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 2020
Data provided by 28 respondents*
North America, IT & Telecoms, -1 employees
IT Security budget makes up 31% of the total IT spend
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average
$ 35 756 324
average
$ 35 756 324
max
$ 550 000 000
2020
2023
Expected change to IT security budget in three years
+ 7 %
year
2020
2023
YoY Dynamics
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Threats experienced in the last 12 months
Data provided by 28 respondents*
North America, IT & Telecoms, -1 employees
68%
Viruses & malware
64%
Data breach
61%
IT Security policies violation by employees
61%
Phishing / social engineering attacks on accounts
57%
Physical loss of devices or media
50%
Inappropriate sharing of data via mobile devices
50%
Inappropriate IT resource use by employees
50%
Incidents affecting suppliers that the business shares data with
46%
DDoS attacks
46%
Attacks on local / branch offices of our company
46%
Cryptomalware/ransomware
46%
Electronic leakage of data from internal systems
46%
Targeted attacks
43%
Attacks on point-of-sale (POS) systems
43%
Fileless attacks
43%
Physical loss of company owned mobile devices exposing the organization to risk
39%
Incidents affecting third party cloud services used by the business
Telecom companies, data centers and cloud infrastructure are frequent targets for cyberattacks. You will be the first line of defense for your clients in the case of a malware outbreak. Thus, you are encouraged to deploy a comprehensive multi-layered cybersecurity solution. Another big problem for this sector is the inappropriate use of IT resources by staff, which cannot be solved without regular cyber awareness training.
North American IT and Telecom companies are often the first to witness targeted attacks affecting them or their clients. This requires them to have a good level of qualifications among their cybersecurity officers. This can only be achieved through regular training with cybersecurity professionals. Incidents within virtual IT infrastructure are also common in this sector, requiring virtualization-optimized security solutions that provide protection, without hindering performance.
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*These statistics are based on results from an online survey of 5,266 business representatives from companies with 50 and up to 4,999 employees around the world, conducted in 2020 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 significant increase in the IT security budget in 2020 may be caused by the change of the survey sample for several verticals and significant fluctuations in budgets in these verticals.
** The methodology for measuring endpoint protection has been changed: now it 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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