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Share of IT budgets spent on IT security FY2005-FY2016

Percentage of total IT budgets spent on IT security from FY2005 to FY2017

The data displays the average share of IT budgets that is put towards IT security, from FY2005 to FY2017. As of January 2018, according to respondents, enterprises currently spend an average of 10.6% of their overall IT budgets on IT security. This figure has risen relatively steadily since 2005.

FY2005 7.5
FY2006 7.2
FY2007 7.5
FY2008 7.9
FY2009 9.1
FY2010 8.6
FY2011 8.8
FY2012 9.1
FY2013 9.9
FY2014 9.2
FY2015 10
FY2016 10.2
FY2017 10.6