The Latest Security Budget Trends & Benchmarks

NEW for the 2025-2026 Budget Cycle

Get the data you need to defend your 2026 cybersecurity budget. The 2025 Security Budget Benchmark Summary Report was developed by IANS in partnership with Artico Search and uses data collected from April through August of 2025. This report equips security leaders with the data, insights, and peer benchmarks they need to:

Justify budget and headcount requests with hard data from other CISOs across industries.
Benchmark against peers by industry, company size, and team structure.
Prioritize new investments and see where other CISOs are focusing incremental dollars.
Navigate staffing shortages and advocate for resources with confidence.

Use this expert guidance to align security with business goals, communicate effectively with the C-suite, and advocate for realistic, strategic budget increases.

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We continue to hear that CISOs have budget for tooling but not for staff increases, which leads to teams not being staffed appropriately to take advantage of a tool’s full capabilities. As AI capabilities create efficiencies in repeatable tasks, more team members can find the time to utilize a platform’s capabilities.

Steve Martano, IANS Faculty

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It’s not too late to contribute to the data set. Our 2025 Compensation & Budget Survey is still open to receiving responses from leadership and cybersecurity staff. Survey respondents are the first to receive other reports in this series including reports on security leadership and org models, staff compensation, and the evolving state of the CISO role.

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