Investment
We've curated 85 cybersecurity statistics about Investment to help you understand how organizations are allocating resources to protect against cyber threats and enhance their security posture in 2025.
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31% of organizations are redirecting their largest security investments toward AI supply chain security over the next 12 months.
25.0% of organizations expect AI agent security to require the most new investment in AI security over the next 12 months.
In 2025, 75% of data and IT leaders cited security as a top investment area.
Only 24% of organisations are spending significantly more on proactive measures (e.g., monitoring, testing, controls) than reactive measures (e.g., incident response, fines, recovery)—which is considered the ideal spend ratio.
The approximate annual budget contractors are investing in compliance, as budgets have grown, is nearly $50,000.
In 2023, 55% of data and IT leaders cited security as a top investment area.
The top three investment priorities when allocating cyber budgets are: Artificial intelligence (AI) (36%), Cloud security (34%), and Network security and zero trust (28%).
60% of business and tech leaders prioritise cyber risk investment in response to the current geopolitical landscape.
Most companies (67%) are spending roughly equal amounts on proactive and reactive cybersecurity measures.
Organizations are likely to make significant investments in generative AI to defend against social engineering attacks (31%).
83% of small businesses plan to invest in cybersecurity in the next 12 months.
Only 13% of organizations are investing significantly in Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA).
Organizations are most likely to make significant investments in cyber resilience processes across the business (33%).
26% of respondents indicated that AI-based cybersecurity tools are prioritised for funding.
There was a significant reduction in the number of organisations that planned to invest in security following a breach: 49% in 2025 compared to 63% in 2024.
25.1% of financial organizations plan to invest in compliance automation platforms.
8.9% of financial organizations are investing in identity lifecycle management.
35.2% of financial organizations plan to invest in real-time audit log solutions.
7.0% of financial organizations are investing in third-party risk monitoring
23.8% of financial organizations plan to invest in automated access controls.