Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report - Key Findings for France

Five Facts About ApplicationUsage on Enterprise Networks in France Application Usage and Risk Report December 2011

Average number of social networking applications per organization?A total of 63 different social networking applications were found in 98% of the 85 participating organizations with an average of 16 found on each network.

Which application is used more heavily? (Facebook Apps) Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth consumed in the 85 participating organizations, Facebookapps 28% of the bandwidth while Twitter consumed 12%. Facebook at 42% is the most heavily used.

Facebook dominates. Active social networking applicationssuch as games and plugins are used more heavily than they are globally.

Average number of browser-basedfilesharing applications per organization? A total of 54 different browser-based filesharing applications were found in 94% of the 85 participating organizations with an average of 15 in each.

Browser-based filesharing use cases: work orentertainment. Both uses have a common set of business and security risks that organizations must address.

The number of applications using Port 80 (tcp/80) only?The number of applications that ONLY use Port 80 is 228 or 31% of the 867 applications found in the participating organizations.

Percentage of total bandwidth consumed by applications not using tcp/80?55% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 256 (30% of 867) applications that DO NOT USE port 80 at all. Ever.

Port 80 only security is shortsighted. The commonperception is that Port 80 (tcp/80) is where all the traffic and all the problems are. A port 80 emphasis is an absolute requirement; but too much focus is shortsighted.

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Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report - Key Findings for France

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