Business in Britain is spending an estimated 10 billion pounds (US$18 billion) per year on security problems such as computer viruses, spyware, hackers and equipment theft. The number, and cost, of security breaches actually fell for most large companies, but problems increased at smaller businesses to the tune of an $8,000 to $17,000 average loss. About 25 percent of U.K. companies dont have spyware protection to help prevent the loss of confidential data.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2120637/security-breaches-cost-british-business-a-bundle.html