The 2021 Security Benchmark Sector Reports

The Security Benchmark Report data is broken up by sector to offer more direct comparisons among peer organizations.

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Data from The Security Benchmark Report survey is broken down by sector in an effort to provide security programs with a meaningful comparison among programs in similar market sectors. For The Security Benchmark Sector Reports, you’ll see data regarding security’s roles, responsibilities and budgets broken down by sector. In certain cases, sectors were combined to create a larger dataset. For general data from all respondents, visit the main report page.

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Aerospace/ Construction/ Government/Transport /Utilities

Banking/ Financial Services/ Insurance/ Reinsurance

Business Services/ Professional Services/ Consulting, IT

Healthcare

Entertainment, Retail, Hospitality, Restaurant, Cultural Institutions/Museums, Education K-12

Education/ University/ College/ Technical Institutions

Manufacturing, Logistics/ Warehousing/ Ports (air, sea, etc.)/ Distribution/ Shipping/ Freight Transportation, Pharmaceuticals/ Biotechnology, Agricultural/ Farming/ Food Production, Processing/ Forestry/ Food & Beverage Services

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Maggie Shein was Editor in Chief at Security magazine. She has been writing, editing and creating content for the security industry since 2004. She has an experienced background in publishing, communications, content creation and management. Within her role at Security, Maggie handled the overall direction of the brand, organized and executed the annual conference, facilitated Solutions by Sector webinars, researched and wrote exclusive cover stories, managed social media, and authored the monthly Security Talk column. She has both an undergraduate degree and master's degree in journalism.

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