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The 2020 Security 500 Sector Reports

By Diane Ritchey
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November 2, 2020

The Security 500 Sector report aims to give an analysis on where security roles and departments land in the enterprise. Here, you will see information about security budgets broken out by sector, along with whom security reports to and their geographic security responsibilities. In the Sector report, we also break security’s organizational responsibilities down to give a benchmark for other security professionals to see how their responsibilities line up with peers in their sector. For the full Sector report, including breakdown of organizational responsibilities by the 17 sectors we follow, visit www.securitymagazine.com/Security-500.

 

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1. Agriculture/Farming/Food Production

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2. Banking/Financial Services

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3. Diversified

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4. E-Commerce

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5. Education (K-12)

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6. Education (University)

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7. Government (Federal, State and Local)

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8. Healthcare/Hospital/Medical Center

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9. Hospitality/Hotels/Casino/Vacation Properties

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10. Information Technology (Equipment, Software, Services)

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11. Logistics/Warehousing/Distribution/Shipping

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12. Manufacturing

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13. Ports (Airports, Seaports, Etc.)

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14. Real Estate/Property Management

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15. Retail/Restaurant

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16. Spectator Sports (Facilities, Leagues and Events)

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17. Utilities (Energy, Electric, Gas, Nuclear, Oil, Water, Wastewater)

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Diane Ritchey was former Editor, Communications and Content for Security magazine beginning in 2009. She has an experienced background in publishing, public relations, content creation and management, internal and external communications. Within her role at Security, Ritchey organized and executed the annual Security 500 conference, researched and wrote exclusive cover stories, managed social media, and authored the monthly Security Talk column.

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