UK Firms Slow to Spot Breaches

UK firms take on average nine hours to spot unusual network activity indicating they may be under attack, much slower than their counterparts in the US, Germany and Australia, according to new research. Email security firm Clearswift polled 500 IT security professionals in several countries around the world, asking them to estimate how long it takes them to spot anomalous network activity. While UK respondents claimed it took nine hours on average, their counterparts in the US (seven hours) and Australia (five hours) were seemingly much more alert to the danger of data breaches.