Europe is at a strategic inflection point. According to IDC’s latest research, security spending in Europe is forecast to reach nearly $60 billion by 2028, growing at a compound annual growth rate of around 9.4% from 2025 to 2029. Organizations are responding to intensifying cyber threats, expanding regulatory frameworks such as the EU AI Act, NIS2, GDPR, and DORA, and a surge in stakeholder demand for digital trust and sovereignty.

IDC also reports that software and cloud-native security solutions are expected to account for a majority of global security spend by 2028, as enterprises accelerate their adoption of integrated, analytics-driven protection.

Meanwhile, Artificial Intelligence is profoundly reshaping Europe’s security landscape. IDC data shows that 38% of organizations are already investing in AI or Agentic AI, while another 43% are running pilots or proofs of concept. Nearly 70% expect AI-driven disruption within the next 18 months.

For security leaders, this evolution represents both a strategic opportunity and a new risk frontier.
AI enhances threat detection, automation, and decision-making, yet adversaries are also exploiting it to scale attacks and manipulate data.
In response, European organizations are prioritizing investments in AI-powered security analytics, identity and access management (IAM), and managed detection and response (MDR) to maintain resilience, transparency, and ethical governance.

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