Customer demands, lengthy requirements from cyber insurance providers, and regulatory oversight mean security budgets won’t be seeing spending cuts in 2023. With macroeconomic headwinds dominating earnings calls and downsizing happening across various sectors, cybersecurity remains one area where prior years’ momentum won’t screech to a halt like it will for others. CISOs will receive the budget they need and want (and should expect peers to try to attach some of their own budget needs to security budgets). This report provides a benchmark of current security budget benchmarks and explains how security leaders plan to spend their cybersecurity budgets in 2023.