--- title: Guide to Cybersecurity Budget Planning: How Much + How To description: A guide to planning cybersecurity budgets covers industry and company-size benchmarks (averaging 10.9% of IT spend or 0.69% of revenue), a breakdown of typical... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/guide-to-cybersecurity-budget-planning-how-much-how-to-wqayhkr9t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Guide to Cybersecurity Budget Planning: How Much + How To | daily.dev og:description: A guide to planning cybersecurity budgets covers industry and company-size benchmarks (averaging 10.9% of IT spend or 0.69% of revenue), a breakdown of typical... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/guide-to-cybersecurity-budget-planning-how-much-how-to-wqayhkr9t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wQAYHkR9t.png og:image:alt: Guide to Cybersecurity Budget Planning: How Much + How To og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Guide to Cybersecurity Budget Planning: How Much + How To **[Huntress Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/huntress-blog)** · 14 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A guide to planning cybersecurity budgets covers industry and company-size benchmarks (averaging 10.9% of IT spend or 0.69% of revenue), a breakdown of typical spending categories like EDR, ITDR, security awareness training, SIEM, compliance, and incident response retainers, a five-step process for building a budget, and tips for winning leadership buy-in. It cites IBM's 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report ($4.44M average) and IANS Research benchmark data throughout, while promoting Huntress's managed security offerings. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of IT budget do companies typically spend on cybersecurity? Cybersecurity budgets average 10.9% of IT spend, down from 11.9% the prior year, according to IANS Research and Artico Search's Security Budget Benchmark Report. As a share of revenue, that averages 0.69%, flat year over year. The right number varies widely by industry and size, with manufacturing at 15.74% and smaller companies spending a higher percentage than larger ones. _Track spending benchmarks like these on daily.dev while building the case for your own security budget._ ### How much does it cost to build an in-house SOC versus using a managed detection and response provider? Building a 24/7 in-house security operations center typically requires eight to ten analysts and costs well over $1 million annually once salaries, tooling, and training are included. A managed detection and response provider delivering similar coverage generally costs $50,000 to $300,000 or more annually, depending on environment size, making it the more decisive option for smaller IT teams. _Compare in-house versus managed security tradeoffs like this on daily.dev before committing budget._ ### How much does an average data breach cost, and how does it vary by industry? The average global data breach costs $4.44 million, down 9% from $4.88 million the prior year due to faster detection, according to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report. Healthcare organizations face the highest average breach cost of any industry tracked, at $7.42 million per incident. _Follow breach-cost data like this on daily.dev when justifying security investment to leadership._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Your 2027 Cybersecurity Budget May Look Complete. 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