EU firms slow in detecting cyber attacks, study shows
European firms take three times longer on average than the rest of the world to find cyber attackers in their systems, a report has revealed.
The average time to make a discovery in the past year was 469 days after the initial compromise, versus an average of 146 days globally, according to the latest M-Trends report by Mandiant, a FireEye company.
The report, based on investigations by Mandiant in the past year, reveals that attackers are able to steal an average of 2.6GB, potentially down to the fact they are able to infiltrate the network for so long, said the first M-Trends report for Europe, Middle-East and Africa.
