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What Your Organization Should Be Spending for Information Security
9 March 2005
 
Vic Wheatman   Brian Smith   Norma Schroder   John Pescatore   Mark Nicolett   Ant Allan   Rich Mogull  

Statistical information on security spending is uncertain and often unreliable. In general, Gartner recommends 3 percent to 6 percent of total IT spending as a guideline; however, there are many variables that will affect these numbers.







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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction
2.0
    
 Determining the True Cost of Security

2.1
    
 Problems in Categorizing Security Costs
2.2
    
 Spending as a Percentage of IT and Workforce Budgets
2.3
    
 Security Hardware and Software Spending

2.3.1
    
 Security Hardware Spending Will Increase in 2005
2.3.2
    
 Security Software Spending in 2005
2.3.3
    
 Hardware and Software Spending Totals
3.0
    
 Security Is at the Top of the CIO Agenda
4.0
    
 Security Spending Forecasts

4.1
    
 Strategic Planning Assumptions and Strategic Imperative
5.0
    
 Conclusions

5.1
    
 Security Spending Levels
5.2
    
 The Role of New Threats
5.3
    
 Compliance
5.4
    
 Cost Control
Appendix A.
    
 Acronym Key


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Security Spending and Staffing Trends, 2000-2002
 

Figure 2. 
 Hardware Spending, 2004-2005
 

Figure 3. 
 Hardware Spending by Company Size, 2004-2005
 

Figure 4. 
 Software Spending Increases, 2004-2005
 

Figure 5. 
 Software Spending by Industry, 2004-2005
 

Figure 7. 
 Percentage of IT Budget Spent on Security Hardware and Software, 2004
 

Figure 8. 
 Will Security Spending Go Up in 2005?
 

Figure 9. 
 Top CIO Technology Priorities in 2005
 

Figure 10. 
 Top CIO Initiatives in 2005
 

Figure 11. 
 Crossover Point Between Security and Security Spending Over Time
 



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