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Computer Security Industry Statistics

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Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01Editorial Scope

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01 Industry overview

The computer security industry at a glance

The global cybersecurity market is projected to reach $262.3 billion by 2030, as organizations expand security spending in response to increasingly frequent attacks, cloud adoption and AI-related risks.

$262.3B[16]
Global market forecast, 2030
5.9%[16]
Global CAGR, 2025–2030
$86.4B[16]
U.S. market size, 2025
190,650[85]
U.S. security analysts, 2025
Market size
The global cybersecurity market is estimated at $245.7 billion in 2023 and is forecast to reach $262.3 billion by 2030 under the Nasdaq Global Indexes market definition. The U.S. is the largest national market, with estimated revenue of $86.4 billion in 2025.[16]
Forecast & CAGR
Global cybersecurity revenue is forecast to grow at a 5.9% compound annual growth rate from 2025 to 2030. The U.S. is expected to grow at a slightly lower 5.7% CAGR over the same period, reaching $114.1 billion in 2030.[16]
Market share & regions
The U.S. is projected to account for about one-third of the global market in 2025, based on its estimated $86.4 billion market size and the report’s global market estimate. In Europe, the United Kingdom is identified as the largest national market, with estimated cybersecurity revenue of €10.36 billion in 2025.[16][86]
Segmentation
Security services are forecast to contribute $100.4 billion of global cybersecurity revenue, with the remainder generated by cyber solutions. In Europe, solutions represented 67.25% of market revenue in 2025, while managed services were the fastest-growing offering, with a projected 13.56% CAGR through 2031.[16][87]
Key players & concentration
The European cybersecurity market remains fragmented: no single company is reported to exceed one-quarter of regional revenue, while the five largest companies together account for approximately 45% of the market. Major vendors compete across network, cloud, endpoint, identity and managed-security categories.[87]
Pricing
Labor is a major cost component of cybersecurity delivery. In the United States, information security analysts had average annual pay of $132,510 and median annual pay of approximately $129,180 in May 2025, illustrating the premium pricing of specialist security skills.[85]
Trends, drivers & challenges
ENISA analyzed 4,875 incidents recorded from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, highlighting the scale of the threat environment. AI adoption, cloud migration, digital infrastructure expansion and geopolitical conflict are supporting demand, while skills shortages, ransomware and increasingly complex supply-chain attacks remain major challenges.[49]
Consumer behavior & competition
In 2024, 92.76% of EU enterprises with at least 10 employees used at least one ICT-security measure, while 21.54% reported ICT-related security incidents with consequences during 2023. Strong-password authentication was used by 84% of EU enterprises, data backup by 79% and network access control by 65%.[6]
M&A
Cybersecurity M&A remains active across identity, exposure management and managed services. In 2026, the SEC-reported acquisition of Armis was valued at approximately $7.6 billion, while the acquisition of identity-security company Veza was valued at approximately $1.2 billion; in 2025, Sophos completed its acquisition of Secureworks.[58]
Regulation
The EU Cyber Solidarity Act became effective in February 2025 and established a European Cybersecurity Alert System using cross-border Cyber Hubs and advanced technologies, including AI-supported threat detection. The regulatory environment is also being shaped by broader EU cybersecurity certification and resilience requirements.[88][49]
Latest news
Recent industry developments include continued consolidation in cyber-exposure and identity security, including the 2026 acquisitions of Armis for approximately $7.6 billion and Veza for approximately $1.2 billion. The latest ENISA threat assessment, revised on September 22, 2026, covers 4,875 incidents through June 30, 2025.[58][49]
report visual · Comparison

Enterprises experiencing ICT-related security incidents leading to consequences (European Union countries)

Finland leads with 42.2%.

Finland42.2%
Poland32.5%
Malta28.7%
Romania27.4%
Czechia26.6%
Netherlands25.8%
source-verifiedec.europa.eu

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Computer Security Industry

The leading companies in the computer security industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

Microsoft leads Gitnux's 2026 computer security ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with Microsoft 365 including Enterprise Mobility + Security and Security and Compliance. Palo Alto Networks is the highest-ranked security-platform provider at 9.3, backed by cybersecurity software services and security hardware delivered globally.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in security suites

    Microsoft

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.4 · Security suites

    Why we picked it: Its cloud, endpoint, identity, and application security offering is packaged through Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance.

    See in ranking ↓Visit microsoft.com ↗

  2. Leader in network and hardware security

    Palo Alto Networks

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.3 · Network and hardware security

    Why we picked it: Its network, cloud, endpoint, and security operations scope includes both software services and security hardware.

    See in ranking ↓Visit paloaltonetworks.com ↗

  3. Leader in endpoint and security operations

    CrowdStrike

    US

    Ranked #4 · 9.1 · Endpoint and security operations

    Why we picked it: Its endpoint and security operations focus shows scale through Falcon’s ending ARR in fiscal 2026.

