The Latest Security Budget Trends & Benchmarks

Receive in-depth budget survey data from over 750 CISOs including overall security budgets, breakdowns by industry, security budget as a percentage of IT budget, and key factors influencing budget allocations.

Make the case for your 2025 cybersecurity budget using data from your peers:

Compare your budget to trends in your industry.
See the top reasons for budget increases to help justify yours.
Communicate the impact of this data with talking points from IANS Faculty.

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Justify your decisions with data sourced from peers

IANS annual CISO Compensation and Budget Benchmark Survey asks CISO questions related to their experience, compensation and executive visibility; the size of their budgets and YoY growth; their company industry and size; and their security org structure, i.e. number of staff and compensation levels for key leadership roles. We use data from this survey to develop in-depth signature reports such as the Security Budget Benchmark Report.

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CISOs often talk about being asked to do more with less, but when asked objectively in the survey, less than a third of CISOs are dissatisfied with their budgets. While there is a prevailing narrative more money is better and leads to CISOs being more satisfied, the reality is more complex.

Steve Martano, IANS Faculty