Key findings from Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk report, December 2011.
The slides provides insight into application activity that is based on 1,636 application assessments that show what is really happening on corporate networks.
3. Average number of social networking
applications per organization?
A total of 71 different social networking applications were
found in 97% of the 1,636 participating organizations. An
average of 16 were found on each network.
5. Which application is showed the most
significant Y-O-Y growth rate?
Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth
consumed, Twitter increased 7-fold in a year-over-year
comparison.
6. Social networking becomes more active.
While Facebook is the dominant application, Twitter and in rest
action oriented uses increased significantly in Y-O-Y
comparison.
7. Average number of browser-based
filesharing applications per organization?
8. Average number of browser-based
filesharing applications per organization?
A total of 65 different browser-based filesharing
applications were found in 92% of the 1,636 participating
organizations. An average of 13 were found on each
network.
9. Browser-based filesharing use cases: work or
entertainment. Both uses have a common set of business
and security risks that organizations must address.
10. The number of applications
using Port 80 (tcp/80) only?
11. The number of applications
using Port 80 (tcp/80) only?
The number of applications that ONLY use Port 80 is 297 or
25% of the 1,195 applications found in the participating
organizations.
13. Percentage of total bandwidth consumed
by applications not using tcp/80?
51% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 413 (35% of
1,195) 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.
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16. Palo Alto Networks Application Usage
and Risk Report
www.paloaltonetworks.com/aur