Key findings from Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report, December 2011 (Spain Only). The slides provides insight into application activity that is based on network application assessments that show what is really happening on corporate networks.

1. Five Facts About Application
Usage on Enterprise Networks
in Spain
Application Usage and Risk Report
December 2011

3. Average number of social networking
applications per organization?
A total of 63 different social networking applications were
found in 99% of the 71 participating organizations with an
average of 21 found on each network.

5. Which application is used more heavily?
(Vkontakte)
Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth
consumed, Vkontakte is used more heavily at 9% of the
bandwidth. Facebook and Twitter crush all others at 40% and
19% respectively.

6. Active social networking applications (games, posting,
plugins, apps) are used a more heavily when compared to
global usage patterns. Facebook is the clear leader with 40%
of BW consumed.

8. Average number of browser-based
filesharing applications per organization?
A total of 48 different browser-based filesharing
applications were found in 96% of the 71 participating
organizations with an average of 21 in each.

9. Browser-based filesharing use cases: work or
entertainment. Both uses have a common set of business
and security risks that organizations must address.

11. The number of applications
using Port 80 (tcp/80) only?
The number of applications that ONLY use Port 80 is 224 or
24% of the 935 applications found in the participating
organizations.

13. Percentage of total bandwidth consumed
by applications not using tcp/80?
53% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 344 (37%
of 935) applications that DO NOT USE port 80 at all. Ever.

14. 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.

16. Palo Alto Networks Application Usage
and Risk Report
www.paloaltonetworks.com/aur