The majority of spending, $105 billion, is expected to be on ‘security software.’
Worldwide spending on information security is projected to reach $213 billion in 2025, up from $193 billion in 2024, according to Gartner.
The majority of spending, $105 billion, is expected to be on ‘security software’ with $83 billion on security services. The remaining $23 billion will be spent on network security. Spending is expected to increase further in 2026 to a total of $240 billion.
Ruggero Contu, sr director analyst at Gartner, said: “Established security spending will continue as normal, but some organisations are being more cautious with any new security spending in this highly uncertain and challenging climate.
“However, higher defence budgets, rising threats, increasing regulatory pressure and better cybersecurity awareness – especially among small and medium-sized businesses – will keep cybersecurity spending strong in the medium to long term.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
