INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2026
CYBERSECURITY
SOFTWARE
100+ data-driven statistics on the global cybersecurity software landscape — market size, threats, spending, workforce, and emerging technology trends.
$248B
Global Cybersecurity Market Size 2026
$10.8T
Projected Cybercrime Cost 2026
13.8%
Market CAGR Through 2034
4.8M
Unfilled Cybersecurity Jobs Globally
01 — MARKET SIZE & SPENDING
$212B
Global information security spending in 2026, up 15.1% YoY (Gartner)
$377B
Projected global cybersecurity spending by 2028 (IDC)
$699B
Cybersecurity market projected size by 2034 at 13.8% CAGR (Fortune BI)
$86.1B
Security services market — the largest spending category in 2026 (Gartner)
$2,700
Per-employee cybersecurity spend (Deloitte)
12-13%
Of IT budgets allocated to security (IANS/VikingCloud)
0.69%
Avg security spend as % of revenue (IANS Research)
78%
Organizations planning to increase security budgets in 2026
$51K
Avg annual SMB cybersecurity spend on tools & services
42%
Security services share of total cyber spending
02 — THREATS & DATA BREACHES
$4.44M
Global Average Cost of a Data Breach (IBM 2025)
US breaches average $10.22M — a record high. Healthcare leads at $11.2M per breach for 14 years running.
IBM
2025
REPORT
2025
REPORT
3,322
Record US data compromises in 2025 — surpassing the 2023 high of 3,202 (ITRC 2026)
241 Days
Global mean time to identify and contain a data breach in 2025 (IBM)
44%
Of all data breaches where ransomware was present — up from 32% prior year (Verizon DBIR 2025)
22%
Of breaches with credential abuse as the most common initial attack vector (Verizon DBIR 2025)
03 — AI-POWERED THREATS & DEFENSE
82.6%
Of phishing emails now contain AI-generated content
Up sharply from just 21% in 2023 — AI has made phishing campaigns faster, cheaper and significantly more convincing than ever before.
$24.3B
AI Security Market value in 2026 (→$133.8B by 2030)
3,000%
Increase in deepfake social engineering attacks 2023–2025
54%
Reduction in MTTD using AI-based threat detection tools
14%
Higher click-through rate on AI-generated vs human phishing
60%
Security professionals say AI attacks are their #1 concern for 2026
93%
Security leaders expect AI to be standard in SOC within 2 years
04 — WORKFORCE & TALENT GAP
4.8M
Global unfilled cybersecurity positions in 2026 — 19% increase YoY (ISC2)
32%
Projected job growth in information security analysis through 2032 (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
113.3%
US Security & Public Safety job postings vs. pre-pandemic baseline — highest among tech sectors (Indeed Hiring Lab 2026)
41%
Of security teams cite AI/ML as their #1 skill need for 2026 (ISC2 2025)
05 — RANSOMWARE & CYBERCRIME
88%
Of ransomware breaches involve stolen credentials (Verizon DBIR 2025)
1M+
IC3 cybercrime complaints in 2025 — the first time ever exceeding 1 million
59%
Of all cyberattacks faced by orgs involved ransomware (Sophos 2024)
06 — CLOUD, IOT & EMERGING RISKS
54.6%
Cloud deployment's global share of cybersecurity market in 2026 (Fortune Business Insights)
25B+
Connected IoT devices projected globally by 2026, up from 21.1B in 2025 (IoT Analytics)
$5.05M
Avg cost of multi-cloud breaches vs $4.01M for on-premise only breaches (IBM 2025)
30%
Of 2025 breaches involved data across multiple environments (cloud + on-prem) (IBM)
07 — SOFTWARE SEGMENT & VERTICALS
08 — MARKET GROWTH TRAJECTORY
GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY MARKET SIZE (USD BILLIONS)
2021
$85B
Software Mkt
2025
$160B
Software Mkt
2026
$248B
Full Market
2028
$377B
IDC Forecast
2031
$332B
Software Seg.
2034
$699B
Full Market
$22.5B
Global cyber insurance market by 2026
$46.4B
Managed security services market in 2026
$24.1B
Identity & Access Management (IAM) market in 2026