    See in ranking ↓Visit crowdstrike.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

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Top 10 companies in the computer security industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Microsoft

Security suites · US

9.4
2

Palo Alto Networks

Network and hardware security · US

9.3
3

Cisco

Network and hardware security · US

9.1
4

CrowdStrike

Endpoint and security operations · US

9.1
5

Zscaler

Zero-trust access · US

9.1
6

Broadcom

Enterprise security through Symantec portfolio · US

9.1
7

Cloudflare

Network, application and zero-trust security · US

9.0
8

Gen Digital

Consumer cybersecurity, identity and privacy · US

8.9
9

Check Point Software

Network, cloud, endpoint and email security · IL

8.5
10

Sophos

Endpoint, network and managed security · GB

8.3

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 10). Top 10 companies in the computer security industry. In Computer Security Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/computer-security-industry-statistics/#top-companies

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI use in security reached 43% of organizations in 2024, but 42% cited difficulty trusting AI decisions. Buyers also reported partial automation of response at 64%.

AI in the computer security industry

  • 43% of organizations were using AI in their cybersecurity strategy in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 38% of organizations had no active AI deployment in cybersecurity in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 42% of organizations reported difficulty trusting AI decisions because of limited transparency in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 58% of organizations said AI effectiveness depended heavily on training-data quality and relevance in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 97% of surveyed organizations encountered breaches or security issues related to generative AI during 2024.[2]
  • 45% of cybersecurity professionals reported no involvement in developing, onboarding, or implementing AI solutions in 2024.[3]

Automation in the computer security industry

  • 64% of organizations had partially integrated automated response mechanisms in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 47% of organizations ranked budget constraints as the top obstacle in detection and response in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 41% of organizations could respond to confirmed cyber threats within minutes in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 62% of organizations using AI used it to automate incident prioritization and response in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 59% of organizations cited a shortage of skilled personnel as the leading obstacle to security automation in 2024 worldwide.[1]
  • 12% of organizations took at least a day to respond to confirmed cyber threats in 2024 worldwide.[1]

Digital Transformation in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 54.8% of surveyed organizations reported having a chief digital officer or another executive responsible for digital transformation.[4]
  • 72% of digital leaders globally expected to increase technology spending in 2024, compared with 50% of digital laggards, according to a survey of 855 technology and business decision-makers.[5]
  • 45% of North American technology and business decision-makers planned to adopt AI and machine learning to improve business within 12 to 24 months.[5]
  • 75% of digital leaders globally planned to increase AI-related business expenditure in 2024.[5]
  • 34% of surveyed organizations globally identified replacing or upgrading legacy technology as a top digital-transformation goal in 2024.[5]

Technology Adoption in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 67.6% of IT services were delivered through cloud infrastructure among surveyed organizations in 2024.[4]
  • 51.8% of surveyed organizations reported that AI solutions were somewhat or extremely rare in 2024.[4]
  • More than 50% of surveyed global IT decision-makers were exploring AI use cases or piloting AI technologies in 2024.[5]
  • 57.7% of surveyed organizations reported having a chief information security officer or equivalent in 2024.[4]

Cloud Computing in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 65.5% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for security software applications in 2025.[6]
  • 71.7% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for office software in 2025.[6]
  • 26.1% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used computing platforms for application development, testing or deployment in 2025.[6]
  • 52.7% of EU enterprises with at least 10 employees used paid cloud-computing services in 2025.[6]
  • 71.5% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for file storage in 2025.[6]
  • 85.2% of EU enterprises using paid cloud services used them for email in 2025.[6]

Big Data in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 3% was the lowest reported enterprise adoption rate for big-data analytics across OECD countries in the latest available data through 2023.[7]
  • 14% of enterprises with at least 10 employees across the OECD used big-data analytics on average, based on 2022 data or the latest available year.[7]
  • 40% was the highest reported enterprise adoption rate for big-data analytics across OECD countries in the latest available data through 2023.[7]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Operational work centers on data access and quality for detection and response. In 2024, 64% of organizations had partially integrated automated response mechanisms.

Business intelligence in the computer security industry

  • 29% of security leaders cited IT-environment complexity as a major SOC barrier in 2023.[8]
  • 32% of security leaders cited determining threat and vulnerability severity as a major SOC barrier in 2023.[8]
  • 25% of security leaders cited incomplete threat and vulnerability information as a major SOC barrier in 2023.[8]
  • 90% of security leaders reported full visibility across organizational risk areas and vulnerabilities in 2023.[8]
  • 27% of security leaders cited difficulty identifying genuine threats through false-positive and false-negative analysis in 2023.[8]
  • 70% of security leaders were confident that their SOC understood organizational vulnerabilities in 2023.[8]

Data analytics in the computer security industry

  • 16% of organizations reported fully automated threat-response processes in the 2024 SANS Detection and Response Survey.[1]
  • 45% of security leaders cited insufficient analysis skills or expertise as a SOC measurement challenge in 2023.[8]
  • 41% of organizations could respond to confirmed threats within minutes in the 2024 SANS Detection and Response Survey.[1]
  • 64% of organizations had partially integrated automated response mechanisms in the 2024 SANS Detection and Response Survey.[1]
  • 12% of organizations took a day or longer to respond to confirmed threats in the 2024 SANS Detection and Response Survey.[1]
  • 44% of security leaders cited inability to access or leverage data for analysis as a SOC measurement challenge in 2023.[8]

