Where’s My Bandwidth?

Global Findings from the June 2012 Application Usage and Risk Report

Where’s My Bandwidth?

Key questions this report answers:

• Which application categories consume the most bandwidth?

• Exactly how much bandwidth does streaming video consume?

• Which type of filesharing is most heavily used?

• Is social networking truly a bandwidth hog?

Top 5 Categories = 76% of the Bandwidth

Peel away the corporate usage. Roughly a quarter of your bandwidth $$$

is video and filesharing…

Users Like to Watch Video

13% of total bandwidth is video/photo traffic. 107 variants found; an

average of 34 in 97% of the organizations. A fraction of it is corporate use.

P2P Never Dies

It continues to be used despite control efforts. 7 variants found in 78% of

the organizations.

The Filesharing Traffic Port-based Firewalls Miss

Nearly 15% of filesharing is invisible to firewalls. Application control means

all apps, all ports, all the time.

Browser-Based Filesharing Use Cases Solidify…

Work vs. entertainment? Megaupload traffic went to Putlocker, Rapidshare,

others. P2P crushes BBFS in total BW consumed.

Pinterest and Tumblr - New Ways to Express Yourself

Tumblr is the antithesis of Facebook; unfiltered, fully customizable.

Pinterest is a new way to share your hobbies and interests.

Which Ports do Applications Really Use?

The common perception is that Port 80 (tcp/80) is where all the traffic and

all the problems are. Port 80 security is a requirement; but too much focus

is shortsighted.

Where’s My Bandwidth?

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Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report

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