Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Security Spending Will Reach $96 Billion in 2018, Up 8 Percent from 2017
(World News Science)

Press Release Security Risks Drive Growth in Overall Security Spending Gartner, Inc. forecasts worldwide enterprise security spending to total $96.3 billion in 2018, an increase of 8 percent from 2017. Organizations are spending more on security as a result of regulations, shifting buyer mindset, awareness of emerging threats and the evolution to a digital business strategy. `Overall, a large portion of security spending is driven by an organization`s reaction toward security breaches as more high profile cyberattacks and data breaches affect organizations worldwide,` said Ruggero Contu, research director at Gartner. `Cyberattacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya, and most recently the Equifax...