Cybersecurity Budget Planning: Enterprise Cost Guide

9/18/2025

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

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