88% of organizations plan to increase offensive security spending over the next 12 months, with 65% planning moderate increases and 23% planning significant increases.

75% of U.S. organizations plan to increase security spending in 2026, three percentage points above the global average.

54% of retail and hospitality CISOs expect budget increases in 2026.

In 2025, security spending increased from 0.57% to 0.75% of revenue in the retail and hospitality industry.

Nearly 90% of retail and hospitality CISOs expect spending on AI-related security initiatives to rise, often through reallocating existing budgets rather than adding new funds.

Capital markets are expected to be the fastest-growing sector for security spending with a year-on-year growth rate of 19.4%

The bulk of global security spending (70%) will be in the US and Europe

Media and entertainment is expected to be the second fastest-growing sector for security spending with an expected year-on-year growth rate of 17.1%

Life sciences is expected to be the third fastest-growing sector for security spending with an expected year-on-year growth rate of 16.9%

Global security spending is expected to grow by 12.2% this year (2025)

Global security spending is expected to hit $377 billion by 2028

More than half of the security spending will go on security software, with a 14.4% year-on-year growth rate

There has been a 50% increase in healthcare cybersecurity spending since 2018.