Cybersecurity budgets among larger or IT-intensive organizations in the Nordics is approximately 2% of the IT budget.

Cybersecurity budgets among regulated, industrial, or OT-intensive environments in the Nordics is approximately 15% of the IT budget.

68% of Nordic CISOs reported an increase in cybersecurity budgets, bringing it to the 2024 level, while 14% reported no changes, and 9% reported a decrease in budget.

The dominant range for cybersecurity budgets among Nordic organizations remains approximately 5 to 10% of the IT budget (45% compared to 47% in 2024), with an average of approximately 7%.

33% of law firm decision-makers cite IT budget and roadmap issues as their top challenge.

20% of IT budgets are now dedicated to security among organizations in Canada.

82% of innovation leaders are already allocating more than 6% of their IT budgets to genAI-enabled data management.