palo alto networks application usage and risk report - key findings for rest of asean

Five Facts About ApplicationUsage on Enterprise Networks

in Rest of ASEAN(Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam)

Application Usage and Risk Report December 2011

Average number of social networking applications per organization?

A total of 50 different social networking applications were found in 83% of the 23 participating organizations with an

average of 20 found on each network.

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Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth consumed in the 23 participating organizations, Facebook is

consuming 73% of the bandwidth.

Rest of ASEAN: Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam

Facebook dominates. While Facebook is the dominant application in rest of ASEAN, action oriented uses, mainly

Zynga games, are used more heavily than they are globally.

Rest of ASEAN: Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam

Average number of browser-based filesharing applications per organization?

A total of 32 different browser-based filesharing applications were found in 83% of the 23 participating

organizations with an average of 18 in each.

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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 140 or 21% of the 657 applications found in the participating

organizations.

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Percentage of total bandwidth consumed by applications not using tcp/80?

22% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 280 (43% of 657) applications that DO NOT USE port 80 at all. Ever.

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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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