Global spending on cybersecurity products and services to combat cybercrime will exceed $1 trillion cumulatively over the next five years, from 2017 to 2021. Cybersecurity Ventures: Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing and largest technology sectors. There will be 1.5 million cybersecurity job openings by 2019, up from 1 million in 2016. By 2019, the demand for cybersecurity professionals will increase to approximately 6 million globally. By 2021, cybercrime damages will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3132722/cybersecurity-industry-outlook-2017-to-2021.html