Data Quality in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • In 2025, 34% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for relevance and suitability, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[9]
  • In 2025, 46% of organizations globally said they were fully confident in their data quality, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[9]
  • In 2025, 43% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for quality and completeness, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[9]
  • In 2025, 35% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for consistency and standardization, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[9]
  • In 2024, 95% of enterprise data leaders and practitioners reported a data-quality issue with a direct impact on business outcomes, across companies with at least $1 billion in revenue.[10]
  • In 2025, 46% of organizations globally rated their data excellent for accuracy and integrity, across surveyed technology and business organizations.[9]

Data Governance in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • In 2024, 32% of global technology leaders prioritized data governance among their data-management areas for the next 12 months.[8]
  • In 2024, 81.7% of organizations reported having no data-governance or catalog solution as part of their governance program, according to a global governance study.[11]
  • In 2024, 61% of supply-management organizations reported having a dedicated data-governance function, based on an Institute for Supply Management survey.[12]
  • In 2026, 76% of global data leaders said their company’s AI governance did not completely keep pace with employee use of AI technology.[11]
  • In 2024, 35% of U.S. technology executives prioritized data governance among their data-management areas for the next 12 months.[8]
  • In 2024, 18.3% of organizations reported having a data-governance or catalog solution as part of their governance program, according to a global governance study.[11]

KPIs in the computer security industry

  • 28% of SOCs regularly used customer or employee satisfaction as a performance metric in KPMG’s 2023 survey.[8]
  • 32% of SOCs regularly used mean time to respond as a performance metric in KPMG’s 2023 survey.[8]
  • 34% of SOCs regularly used return on investment as a performance metric in KPMG’s 2023 survey.[8]
  • 39% of SOCs regularly used cost per incident as a performance metric in KPMG’s 2023 survey.[8]
  • 41% of SOCs regularly used compliance rate as a performance metric in KPMG’s 2023 survey.[8]
  • 30% of SOCs regularly used false-positive or false-negative rates as a performance metric in KPMG’s 2023 survey.[8]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Spending expectations remain firm: worldwide end-user information-security spending was forecast at $213 billion for 2025. The U.S. market size was estimated at $86.4 billion for 2025.

Growth in the computer security industry

  • £14.735 billion was generated by the UK cyber-security sector in 2025, 11% more than in 2024.[13]
  • £1.2 billion of UK cyber-security exports went to Asia Pacific in 2025.[14]
  • $213 billion in worldwide end-user information-security spending was forecast for 2025, up from $193 billion in 2024.[15]
  • $86.4 billion was the estimated US cyber-security-market size in 2025.[16]
  • 5.7% was the projected compound annual growth rate for the US cyber-security market from 2025 to 2030.[16]
  • 10.7% was the estimated annual compound growth rate of UK cyber-security-sector revenue between 2020 and 2025.[13]

Differentiation in the computer security industry

  • 16.5% was Microsoft’s estimated share of global endpoint-security revenue in the cited market assessment.[17]
  • 90% of security-service providers reported difficulty differentiating and standing out in a crowded market in a 2025 industry survey.[18]
  • 35.5x revenue was the highest strategic-acquisition valuation multiple reported for cloud-security companies.[19]
  • 21.7x revenue was the average valuation multiple for cloud-security companies in the cited strategic-acquisition analysis.[19]
  • 49% of organizations planned to use artificial intelligence for cyber-security in 2025, compared with 40% in 2024.[18]
  • 19% of UK cyber-security companies offered SCADA or industrial-control-system security in 2024, up from 4% the previous year.[14]

Mergers and acquisitions in the computer security industry

  • $2.2 billion was the announced value of Francisco Partners’ acquisition of Jamf in 2025.[20]
  • $50.75 billion was the disclosed value of 68 cyber-security acquisitions announced in 2024.[20]
  • $1.7 billion was the announced value of Veeam Software’s acquisition of Securiti AI in 2025.[20]
  • 11 cyber-security deals announced in 2024 exceeded $1 billion in value.[20]
  • 70 cyber-security M&A deals worth $27.1 billion were recorded in the third quarter of 2025.[21]
  • $25 billion was the announced value of Palo Alto Networks’ acquisition of CyberArk in 2025.[20]

Strategic partnerships in the computer security industry

  • 15% of channel partners cited poor partner experience as a challenge in the 2025 North American channel survey.[22]
  • 8 vendors achieved Champion status for channel management and market performance in the 2025 Canalys Global Cybersecurity Leadership Matrix.[23]
  • 10.3% was year-over-year growth in global channel cyber-security spending in the fourth quarter of 2025.[24]
  • 39% of organizations used managed security services in the cited 2025 industry research, up from 33% previously.[18]
  • $24.2 billion was global channel cyber-security spending in the fourth quarter of 2025.[24]
  • 73% of organizations already worked with a managed-service provider in the 2025 MSP customer survey.[18]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Hiring and retention remain constrained by skills and work arrangements. In 2025, 38% of organizations said entry-level roles took three to six months to fill.

