Security remains a top priority for organizations in terms of new investment, according to our annual IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study, though not all of that spending is heading toward additional security headcount. After two years of increases, IT security personnel have declined slightly as a percentage of total IT staff.
As shown in Figure 1 from our full report, IT Security Staffing Ratios, IT security staff members declined to 2.9% of the total IT staff at the median in 2018, on par with the percentage in 2016, and down slightly from last year. Previously, the ratio was stable from 2013-2015 at 2.6%.
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