11% of devices across organizations are classified as network equipment.

9% of the security staff budget for Fortune 500 organizations with 50+ security FTEs is allocated to Network security.

57.28% of IT decision-makers at financial services firms reported that network management and monitoring is currently fully or partially managed by an MSP or MSSP.

37% of financial services firms plan to invest or upgrade in network and perimeter security in 2026.

46% of respondents surveyed need significant skill improvement in network/infrastructure security.

50% of respondents surveyed have expert-level skill in network/infrastructure security.

59% of companies have high capability in securing data on networks.

5% of companies have below average capability in securing data on networks.

36% of companies have average capability in securing data on networks.

97% of respondents indicated that Network/infrastructure security requires significant or moderate improvement.

The top three investment priorities when allocating cyber budgets are: Artificial intelligence (AI) (36%), Cloud security (34%), and Network security and zero trust (28%).

58% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified managing remote user access and latency as a top networking and security challenge.

68% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified gaining network and security observability as their top strategic networking and security priority.

48% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified simplifying operations and reducing IT burden as their top strategic networking and security priority.

66% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified securing SaaS and public cloud apps as a top networking and security challenge.

46% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified managing too many vendors/support contracts as a top networking and security challenge.

54% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified operating with limited internal IT staff as a top networking and security challenge.

43% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified gaps in performance and threat visibility as a top networking and security challenge.

72% of senior IT and infrastructure leaders in the business and professional services industry identified improving application and SaaS performance as their top strategic networking and security priority.

62% of breaches in H1 2025 involved data stored on network servers.