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Security Budget Calculator

Calculate recommended cybersecurity budget based on industry benchmarks, company size, and risk profile with spending allocation.

Inputs

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Results

Recommended Security Budget

$120,000.00

≈ 8 used cars

% of IT Budget12%
% of Revenue1.2%
Infrastructure Security$36,000.00
Identity & Access$18,000.00
Detection & Response$24,000.00
Personnel & Training$24,000.00
Per Employee$480.00
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter the organization annual revenue and industry sector.
  2. Set the number of employees and IT headcount.
  3. Input current security spending by category (tools, staff, services, training).
  4. Review the recommended security budget as a percentage of IT budget and revenue.
  5. Compare your current spend to benchmarks and identify underinvested categories.

How the result changes with IT Budget

IT BudgetRecommended Security Budget
1,000,000,000$120,000,000.00
3,500,000,000$420,000,000.00
6,500,000,000$780,000,000.00
9,000,000,000$1,080,000,000.00

What each input means

Annual Revenue
Organization's annual revenue.
IT Budget
Total annual IT budget.
Industry
Select the industry
Company Size
Select the company size
Risk Level
Select the risk level

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Annual Revenue = 10000000, IT Budget = 1000000, Industry = 2, Company Size = 2 = 5 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Recommended Security Budget
    Recommended Security Budget = max(recommendedFromIt, recommendedFromRev)
    120000 = $120,000
  3. Calculate % of IT Budget
    % of IT Budget = round((recommendedBudget / max(1
    12 = 12
  4. Calculate % of Revenue
    % of Revenue = round((recommendedBudget / max(1
    1.2 = 1.2

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