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 140 respondents*
North America, All industries, 1 000 employees
IT Security budget makes up 30% of the total IT spend
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average
$ 8 836 308
average
$ 8 836 308
max
$ 67 500 000
2021
2024
Expected change to IT security budget in three years
+ 10 %
year
2021
2024
YoY Dynamics
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Threats experienced in the last 12 months
Data provided by 149 respondents*
North America, All industries, 1 000 employees
57%
Data breach
50%
Viruses & malware
49%
IT Security policies violation by employees
48%
Phishing / social engineering attacks on accounts
47%
Inappropriate IT resource use by employees
44%
Malware infection of BYOD devices
44%
Physical loss of company owned mobile devices exposing the organization to risk
44%
Physical loss of devices or media
43%
Physical loss of BYOD devices
43%
Electronic leakage of data from internal systems
43%
Targeted attacks
43%
Incidents affecting suppliers that the business shares data with
North America is one of the most developed regions from an IT and telecommunications standpoint, which makes this area a high priority for attackers armed with the latest cyberthreats. So North American companies should be ready to be ‘early adopters,’ implementing all the latest IT security technologies e.g. anti-targeted attack systems, EDR, industrial security systems and threat intelligence, as soon as they become available. A cloud security strategy is critical, as so many business processes in this region are dependent on public cloud infrastructures (such as AWS and AZURE).
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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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