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Wireless Security Trends: State of the MarketEnterprise-wide security is an integral part of any IT strategy and implementation. Growing threats to data center and network infrastructures, communications and applications require end-to-end security for maximum protection. This survey report provides an overview of the key security challenges faced by enterprise IT decision-makers in an ever-changing, globally networked ecosystem.

Key Findings

Wireless LAN Vulnerability Remains Top of Mind

The threat landscape is evolving. With the dynamics of an unrelenting increase in number and type of networked devices, IT decision-makers believe their WLANs are exposed. Despite implementation of a broad range of security measures, wireless LAN infrastructure and access are considered to be at the greatest risk to security breaches.

Enterprise IoT Applications Are Mission Critical

From the factory floor to the hospital recovery room, networked Internet of Things (IoT) devices range from industrial robotics to advanced medical sensors. They are being deployed in huge numbers for a wide range of innovative and game-changing applications. These new types of wireless devices can generate massive amounts of critical data and network traffic on a daily basis. This creates a new set of security challenges for IT managers.

Adoption of Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi Continues to Grow

Especially in distributed enterprises, the migration from on-premise to cloud-managed WLANs is gaining momentum. Cloud Wi-Fi provides simplified deployment, management, visibility and control. It also brings the need for a different approach to WLAN security: requiring access points to run a broad set of protection measures in real time.

Wireless Security Survey 2016 The Need for Integrated SecurityEnterprise organizations want a secure architecture that provides flexible end-to-end protection across their entire IT environment. With high-profile attacks on major organizations, cybersecurity and the protection of critical company and customer data are top concerns.

Most survey respondents—79%—expect an integrated architecture to address the challenges of cybersecurity while also enabling secure network access.

Not surprisingly, the large majority of enterprises surveyed have implemented some form of firewall, authentication and antivirus. In a significant change from last year, there is notable growth in the implementation of intrusion protection and application awareness/control worldwide.

While enterprises do believe they need an end-to-end security infrastructure, they may find that deploying an integrated solution is difficult to configure, deploy and manage. Many security holes are the result of incorrect setup; often a result of products with different management and control systems.

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This global survey looks at the state of the market for WLAN security among enterprises across a broad range of industries. All respondents were sourced from the independent market research company Lightspeed GMI online paneli and were customers of all the major WLAN equipment vendors.

Respondent ProfilesThe findings of this report come from an independent survey of 1,300 IT decision-makers (ITDMs) in 11 countries. It is the second of our annual security surveys representing the input of enterprise organizations. The report comprises a broad spectrum of industries including manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, education, public sector and more.

FIGURE 1: STRUCTURE OF THE SAMPLE

Ongoing Worries Over Wireless Security

Enterprise IT decision-makers continue to have concerns with their wireless LAN security. There is little change from last year’s survey, with 45% of the 2016 study respondents stating the loss of company and customer data to be the top risk. Industrial espionage remains second on the list with 24% of ITDMs stating this is their top risk. These enterprises may already be experiencing breaches and they are taking more action to remedy security gaps across their IT infrastructure.

People have come to expect pervasive Wi-Fi access for personal and professional devices, making BYOD seem like a well-accepted business practice. However, there is a significant regional difference in regards to BYOD support and its related IT access control. Worldwide, only 56% of ITDMs indicated that BYOD is allowed in their organizations. However, in North America 67% allow BYOD access, and 72% of respondents expect IT to have complete control of all employee devices.

FIGURE 2: BIGGEST RISK

FIGURE 3: LEVEL OF SECURITY VULNERABILITY

Compare this to EMEA, where only 46% allow BYOD and 63% expect IT to have complete control.

This reflects a significant lack of confidence in IT’s ability to securely control access, especially among European and Asian respondents, where only 41% believe they have very secure access in place.

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Enterprises Are Increasing Wireless Security Measures

In face of these risks, enterprise organizations are increasing their deployment of security solutions across the enterprise. They consider their WLANs to be most vulnerable and are investing in broader security architectures. Compared to last year, the 2016 study shows a more balanced mix of security methods. Interestingly, the implementation of intrusion protection systems grew 45% year over year, while application awareness and control deployments grew a whopping 60%.

