Quick Read – CIBR’s $14.4 billion market-cap approach returned 32% this year, while BUG’s 25-stock equal-weight pure-play fund lagged at just 10%. – HACK, the original cybersecurity ETF from 2014, blends pure-plays with IT services firms and delivered 28% one-year and 81%…
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Enterprise cybersecurity budgets are on track to reach $215 billion in 2026, according to Gartner, as AI-powered phishing, prompt-injection attacks against language models, and tighter CISA disclosure rules push security spending higher across every industry. For investors who want broad exposure without picking individual winners between endpoint, network, identity, and cloud security vendors, three ETFs dominate the category: the Global X Cybersecurity ETF (NASDAQ:BUG), the First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (NASDAQ:CIBR), and the Amplify Cybersecurity ETF (NYSEARCA:HACK). Each fund covers the same theme through a different lens.
BUG runs a concentrated, modified equal-weighted portfolio of roughly 25 pure-play names. CIBR uses a market-cap weighted approach that pushes Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike to the top. HACK, the original cybersecurity ETF launched in 2014, blends pure-plays with IT services and consulting firms that handle security work for federal clients.