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Palo Alto Application Usage And Risk Report Suggests Policy On Acceptable Use: Page 2 of 2

In its latest edition of the Application Usage and Risk Report, Palo Alto Networks, the network security company, draws attention to several realities that typically fall outside of the approved enterprise communications mechanisms. These applications can enhance business responsiveness and performance - but, conversely - introduce inbound risks such as malware and vulnerability exploits, and outbound risks such as data loss and inadvertent sharing of private or proprietary data. The report adv
October 21, 2010

"IT teams are looking for ways to retain control within their organization at a time when non-IT-supported projects are pervasive," said Rene Bonvanie, vice president of worldwide marketing at Palo Alto Networks. "In fact, we're starting to see more trending of IT teams themselves embracing more progressive enterprise applications, which is indicative of these disruptive forces at work."

Results indicate that IT organizations may be moving beyond debating the pros and cons of enterprise-class, cloud-based applications to actual deployment. The traffic usage patterns for select Microsoft and Google applications indicate both top-down and bottom-up adoption, especially in the last months. For example, enterprise versions of Google Docs and Gmail were found in 30 percent of the 723 participating organizations. In other words, the high use of "free" versions of the Google applications by the end-user may be forcing IT to consider these tools as licensed and fully supported alternatives--or replacements--for existing tools. As more tech-savvy users enter the workforce, their work patterns and requests for more application alternatives will likely accelerate the adoption of a wider range of enterprise-class applications.

Information on the more than 1,100 applications that are identified by Palo Alto Networks can be found in Applipedia, part of the company's Application and Threat Research Center. Visit the online resource to find the latest news, commentary, and discoveries on applications and threats at http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/researchcenter/.

To download the Application Usage and Risk Report (October 2010), please visit: http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/literature/forms/aur-report.php 

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