palo alto networks application usage and risk report - key findings for nordics
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Key findings from Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report, December 2011 (Nordics). The slides provides insight into application activity that is based on network application assessments that show what is really happening on corporate networks.TRANSCRIPT
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Five Facts About ApplicationUsage on Enterprise Networks
in the Nordics(Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
Application Usage and Risk Report December 2011
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Average number of social networking applications per organization?
A total of 63 different social networking applications were found in 87% of the 55 participating organizations with an
average of 15 found on each network.
15
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Which application is used more heavily?
Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth consumed, vkontakte, originally a Russian only site
consumed 20%. Twitter consumed a mere 8%.
(Vkontakte)
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Nordics social networking usage is very international. Vkontakte (Russian), Tumblr (USA) and heavy plugin usage
makes Nordics social networking very international and active. Facebook still most heavily used.
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Average number of browser-based filesharing applications per organization?
A total of 42 different browser-based filesharing applications were found in 78% of the 55 participating
organizations with an average of 10 in each.
10
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Browser-based filesharing use cases: work or entertainment. Both uses have a common set of business
and security risks that organizations must address.
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The number of applications using Port 80 (tcp/80) only?
The number of applications that ONLY use Port 80 is 203 or 26% of the 785 applications found in the participating
organizations.
203
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Percentage of total bandwidth consumed by applications not using tcp/80?
42% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 220 (28% of 785) applications that DO NOT USE port 80 at all. Ever.
42%
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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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Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report
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