"Not surprisingly, workplace violence was ranked as the top security issue/concern for security leaders in 2024 and forward-looking to 2025 in The 2024 Security Benchmark Report. Tied for the second top security issue/concern was business continuity and business resilience, and travel security/executive protection. Cybersecurity, which was the in second slot in 2024, moved to fourth tied with civil unrest/targeted protests, and security budget."
"With The 2025 Security Benchmark Report, Security magazine builds upon the analysis of self-reported data from enterprise physical security leaders we have collected via the Security Benchmark Survey. By collecting data on security budget, technology, new initiatives, training and threats with these surveys each year, security leaders can gain insights into industry trends by comparing The Security Benchmark Report data year-over-year."
"In terms of budget, the average security budget as a percentage of revenue reported by participants in the 2024 report, was 7.6%. In The 2024 Security Benchmark Report, it was measured at 7.6%. In the 2023 report, this metric was measured at 2.3%. In 2022, the average security budget as a percentage of revenue was 2.9%."
Annual Security Benchmark Survey data collection captures security budget, technology, initiatives, training, and threat metrics from enterprise physical security leaders and breaks results down by sector. Workplace violence consistently ranks as the highest security concern from 2022 through forward-looking 2025. Business continuity and business resilience regularly appear among the top concerns, with travel security/executive protection and cybersecurity also prominent but shifting positions year to year. Staffing and training were highlighted in earlier years. Reported average security budgets as a percentage of revenue rose to 7.6% in 2024, compared with 2.3% in 2023 and 2.9% in 2022.
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