Function 2015 2016 % Growth

Firewall 71% 84% 18%

Authentication 63% 77% 21%

Antivirus 61% 72% 17%

IPS 41% 60% 45%

App Awareness/Control 37% 59% 60%

FIGURE 4: IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY FEATURES

This trend toward a broader range of security coverage is a positive change. However, it may also lead to implementation challenges such as complex integration, management and control of multi-vendor solutions. This greatly compromises IT’s ability to tackle threats since it lacks a cohesive integration of security products. As a result, enterprises cannot effectively close the gaps between these “islands” of security solutions.

In fact, ITDMs indicate a huge desire for an enterprise-wide security architecture that combines cybersecurity with access while enabling segmentation across wired and wireless networks. It is counterproductive to deploy a fragmented wireless security solution that cannot share information with the rest of the network or monitor just one segment of the infrastructure. In addition, dealing with multiple management interfaces is time-consuming and makes for problematic troubleshooting.

FIGURE 5: SECURE ACCESS ARCHITECTURE : FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY

The Internet of Things Is Here in a Big Way

The IoT has become mission critical in enterprise organizations for most every vertical market. Globally, more than half of ITDMs indicated they have deployed business-critical IoT applications. More striking is in North America, where 76% of the respondents said they are using IoT equipment for innovative applications. Smart sensors are becoming ubiquitous. In healthcare, they may save lives. In manufacturing, they can improve quality and lower cost. In process control, IoT equipment and applications increase safety and enable real-time monitoring. We find many IoT applications in “smart” cities and transportation systems of all types.

IoT devices present big security challenges. Typically appliances and sensors are used for data collection and transfer. Most of these devices are unsecured and unable to support common client-based security solutions. As a result, almost one-half of IT decision-makers are worried about the challenges of securing IoT devices. In North America, where we see the most enterprise IoT deployments, 56% of the respondents are “very” and 39% are “somewhat” concerned. Not surprisingly, 80% of ITDMs are now including IoT as a major component of their overall security strategy.

FIGURE 6: LEVEL OF CONCERN OVER INTERNET OF THINGS SECURITY

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The Migration to Cloud-Managed WLAN Continues

In general, IT executives are becoming more comfortable with cloud-managed service models. Over one-half of the respondents prefer cloud-based solutions over on-premise wireless LAN management and control. There are a number of reasons that distributed enterprises, in particular, are implementing cloud-managed Wi-Fi. Gravitation from CAPEX- to OPEX-based models is a major driver. With cloud-managed Wi-Fi, scaling the network involves just the cost of additional access points and subscription fees. For deployment in branch offices, where on-site expertise is limited, it saves time and resources. Centralized management and control without regard to location assures network reliability and uptime.

However, security concerns may hold back customers from migrating to cloud-managed Wi-Fi. In some ways, cloud WLAN security requirements are greater than on-premise systems, yet can be even more secure than equivalent on-premise solutions.

FIGURE 7: WIRELESS NETWORK MANAGING

Fortinet Secure Access Architecture

With these trends and challenges, the deployment and management of enterprise networks, applications and devices must be simplified. Even with a broad range of security measures in place, IT managers may be uncertain about optimal configurations. Multi-vendor deployments are difficult to set up, integrate and manage.

With our Secure Access Architecture, Fortinet leads the way in solving these challenges by providing customers the integrated security solution they need and want. SAA was developed to deliver scalable, end-to-end security across the wired and wireless access layer to guard against data breaches and cybersecurity threats.

FIGURE 8: SECURE ACCESS ARCHITECTURE

Fortinet Security Fabric is the most comprehensive and flexible architecture

covering all deployment options and network segmentations. SAA addresses

the challenges and concerns of IT for securing their wireless infrastructure,

giving peace of mind that your network is secure, stable, and reliable.

i The Fortinet Wireless Security Survey was a research exercise undertaken in March 2016 by the market research company Lightspeed GMI. The survey was conducted online among 1,300 qualified IT decision-makers—predominantly CIOs, CTOs, IT Directors and Heads of IT—in Enterprise organizations around the globe. Eleven countries were included in the survey: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, the UK and USA.

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