Of all the statistics trends in cybersecurity, it’s those that are financially related that get to the heart of the matter. -The average cost of a breach is $7.35 million (U.S.) -CISOs on average earn $273,000 (U.S.) -VC have invested $3.5 billion into 400+ startups -Researchers estimate spending on security defenses will rise to $1 trillion by 2021 -About one-third (35%) of organizations expect their security budgets to increase Still, it’s important to remember that the costs and investments move in response to the threats, which seem to evolve exponentially: -Ransomware attacks have grown by 50% -About half (46%) of organizations have experienced a security breach or incident -80% of cybersecurity leaders think their organization will be attacked These statistics were compiled in a previous post titled, 20 Staggering Statistics Summing Up the State of Cybersecurity. We recently transformed some of the more significant data points into a comprehensive infographic that characterizes the state of cybersecurity at the end of 2017.