Welcome to The 2021 Security Benchmark Report, which includes comparisons of all security organizations, sector reports, annual top trends and leadership profiles.
We are very excited to share this year’s Security Benchmark Report. The purpose of The Security Benchmark Report is to allow security teams and organizations to compare themselves with their peers, both among the industry as a whole, as well as among individual sectors for even better comparison.
The majority (66%) of this year’s Security Benchmark Report leaders saw increases in their security budgets compared with 2020. Placing value on security seems to be a theme for many organizations in this year’s survey. Spending on technology, training, COVID-19 response, intelligence and other initiatives was a focus for many security leaders, with more than $72 billion spent collectively on security-related training last year for security staff, targeted functional groups and/or across the entire enterprise.