The report outlines application usage and risks on enterprise networks in France, revealing that organizations use an average of 16 social networking applications, with Facebook dominating by consuming 42% of bandwidth. Additionally, 54 browser-based filesharing applications were identified, highlighting the need for organizations to address security risks associated with both social networking and filesharing. Furthermore, it emphasizes that 55% of bandwidth is consumed by applications not utilizing TCP port 80, indicating that security measures focused solely on port 80 are inadequate.

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

3. 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.

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

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

8. Average number of browser-based
filesharing 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.

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

11. 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.

13. 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.

14. Port 80 only security is shortsighted. The common
perception 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.

16. Palo Alto Networks Application Usage
and Risk Report
www.paloaltonetworks.com/aur