Hiring in the computer security industry

  • 29% of cybersecurity hiring managers prioritized cloud security skills when recruiting in 2025.[25]
  • 38% of organizations said entry-level cybersecurity roles took three to six months to fill in 2025.[3]
  • 39% of organizations said non-entry-level cybersecurity roles took three to six months to fill in 2025.[3]
  • 21% of cybersecurity hiring managers reported filling entry-level roles in less than one month in the 2025 ISC2 study.[25]
  • 60% of organizations ranked prior cybersecurity experience as a top qualification for cybersecurity hires in 2025.[3]

Employee retention in the computer security industry

  • 32% of cybersecurity professionals considered leaving their jobs because of limited remote-work options in 2024.[3]
  • 57% of cybersecurity professionals reported receiving a salary increase of 1% to 9% during the year before the 2025 survey.[25]
  • 23% of cybersecurity professionals said leadership not prioritizing cybersecurity affected job satisfaction in 2025.[25]
  • 20% of cybersecurity professionals reported receiving no salary increase during the year before the 2025 survey.[25]
  • 66% of cybersecurity professionals said their roles were more stressful than five years earlier in ISACA’s 2024 survey.[3]

Remote Work in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 10% of technology-services respondents worked under fully flexible arrangements in 2025, allowing employees substantial control over remote work.[26]
  • 48% of U.S. software and IT professionals surveyed worked remotely in 2026, compared with 21% in France.[27]
  • 84% of technology-services employers agreed in 2025 that the ability to work remotely is important for employee retention.[26]
  • 34.8% of global software and IT services respondents worked remotely in 2026, according to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.[27]
  • 6% of global respondents worked fully remotely in 2025, defined as spending less than one day per week in the office.[26]

Hybrid Work in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 47% of global respondents worked in hybrid arrangements in 2025, down from 63% in Cisco’s 2022 study.[26]
  • 56% of IT employees worked in hybrid arrangements in 2025, while 31% were fully remote and 13% attended the office daily.[28]
  • 55% of technology-services respondents worked in a hybrid arrangement in 2025, the highest share among industries measured by Cisco.[26]
  • 52% of U.S. employees with remote-capable jobs worked in hybrid arrangements in May 2026, according to Gallup.[29]
  • 61% of U.S. employees with remote-capable jobs preferred hybrid work in November 2025, compared with 33% preferring fully remote work.[29]

Upskilling in the computer security industry

  • 19% of organizations used third-party cybersecurity service providers to address skills shortages in 2025.[25]
  • 25% of organizations encouraged cybersecurity staff to use free training and educational content from security vendors in 2025.[25]
  • 25% of organizations used artificial intelligence and automation to mitigate cybersecurity skills shortages in 2025.[25]
  • 79% of cybersecurity hiring managers said junior-level professionals could be trained to work independently in less than one year in 2025.[25]
  • 20% of organizations outsourced cybersecurity work to address skills shortages in 2025.[25]

Employee Engagement in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 37% of exclusively remote U.S. employees were engaged in May 2026, compared with 34% of hybrid employees and 29% of on-site employees with remote-capable jobs.[29]
  • 54% of exclusively remote U.S. employees were thriving in May 2026, compared with 52% of hybrid employees and 49% of on-site employees with remote-capable jobs.[29]
  • 22.2% of global software and IT respondents were happy with their current professional role in 2026, while 32.6% were unhappy.[27]
  • 74% of respondents approved of fully flexible hybrid policies in 2025, the highest positive sentiment among the policy types Cisco measured.[26]
  • 92% of employees ranked collaboration and community as very important aspects of office culture in Cisco’s 2025 global study.[26]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Buyers emphasize provider transparency and remediation confidence when switching. In 2025, 36% of MSP customers would consider switching if their provider was not transparent about its internal cybersecurity.

Customer experience in the computer security industry

  • 36% of MSP customers would consider switching if their provider was not transparent about its own internal cybersecurity in 2025 globally.[30]
  • 30% of MSP customers would consider switching if they did not believe their provider could support changing organizational needs in 2025 globally.[30]
  • 40% of MSP customers would consider switching after their organization experienced a successful breach or cyber incident in 2025 globally.[30]
  • 38% of MSP customers would consider switching when another provider offered a solution they believed would provide better security in 2025 globally.[30]
  • 89% of customers leaving an MSP after a cybersecurity problem would also remove bundled IT services, either immediately or later, in 2025 globally.[30]

Customer retention in the computer security industry

  • 120% was Cloudflare’s dollar-based net retention rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2025.[31]
  • 99% was the 2025 net dollar retention rate reported by a cybersecurity company with $238.1 million in annual recurring revenue.[32]
  • 100% was the same company’s net dollar retention rate in 2024.[32]
  • 111% was Cloudflare’s dollar-based net retention rate for the quarter ended December 31, 2024.[31]
  • 96% of MSPs said cybersecurity offerings improve client retention in a 2025 industry survey.[30]

