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How much budget does security need?
Two minutes to a benchmark for Swiss companies: capture organisation and risk profile. The check delivers a budget range, maturity score, peer comparison and a breakdown across ten control areas.
- 1Organisation
- 2Risk profile
- 3Result
Recommended security share of IT budget
equals per year
…
…/100
Maturity score
Peer comparison (share of IT budget)
Swiss avg ~11%
industry median
your range
Control breakdown
Allocation by size. Amounts as annual benchmarks (midpoint of range)
- Security staff & know-how……
- Managed detection (MDR/SOC)……
- Identity & access……
- Endpoint & EDR……
- Network (NGFW, segmentation)……
- SIEM & logging……
- Backup & resilience……
- Awareness & phishing training……
- GRC, audits & pentests……
- IR retainer & reserve……
Non-binding benchmarks, aligned with publicly documented industry figures (on average around 11% of the IT budget goes into security). Orders of magnitude, not advice. The right amount depends on your specific risk profile.