Five Facts About ApplicationUsage on Enterprise Networks

in Thailand

Application Usage and Risk Report December 2011

Average number of social networking applications per organization?

A total of 60 different social networking applications were found in 97% of the 75 participating organizations with an

average of 16 found on each network.

16

Which application is used more heavily?

Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth consumed, Twitter consumed 11% of the bandwidth while

Zynga consumed 8%.

Thailand social networking usage is active. Facebook dominates but action oriented (games, posting, and plugins)

usage is greater in Thailand than it is globally.

Average number of browser-based filesharing applications per organization?

A total of 48 different browser-based filesharing applications were found in 95% of the 75 participating

organizations with an average of 16 in each.

16

Browser-based filesharing use cases: work or entertainment. Both uses have a common set of business

and security risks that organizations must address.

The number of applications using Port 80 (tcp/80) only?

The number of applications that ONLY use Port 80 is 210 or 29% of the 759 applications found in the participating

organizations.

210

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

34% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 210 (28% of 759) applications that DO NOT USE port 80 at all. Ever.

34%

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.

Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report

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