Customer acquisition in the computer security industry

  • 26% of cybersecurity buyers ranked trade media among the most influential sources during the buying journey in 2026.[33]
  • 2.4% of surveyed cybersecurity buyers used other purchasing routes in 2024, down from 3.1% in 2023.[34]
  • 14% of surveyed cybersecurity buyers purchased through a value-added reseller in 2024, down from 33.3% in 2023.[34]
  • 17% of cybersecurity buyers ranked vendor materials among the most influential sources during the buying journey in 2026.[33]
  • 28% of cybersecurity buyers ranked industry trade events among the most influential sources during the buying journey in 2026.[33]

Customer loyalty in the computer security industry

  • 38% of MSP customers would consider switching after a security-service price increase in 2025 globally.[30]
  • 2% of MSP customers said they could not imagine a circumstance that would make them switch providers in 2025 globally.[30]
  • 36% of MSP customers would consider switching if their provider was not transparent about its internal cybersecurity in 2025 globally.[30]
  • 34% of MSP customers would consider switching if they lacked confidence in the provider’s cyberattack remediation and recovery capability in 2025 globally.[30]
  • 4.5 times as many top-tier digital-trust organizations believed losing customer trust would lead to customer loss compared with lower-tier organizations.[35]

Lead generation in the computer security industry

  • $1,153 was the reported cost per lead for a LinkedIn cybersecurity advertising format in a 2026 analysis.[36]
  • 5.9% was the reported conversion rate for a LinkedIn cybersecurity advertising format in a 2026 analysis.[36]
  • 4.8% was the reported cybersecurity website visitor-to-lead conversion rate in a 2026 agency analysis.[37]
  • 44% of cybersecurity leads became marketing-qualified leads in a 2026 cybersecurity website-funnel analysis.[37]
  • 5.7% was the reported LinkedIn lead-generation-form conversion rate for legal, IT-services and cybersecurity advertisers in a 2026 analysis.[36]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Demand-generation effectiveness is measured through digital visibility and conversions. In 2026, 163 cybersecurity websites were measured in the U.S. for the Cybersecurity Digital Visibility Index.

Marketing in the computer security industry

  • 18% of cybersecurity vendors’ marketing budgets went to public relations and media liaison in the last financial year surveyed for the 2023 report.[38]
  • 81% of cybersecurity CMOs report confidence in meeting their marketing KPIs, compared with 89% across the overall surveyed population, in 2026.[39]
  • 32% of planned 2026 cybersecurity marketing spend is allocated to PR, social media, executive visibility and influencer programs.[39]
  • 52% of cybersecurity companies operate with marketing budgets of at least $5 million, excluding salaries, in 2026.[39]
  • More than 35% of cybersecurity vendors in the United States and United Kingdom expected to decrease marketing budgets in the next financial year surveyed in 2023.[38]

Digital marketing in the computer security industry

  • 49% of enterprise cybersecurity buyers cite insufficient return-on-investment justification in cybersecurity marketing in 2026.[40]
  • 71.4% of combined estimated monthly organic traffic among 163 measured cybersecurity websites went to the ten highest-scoring companies in 2026.[41]
  • 395 cybersecurity websites entered the candidate pool for the 2026 United States Cybersecurity Digital Visibility Index.[41]
  • 163 cybersecurity websites were measured in the United States for the 2026 Cybersecurity Digital Visibility Index.[41]
  • 60.1% of 163 measured cybersecurity websites received fewer than 1,000 estimated organic visits per month in September 2026.[41]

Branding in the computer security industry

  • 71% of surveyed consumers preferred or would consider a telecom-provider app for obtaining cybersecurity protection in 2025.[42]
  • 75% of United States consumers expect cybersecurity protection from their telecom or internet provider in 2025.[42]
  • 65% of surveyed consumers preferred or would consider a shopping app for obtaining cybersecurity protection in 2025.[42]
  • 34% of United States consumers were aware that their internet service provider offered cybersecurity protection in 2025.[42]
  • 80% of surveyed consumers preferred or would consider a banking or payment app for obtaining cybersecurity protection in 2025.[42]

Social media in the computer security industry

  • 34.54% of employees at Cyera shared content with their LinkedIn networks in the published global top-ten table for January 2026.[43]
  • 30.58% of employees at KnowBe4 shared content with their LinkedIn networks in January 2026.[43]
  • 10.23% was the average share of employees posting company content on social media across the global cybersecurity and DevOps sector in January 2026.[43]
  • 21.48% of employees at Innowise shared content with their LinkedIn networks in January 2026.[43]
  • 22.15% of employees at Harness shared content with their LinkedIn networks in January 2026.[43]

Influencer Marketing in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across B2B companies, another 29% of marketing organizations planned to adopt influencer marketing within the next year in 2025, based on an Ipsos survey of 1,500 marketing leaders.[44]
  • Across technology companies, 64% of marketers reported dedicated and growing budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026, according to Nielsen’s global marketing survey.[45]
  • Across B2B companies, 43% of marketers reported outstanding results from their influencer programs in the 2025 B2B Influencer Marketing Report.[46]
  • Across B2B companies, 55% of marketing organizations were using influencers in 2025, based on an Ipsos survey of 1,500 marketing leaders.[44]
  • Across technology companies, 27% of marketers reported dedicated but flat budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026, according to Nielsen’s global marketing survey.[45]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operations face attack-surface growth and data gaps in investigation workflows. In 2024, 53% of security professionals identified defending a growing and changing attack surface as their most significant challenge.

