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Outsourcing of IT security services, as of 2016, by organization size

When it comes to [IT] security, which of the following types of services, if any, are outsourced fully or in part to third parties?

The data displays the level of IT security process outsourcing by organizations worldwide, by organization size, according to a 2016 survey conducted by Cisco Systems. As of 2016, 50% of respondents from large enterprises indicated that their organization outsourced the IT security auditing process to a third party.

Advice and consulting 50 52 51
Audit 44 47 50
Monitoring 46 43 44
Threat Intelligence 41 41 40
Incident Response 48 44 39
Remediation 35 34 37
None 8 11 11