Security Benchmark participants collectively
budgeted $3.8 billion on security in 2021.

$3.8 Billion is the approximate sum of those Security Benchmark Report respondents that reported their security budgets for 2021. Not all survey respondents gave their 2021 security budgets or had insight into that information within their organization. The majority of respondents reported their budget numbers for physical security only; 23% percent of respondents reported their budgets going toward both physical and IT security.
Source: 2021 Security Benchmark Report, November 2021