Process optimization in the computer security industry

  • Only 23% of organizations regularly benchmark detection performance against industry standards, 2024, global.[1]
  • 6.6 trillion open-source downloads were estimated for 2024, creating scale pressures for software-security and development processes, global.[47]
  • 69% of vulnerabilities initially scored below 7 on CVSS were later corrected to a score of 7 or higher, 2024, global software projects.[47]
  • 90% of modern software applications can consist of open-source code, increasing the need to optimize security policies and dependency-management practices in software development, 2024, global.[47]
  • 53% of security professionals identify defending a growing and changing attack surface as their most significant security-operations challenge, 2024, global.[1]

Operational efficiency in the computer security industry

  • 58% of security leaders say their security-operations centers lack the skills or expertise to create effective detections, 2025, global.[48]
  • 57% of security leaders lose valuable investigation time because of gaps in data-management strategies, 2025, global.[48]
  • 59% of organizations use mean time to detect as a security-operations performance indicator, 2024, global.[1]
  • 67% of organizations use mean time to respond as a security-operations performance indicator, 2024, global.[1]
  • 55% of security leaders report too many false positives in their security operations centers, 2025, global.[48]

Quality management in the computer security industry

  • 95% of vulnerable application dependencies had safer alternative versions available, 2024, global.[47]
  • 80% of application dependencies remained un-upgraded for more than one year, 2024, global.[47]
  • 3.6% of dependencies remained vulnerable after being upgraded to another insecure version, 2024, global.[47]
  • Some critical open-source vulnerabilities took more than 500 days to fix in 2024, global.[47]
  • 13 critical or high-severity security vulnerabilities are discovered per application on average each year, 2024, global open-source applications.[47]

Supply chain in the computer security industry

  • 28 versions per project was the average for Java Maven projects, 2024, global.[47]
  • 9% of organizations monitor cybersecurity risk across their supplier base, 2025, global.[2]
  • 74% of EU member states had defined supply-chain security measures in national legislation for essential and important entities, 2024, European Union.[49]
  • 70% of cybersecurity professionals report high concern about supply-chain risk, 2025, global.[25]
  • 51% of cybersecurity professionals rank software vulnerabilities in supplier products among their leading supply-chain concerns, 2025, global.[25]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the software and IT services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across European organizations, 35% planned to increase their use of nearshore outsourcing in the 2024/2025 sourcing study.[50]
  • Among German IT-service generalists, 19.5% of digital-experience services for customer projects were delivered nearshore in 2024.[51]
  • Among German IT-service generalists, 10.2% of digital-experience services for customer projects were delivered offshore in 2024.[51]
  • Across German digital-experience service providers, 7.6% of services for customer projects were delivered offshore in 2024.[51]
  • Across German digital-experience service providers, 13.2% of services for customer projects were delivered nearshore in 2024.[51]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing and cost outcomes shape consolidation decisions. Programs analyzed from Q1 2023 through Q4 2025 reported 22%–38% net savings from consolidating a cybersecurity vendor into an existing Tier 1 platform.

Pricing strategy in the computer security industry

  • 22%–38% net savings were reported when a cybersecurity vendor was consolidated into an existing Tier 1 platform in analyzed programs from Q1 2023 through Q4 2025.[52]
  • 96% was the largest reported discount offered by ransomware groups in negotiations with victims between 2020 and 2026.[53]
  • $28–$62 per endpoint annually is the observed CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection price range for 5,000–20,000 endpoint deployments in Q1 2026.[52]
  • 55.3% of ransomware negotiations analyzed between 2020 and 2026 included proof-of-data disclosure as part of the attackers’ commercial pressure tactics.[53]
  • 70% of cybersecurity vendor revenue is delivered through channel partners such as MSSPs, resellers and systems integrators, according to an industry investment primer.[54]

Cost reduction in the computer security industry

  • 31% of organizations cited cost savings as a reason for security-solution consolidation in Fastly’s 2024 global survey.[55]
  • 72% of companies automated basic IT operations such as security patch management in HP Wolf Security research reported in 2025.[18]
  • 22%–38% net savings were reported from consolidating a cybersecurity vendor into an existing Tier 1 platform in programs analyzed from Q1 2023 through Q4 2025.[52]
  • 30.13% was the reduction in security-incident mean time to resolution associated with generative-AI adoption in a live security-operations study.[56]
  • 53% of respondents cited defending a growing and changing attack surface as their most significant security-operations challenge in a SANS survey.[1]

Profitability in the computer security industry

  • 14% was Fortinet’s 2025 increase in total gross profit compared with 2024.[57]
  • 23.0 million dollars was CyberArk’s adjusted EBITDA in 2025, compared with negative $6.4 million in 2024.[58]
  • 0.4 percentage points was Fortinet’s operating-margin improvement in 2025 compared with 2024.[57]
  • $5.47 billion was Fortinet’s total gross profit in 2025, up from $4.80 billion in 2024.[57]
  • 34.5% was NCC Group’s Cyber Security gross-profit margin in the year ended September 30, 2024.[59]

