Five Facts About ApplicationUsage on Enterprise Networks

in Korea

Application Usage and Risk Report December 2011

Average number of social networking applications per organization?

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Average number of social networking applications per organization?

A total of 57 different social networking applications were found in 96% of the 35 participating organizations with an

average of 20 found on each network.

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Which application is used more heavily?

Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth consumed, DAUM consumed 78% of the bandwidth.

Twitter and Facebook 1% each respectively.

Local social networking dominate - while Facebook and twitter struggle. Both DAUM and Cyworld are used more

heavily than Twitter or Facebook

Average number of browser-based filesharing applications per organization?

A total of 55 different browser-based filesharing applications were found in 86% of the 35 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.

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

The number of applications that ONLY use Port 80 is 188 or 27% of the 707 applications found in the participating

organizations.

188

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

20% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 214 (30% of 707) applications that DO NOT USE port 80 at all. Ever.

20%

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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