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

2.
Average number of social networking
applications per organization?
A total of 68 different social networking applications were
found in 100% of the 70 participating organizations with an
average of 17 found on each network.

3.
Which application is used more heavily?
Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth
consumed, Facebook consumed 60% of the bandwidth while
Twitter consumed 14%.

4.
Active social networking application (games, posting,
plugins, apps) usage patterns are similar to those observed
globally. Facebook is a clear dominant player with 60% of BW
consumed.

5.
Average number of browser-based
filesharing applications per organization?
A total of 42 different browser-based filesharing
applications were found in 96% of the 70 participating
organizations with an average of 13 in each.

6.
Browser-based filesharing use cases: work or
entertainment. Both uses have a common set of business
and security risks that organizations must address.

7.
The number of applications
using Port 80 (tcp/80) only?
The number of applications that ONLY use Port 80 is 214 or
26% of the 812 applications found in the participating
organizations.

8.
Percentage of total bandwidth consumed
by applications not using tcp/80?
61% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 240 (30%
of 812) applications that DO NOT USE port 80 at all. Ever.

9.
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.

10.
Palo Alto Networks Application Usage
and Risk Report
www.paloaltonetworks.com/aur