FIELD REPORT · SECURITY
Cybersecurity Budget Planning: Enterprise Cost Guide
Plan cybersecurity budgets effectively. Tool costs, compliance, and risk-based allocation.
- PUBLISHED
- September 18, 2025
- UPDATED
- May 15, 2026
- READ TIME
- 1 MIN
- AUTHOR
- ONE FREQUENCY
KEY FACTS
- Topic
- security, budget, compliance
- Published
- September 18, 2025
- Last updated
- May 15, 2026
- Read time
- 1 min
- Word count
- 85
Cybersecurity budgets typically represent 10-15% of IT spend. Plan effectively with this guide.
Tool Categories & Costs
- SIEM: $30K-500K/year
- EDR: $30-100/endpoint/year
- Cloud security: $20K-200K/year
- Identity management: $5-20/user/month
Compliance Costs
- SOC 2: $30K-100K
- ISO 27001: $50K-150K
- CMMC Level 2: $100K-300K
- FedRAMP: $500K-2M
Service Costs
- Managed SOC: $10K-50K/month
- Penetration testing: $20K-100K
- Security consulting: $200-400/hour
ROI Metrics
- Breach cost avoidance
- Compliance penalties avoided
- Insurance premium reduction
- Customer trust value
SOURCES
Cited and consulted.
- 01OWASP Top 10 — Web application security risksowasp.org
- 02CISA — Zero Trust Maturity Modelcisa.gov
- 03FinOps Foundation — Budgeting practicesfinops.org
- 04NIST Cybersecurity Frameworknist.gov
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