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 217 respondents*
North America, All industries, 250 employees
IT Security budget makes up 30% of the total IT spend
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average
$ 456 663
average
$ 456 663
max
$ 2 812 500
2021
2024
Expected change to IT security budget in three years
+ 13 %
year
2021
2024
YoY Dynamics
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Threats experienced in the last 12 months
Data provided by 235 respondents*
North America, All industries, 250 employees
52%
Data breach
47%
IT Security policies violation by employees
46%
Viruses & malware
45%
Inappropriate IT resource use by employees
45%
Malware infection of BYOD devices
44%
Physical loss of devices or media
42%
Physical loss of company owned mobile devices exposing the organization to risk
41%
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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