CYBERSECURITY SPENDING SLOWS & SECURITY TEAMS SHRINK

Summary from the TLDR InfoSec newsletter

Security budgets are slowing to 4% YoY growth, the lowest in five years, driving understaffed teams and delayed initiatives. Pressure stems from geopolitics, tariffs, and macroeconomics. Budgets are tightest in healthcare, services, retail, and hospitality, while finance, insurance, and tech still grew more than 5% by prioritizing cloud, IAM, SecOps automation, and zero trust.