Investment
We've curated 104 cybersecurity statistics about Investment to help you understand how organizations are allocating resources to protect against cyber threats and enhance their security posture in 2025.
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6.0% of organizations expect Governance and compliance in AI security to require the most new investment over the next 12 months.
Most companies (67%) are spending roughly equal amounts on proactive and reactive cybersecurity measures.
The top three investment priorities when allocating cyber budgets are: Artificial intelligence (AI) (36%), Cloud security (34%), and Network security and zero trust (28%).
The approximate annual budget contractors are investing in compliance, as budgets have grown, is nearly $50,000.
60% of business and tech leaders prioritise cyber risk investment in response to the current geopolitical landscape.
In 2025, 75% of data and IT leaders cited security as a top investment area.
Only 24% of organisations are spending significantly more on proactive measures (e.g., monitoring, testing, controls) than reactive measures (e.g., incident response, fines, recovery)—which is considered the ideal spend ratio.
In 2023, 55% of data and IT leaders cited security as a top investment area.
83% of small businesses plan to invest in cybersecurity in the next 12 months.
Organizations are likely to make significant investments in generative AI to defend against social engineering attacks (31%).
Only 13% of organizations are investing significantly in Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA).
Organizations are most likely to make significant investments in cyber resilience processes across the business (33%).
26% of respondents indicated that AI-based cybersecurity tools are prioritised for funding.
There was a significant reduction in the number of organisations that planned to invest in security following a breach: 49% in 2025 compared to 63% in 2024.
35.2% of financial organizations plan to invest in real-time audit log solutions.
25.1% of financial organizations plan to invest in compliance automation platforms.
8.9% of financial organizations are investing in identity lifecycle management.
7.0% of financial organizations are investing in third-party risk monitoring
23.8% of financial organizations plan to invest in automated access controls.
Over half (52%) of respondents are prioritising AI security investments over other security needs.