MarketWatch reports that cybersecurity companies appear to be benefiting from fat IT spending budgets fueled by tax cuts and fears of hackers. A recent Morgan Stanley survey found that CIOs rated security spending as the second most defensible IT project in case of an economic downturn. Here is a graphic of their results
Goldman Sachs—one of KnowBe4's investors—earlier in the month, said cybersecurity stocks presented a tactical opportunity ahead of the November midterm elections. In Goldman’s survey, cybersecurity is the IT area where most CIOs expect to boost spending within the next 12 months.
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