Five Facts About ApplicationUsage on Enterprise Networks

in China

Application Usage and Risk Report December 2011

Average number of social networking applications per organization?

A total of 48 different social networking applications were found in 94% of the 18 participating organizations with an

average of 7 found on each network.

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Which application is used more heavily?

Based on the percentage of social networking bandwidth consumed in the 18 participating organizations, Renren

consumed 34%. Facebook and Twitter consumed 1% and 0% respectively.

Local social networking applications dominate. Facebook, Twitter and their “active” uses struggle for their share of

bandwidth.

Average number of browser-based filesharing applications per organization?

A total of 30 different browser-based filesharing applications were found in 89% of the participating

organizations with an average of 8 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 135 or 26% of the 535 applications found in the participating

organizations.

135

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

49% of the total bandwidth is being consumed by 161 (30% of 535) applications that DO NOT USE port 80 at all. Ever.

49%

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.

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