobile devices exposing the organization to risk
The META region is very fast-growing in terms of information technology and telecommunication development. Generally, the economy's growth strategy is to create an environment that will attract global business, promoting regional development and commercial success. Cybercriminals are well-aware of this approach and believe the META region offers them good opportunities to monetize cyberattacks. Our advice to META businesses is that they should understand the risks, and implement a strong IT security risk mitigation strategy, involving high levels of security awareness enablement for employees. It’s also very important to ensure that core IT security solutions, e.g. endpoint protection platform, cloud security, mobile security and anti-targeted attack solutions, are equipped with the latest and most powerful technologies.
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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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