The statistic shows the average share of enterprise IT security spending that is put towards data protection activities, from 2005 to 2015, according to various surveys conducted by the Ponemon Institute. As of February 2016, according to respondents, enterprises dedicated an average of about 30 percent of their IT security spending to data protection activities. This level of spending on data protection activities is down slightly from its peak of 34.5 percent in 2010.
Percentage of IT security spending dedicated to data protection activities from 2005 to 2015
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Ponemon Institute. (February 28, 2016). Percentage of IT security spending dedicated to data protection activities from 2005 to 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/536770/worldwide-it-security-budgets-as-share-of-it-budgets/
Ponemon Institute. "Percentage of IT security spending dedicated to data protection activities from 2005 to 2015." Chart. February 28, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/536770/worldwide-it-security-budgets-as-share-of-it-budgets/
Ponemon Institute. (2016). Percentage of IT security spending dedicated to data protection activities from 2005 to 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/536770/worldwide-it-security-budgets-as-share-of-it-budgets/
Ponemon Institute. "Percentage of It Security Spending Dedicated to Data Protection Activities from 2005 to 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/536770/worldwide-it-security-budgets-as-share-of-it-budgets/
Ponemon Institute, Percentage of IT security spending dedicated to data protection activities from 2005 to 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/536770/worldwide-it-security-budgets-as-share-of-it-budgets/ (last visited December 14, 2024)
Percentage of IT security spending dedicated to data protection activities from 2005 to 2015 [Graph], Ponemon Institute, February 28, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/536770/worldwide-it-security-budgets-as-share-of-it-budgets/