This statistic shows the global cybersecurity spending share from 2018 to 2020, by deployment model. Hardware is the deployment model that makes up the largest portion of cybersecurity spending worldwide, accounting for 43 percent of total spending in 2018.
Cybersecurity spending share worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by deployment model
Characteristic
Hardware
Software
Virtual appliance/agent
Public cloud
Services
2020*
38%
32%
11%
3%
16%
1Q'19
37%
38%
8%
4%
14%
2018
43%
39%
8%
1%
9%
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0%25%50%75%100%125%
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Canalys. (July 2, 2019). Cybersecurity spending share worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by deployment model [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/991282/worldwide-cybersecurity-spending-share-deployment-model/
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Canalys. (2019). Cybersecurity spending share worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by deployment model. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991282/worldwide-cybersecurity-spending-share-deployment-model/
Canalys. "Cybersecurity Spending Share Worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by Deployment Model." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991282/worldwide-cybersecurity-spending-share-deployment-model/
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Cybersecurity spending share worldwide from 2018 to 2020, by deployment model [Graph], Canalys, July 2, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/991282/worldwide-cybersecurity-spending-share-deployment-model/
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