Financial planning in the computer security industry

  • 77% of global business and technology executives expected cybersecurity budgets to increase over the following year in PwC’s survey.[18]
  • 90% of United States CISOs expected their overall IT-security budgets to remain stable or increase for 2025.[60]
  • 30% of PwC survey respondents expected their cybersecurity budgets to increase by 6%–10% over the following year.[18]
  • 47.5% of surveyed organizations expected their overall security budgets to rise in 2025.[60]
  • 10% of United States CISOs expected a decrease in their overall IT-security budgets for 2025.[60]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Delivery shifts include automation and expanded MSP coverage. In 2025, 39% of organizations used managed security services, up from 33% previously.

Product development in the computer security industry

  • 36% of cybersecurity professionals identified cloud security as a current critical or significant skills need in 2025, globally.[25]
  • 28% of cybersecurity professionals identified application security as a current critical or significant skills need in 2025, globally.[25]
  • 50% of cloud-security specialists cited cloud architecture and secure design as a priority skill area in 2025, globally.[25]
  • 68% of surveyed software organizations conducted threat modeling during requirements gathering in 2025, mainly in the United States and Canada.[61]
  • 41% of cybersecurity professionals identified AI as a current critical or significant skills need in 2025, globally.[25]

Product lifecycle in the computer security industry

  • 23% of surveyed organizations reported that end-of-life dependencies created persistent software-supply-chain risk in 2026 research.[47]
  • 61 security products in a 2026 lifecycle study had a median supported lifespan of 1.3 years per version.[62]
  • 252 days was the average time to fix flaws in the latest cohort of applications analyzed by Veracode.[63]
  • 16% of applications in the latest Veracode retrospective cohort contained high-severity flaws.[63]
  • 1,647 entries were listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog version analyzed in July 2026.[62]

After-sales in the computer security industry

  • 23% of surveyed organizations were evaluating or considering outsourcing cybersecurity to an MSP in 2025, globally.[64]
  • 48% of organizations wanted their MSP to provide 24/7 security coverage in 2025, across North America, EMEA and APAC.[64]
  • 78% of surveyed MSPs increased spending on security capabilities, training, defenses, products or services for customers during the preceding year.[65]
  • 53% of MSP customers said they were expected to support expanding digital operations without additional resources in 2026.[64]
  • Organizations with 1,000 to 2,000 employees relied on MSPs for security support at a reported rate below the 61% recorded for 50-to-100-employee organizations.[64]

Value proposition in the computer security industry

  • 11% of organizations reported faster time to market for digital products or programs among their top three cyber-risk-management outcomes in 2025.[66]
  • 44.9% of surveyed CISOs prioritized business impact when communicating cybersecurity ROI in 2024 research.[67]
  • $5 million was the modeled total quantified three-year benefit from CrowdStrike endpoint security in the 2025 Forrester study.[68]
  • 57.1% of surveyed CISOs prioritized business enablement when communicating cybersecurity ROI in 2024 research.[67]
  • 18% of organizations reported increased board confidence in cybersecurity among their top three outcomes of cyber-risk management in 2025.[66]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Security organizations report quantified training and environmental metrics. Check Point reported 2,576 metric tons of market-based Scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2024.

Sustainability in the computer security industry

  • 52,848 cubic meters of water were withdrawn by Check Point in 2024.[69]
  • 207 tons of waste were reported by Check Point for 2024.[69]
  • 630,000 people had been trained through Fortinet Training Institute initiatives since 2022 by 2024.[70]
  • 60% of Check Point’s goal to train 1 million people in cybersecurity by 2028 had been achieved by 2024.[69]
  • 179,503 people received cybersecurity training from Check Point in 2023 globally.[69]

ESG in the computer security industry

  • 2,576 metric tons of market-based Scope 1 and 2 emissions were reported by Check Point in 2024.[69]
  • More than half of companies assessed by S&P Global in 2025 had security-related business-continuity plans.[71]
  • Around 3,000 companies were evaluated in S&P Global’s 2024 Corporate Sustainability Assessment, including information-security and privacy questions.[71]
  • 9,875 metric tons of market-based Scope 1 and 2 emissions were reported by Check Point in 2023.[69]
  • 2,114 metric tons of Scope 2 market-based emissions were reported by Check Point in 2024.[69]

Ethics in the computer security industry

  • 85% of cybersecurity professionals familiar with ISC2’s code said it strengthens public trust in 2026.[25]
  • 35% of cybersecurity professionals said they might whistleblow if their employer knowingly ignored security practices or compliance requirements in 2024.[72]
  • 83% of cybersecurity professionals familiar with ISC2’s code said it elevates cybersecurity as a respected discipline in 2026.[25]
  • 78% of surveyed cybersecurity professionals said the profession would benefit from clearer shared conduct standards in 2026.[25]
  • 54% of surveyed cybersecurity professionals wanted training modules to help apply a conduct code in 2026.[25]

