6 Cybersecurity Stocks to Buy Now

A cyberthreat environment that was only getting more complex has been made even more dangerous with the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI). According to feedback from more than 3,500 cybersecurity and business leaders for IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, the average cost of a data breach has reached $4.4 million.

It’s a pretty safe bet that a world made even more dangerous by a hot war in the Middle East that threatens to escalate beyond the region and onto other fronts, cybersecurity costs will continue to increase.

“Threat actors are using AI to increase the success of their campaigns,” says Nathaniel Jones, vice president of security and AI strategy at Darktrace. “Large language models (LLMs) make it easier to conduct research on targets, tailor phishing emails even more granularly and craft emails with more accurate spelling and grammar in a variety of languages.”

And demand for cybersecurity solutions will likely remain robust. Grand View Research estimates the global cybersecurity market will reach $663.2 billion by 2033, growing at a compound annual rate of 11.9%.

How can investors play this secular trend? Here are six of the best cybersecurity stocks to buy as growth in the industry ramps up.

Data is as of March 24. Analysts’ annual long-term earnings-per-share (EPS) growth estimate represents the estimated average rate of earnings growth for the next three to five years and is courtesy of S&P Global Market Intelligence.