CISO survey: AI security spend to grow from $9B in 2026 to $65B by 2030
BenBajarin · x · 2026-10-24
Creative Strategies' Ben Bajarin teases his firm's CISO survey, with a full deep-dive report due in weeks. Key data from the infographic: AI security spend projected to grow from $9B (2026) to $65B (2030), range $22-267B; 59% of CISOs have approved funding to secure AI; 51% expect security spend to outgrow IT; and 37% vs 15% say attackers rather than defenders gain more from AI.
Three theses: frontier models that find vulnerabilities can also exploit them at machine speed; OpenAI and Anthropic now gate their strongest cyber capabilities to vetted defenders; and every buyer — enterprises, defense, governments — is racing against the same frontier. Based on a September 2026 survey (n=200).
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