IT-SECURITY & DEFENSE
IT security is not an add-on — it is the foundation of your digital sovereignty. With NIS2 (effective October 2026 in Austria, already in force in Germany), DORA (since January 2025 for the financial sector), and the EU AI Act (mandatory for high-risk AI from August 2026), executives are personally liable for cybersecurity for the first time — with penalties up to EUR 10 million or 2% of global annual revenue. Roughly 150,000 companies across the EU are affected.
AI-powered security systems are no longer a nice-to-have: according to IBM, organizations with comprehensive AI automation save an average of USD 1.9 million per data breach and reduce response time by 80 days. Global spending on IT security is rising to USD 213 billion in 2025, per Gartner.
Radical Innovators combines deep technical understanding with strategic advisory: gap analyses against NIS2 and DORA requirements, incident response planning, security awareness programs, and vendor-neutral tool selection — internationally proven and tailored to European regulation and reality.
What research shows
is the average cost of a data breach worldwide. IBM's annual report shows: organizations with mature zero-trust architecture save an average of $1.76M per incident. Rapid detection and containment are the decisive cost factors.
in global IT security spending in 2025 — up from $193B the prior year. Gartner projects $240B for 2026.
Source: Gartner – "Forecast: Information Security, Worldwide 2023-2029" (2025)of financial institutions are not confident they can meet DORA requirements. DORA affects approximately 22,000 financial enterprises across the EU.
Source: Deloitte – "DORA European Survey 2025" (2025)
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