F5 designed the 2011 ADC Security Survey to explore this issue. Specifically, the survey explores: • Threats - What are the hardest threats IT currently has to defend against? • Effects - what is the effect of this new breed of threat on global organizations? • Safeguards - How are traditional safeguards, such as firewalls, faring against the new threats? • ADC Security - How does IT feel about using ADCs to augment traditional safeguards?

1. ADC Security Survey
Global Key Findings

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Methodology
• Applied Research (by telephone) • APAC
• Australia (2,000+ employees)
• September 2011 • Hong Kong (2,000+ employees)
• India (2,000+ employees)
• 1,000 organizations (100/country)
• China (2,000+ employees)
• Japan (5,000+ employees)
• Senior IT management
• EMEA
• Respondents with role >50% in: • Spain (2,000+ employees)
• Network infrastructure (one fifth) • France (2,000+ employees)
• Endpoints (one fifth) • Germany (2,000+ employees)
• Applications (one fifth) • UK (5,000+ employees)
• Security (not compliance related) (one fifth) • North America
• System administration (one fifth) • United States (5,000+ employees)
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Key Findings Summary
• Attacks Getting More Difficult to Defend
• Attacks Driving High Costs to Organizations
• Traditional Safeguards Falling Short
• IT Sees Role for ADCs for Security
• Adopting of ADCs for Security is Growing
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Attacks Getting More Difficult to Defend
• Most frequent are most difficult to defend AND highest impact:
The ‘cyber attack index’ is comprised of frequency,
difficulty to protect against, and impact on organization,
as reported by the respondents
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Attacks Driving High Costs to Organizations
• 100% of organizations saw losses from cyber attacks
• Typical cost: $682,000 in past 12 months
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Traditional Safeguards Falling Short
• 42% had a firewall fail due to network-layer DoS traffic load
• 36% had a firewall fail due to app-layer DoS traffic load
• 38% say safeguards understand traffic context less than
‘somewhat well’
• 36% say safeguards protect against complex, blended threats
less than ‘somewhat well’
• 53% say network performance impact from safeguard
‘somewhat’ to ‘extremely challenging’
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IT Sees Role for ADCs for Security
• Only 1 in 12 say traditional safeguards suffice
• Half say ADCs can replace
many or most traditional
safeguards
• 92% see specific roles
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Adopting of ADCs for Security is Growing
• One third to one half are already using ADCs for security
• Nearly 100% are discussing
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Recommendations
• Build a unified framework
• Make sure your safeguards understand context
• Employ safeguards that are extensible and adaptable
• Lean on your peers
• Make sure your security infrastructure can scale
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