CSR in the computer security industry

  • Nearly 1,400 cybersecurity professionals contributed to development of ISC2’s global professional-conduct code by 2026.[25]
  • 15% of Check Point’s 2028 cybersecurity-training target had been reached by 2022.[69]
  • More than 630,000 people had received cybersecurity training through Fortinet initiatives since 2022 by 2024.[70]
  • More than 914,800 people had received cybersecurity training through Fortinet since 2022 by 2025.[70]
  • 267,844 individuals were trained in cybersecurity by Check Point through its social-impact programs in 2024.[69]

Carbon footprint in the computer security industry

  • 906 metric tons of Scope 1 emissions were reported by Check Point in 2023.[69]
  • 9,291 metric tons of location-based Scope 2 emissions were reported by Check Point in 2024.[69]
  • 2,114 metric tons of market-based Scope 2 emissions were reported by Check Point in 2024.[69]
  • 9,378 metric tons of market-based Scope 2 emissions were reported by Check Point in 2022.[69]
  • 158 metric tons of Scope 1 emissions were reported by Check Point in 2022.[69]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Third-party risk and channel flow dominate cross-border execution. In 2024, 86% of respondents said their organization had a third-party risk-management program.

Globalization in the computer security industry

  • 0.3 million cybersecurity professionals were located in Africa in 2024.[82]
  • 2.8 million cybersecurity professionals represented the estimated global workforce shortage in 2024.[82]
  • 23% of the Americas cybersecurity workforce represented the region’s estimated talent shortage in 2024.[82]
  • 70% of the world’s leading cybersecurity vendors were headquartered in the United States in 2024.[82]
  • 2.9 million cybersecurity professionals were located in Asia Pacific in 2024.[82]

Cultural adaptation in the computer security industry

  • 74 was the average security-culture score for the Middle East in 2024, based on 51 organizations.[83]
  • 74 was the average security-culture score for East Asia in 2024, based on 22 organizations.[83]
  • 71 was the average security-culture score for South America in 2024.[83]
  • 66 was the average security-culture score for Central Asia in 2024, based on one organization.[83]
  • 72 was the average security-culture score for Africa in 2024.[83]

Supplier management in the computer security industry

  • 61% of companies reported a third-party data breach or security incident during the previous 12 months in 2024.[84]
  • 33% of the average third-party population was actively managed by organizations in 2024.[84]
  • 86% of respondents said their organization had a third-party risk-management program in 2024.[84]
  • 64% of organizations said their third-party-risk assessment method met the needs of all involved departments in 2024.[84]
  • 50% of organizations still used spreadsheets to assess and manage third-party vendors in 2024.[84]

Stakeholder management in the computer security industry

  • 77% of procurement teams identified speeding or simplifying vendor onboarding as a primary objective in 2024.[84]
  • 55% of procurement teams identified tracking events that could disrupt supplier fulfillment as a primary objective in 2024.[84]
  • 62% of risk-management teams identified achieving compliance as a primary third-party-risk objective in 2024.[84]
  • 50% of organizations reported greater data-privacy-team involvement in third-party risk management in 2024.[84]
  • 93% of information-security teams identified mitigating vendor cybersecurity risk as a primary objective in 2024.[84]

Distribution channels in the computer security industry

  • 92% of global cybersecurity spending flowed through the channel in the fourth quarter of 2025.[24]
  • More than 90% of the estimated $311 billion cybersecurity market was expected to flow through partners in 2026.[24]
  • 45% of SMB security-services spending was projected to be remotely managed security by 2029.[69]
  • 10.3% was year-over-year growth in global channel cybersecurity spending in the fourth quarter of 2025.[24]
  • $45 billion was the projected increase in worldwide SMB cybersecurity spending between 2024 and 2029.[69]

Key questions about the computer security industry

What is the global cybersecurity market size for 2030?
Global cybersecurity revenue is projected to reach $262.3 billion by 2030. The global market was estimated at $245.7 billion in 2023.
How fast is the cybersecurity market expected to grow?
Global cybersecurity revenue is forecast to grow at a 5.9% CAGR from 2025 to 2030. The U.S. is expected to grow at a slightly lower 5.7% CAGR over the same period.
Which companies lead the computer security industry?
Microsoft leads Gitnux's 2026 computer security ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with Microsoft 365 including Enterprise Mobility + Security and Security and Compliance. Palo Alto Networks is the highest-ranked security-platform provider at 9.3, backed by cybersecurity software services and security hardware delivered globally.
What technology shifts are shaping computer security in 2026?
AI adoption in cybersecurity reached 43% of organizations in 2024, while 42% reported difficulty trusting AI decisions due to limited transparency. Organizations also reported partially integrated automated response mechanisms at 64% in 2024.
How fragmented is the European cybersecurity market?
The European cybersecurity market is fragmented: no single company is reported to exceed one-quarter of regional revenue. The five largest companies together account for approximately 45% of the market.
What is driving security spend and delivery pressure for buyers?
Cybersecurity market demand is tied to increasingly frequent attacks, cloud adoption, and AI-related risks. Labor is also a major cost component, with U.S. information security analysts averaging $132,510 and median pay at approximately $129,180 in May 2025.
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