As with many areas of the economy, enterprise technology spending was hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to consulting firm Gartner, worldwide IT spending declined 3.2% last year to mark a rare rollback in this category.

One important exception was cybersecurity spending, which grew 6.4% in 2020. And this year the segment continues to grow at an above-average rate as Gartner estimates global spending on information security and risk management services will top $150 billion — up 12.4% from last year, and about double…