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Every day we send and receive requests to connect to people we know on social networks. LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with 300 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the globe. It is a great platform to develop and cultivate business connections, but can be rife with deceit and fraud....

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Variations on a Theme

In the music world, variations on a theme is loosely defined as, “material repeated but in an altered form.” This is an apt description of the regional findings from the latest Application Usage and Threat Report published a few weeks ago....

Mar 10, 2013

By Matt Keil

Application usage & risk report

Applications and Threats - Analyzed Together for the First Time.

This edition of the Application Usage and Threat Report marks an evolution and an associated name change. For the first time, the report maps applicat...

Feb 21, 2013

By Matt Keil

Uncategorized

Policy Exception 2.0

Last week, we published our 9th Application Usage and Risk Report summarizing the application traffic patterns observed between November 2011 and April 2012 on more than 2,000 networks worldwide. The most significant and startling difference between this report and the...

Jul 03, 2012

By Matt Keil

Uncategorized

Watch Out Corporate Networks, Here Come the Olympics!

Here in the states, the excitement around the 2012 Olympics is building rapidly as we watch the U.S. Olympic team trials for track and field, swimming and gymnastics. The competition is an amazing teaser to wh...

Jun 27, 2012

By Matt Keil

Uncategorized

Three Ways Social Media Can Put Enterprises at Risk

In a recent post for ReadWriteWeb (3 Ways Social Media Can Put Enterprises at Risk), I outlined a few IT security “blind spots” that many companies are currently trying to address when dealing with social media...

Feb 06, 2012

By Rene Bonvanie

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I am a Social Media Fanatic...

I confess. I am a social media fanatic. I have even been called other words – ones rather unsuitable for this blog. But I love social media; I love how it gives me the ability to stay connected and keep up to date – both personally and professionally. So you can imagin...

Jan 31, 2012

By Rene Bonvanie

Uncategorized

Workers of the World Unite (and be Social)

While our resident research analyst and long-standing author of the Palo Alto Networks Application Usage and Risk Report, Matt Keil, is out speaking at one of our European User Group Conferences this week, I wa...

Jan 26, 2012

By Matt Keil

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“Active” Social Networking Up 300%; Twitter Skyrockets 700%

In last week’s blog entry, Rene’ aptly termed 2011 as the Year of Me; the year when social media and a wide range of other personal applications were used in abundance on corporate...

Jan 17, 2012

By Matt Keil

Uncategorized

2011: The Year of Me.

Yes, the year of me. The year of: I will use whatever app I want and you can’t stop me. Social networking, Google apps, streaming media, web mail, instant messaging, and file sharing of all types – are all running rampant on our networks – right beside SAP, Jive, salesf...

Jan 13, 2012

By Rene Bonvanie

Uncategorized

OMG! Facebook Users are Voyeurs!

The latest Application Usage and Risk Report shows that when at work, Facebook users exhibit passive, voyeuristic usage patterns as opposed to a more active game playing or posting usage pattern. This activity pattern indicates that the “productivity loss associated wit...

Oct 28, 2010

By Matt Keil

Uncategorized

Tune into Enterprise 2.0 Webcast Featuring Forrester Research

Palo Alto Networks' Application Usage and Risk Report has regularly reported on the facts of Enterprise 2.0 application use in large organizations. In many cases, users employ nea...

Jun 15, 2010

By Palo Alto Networks

Application Advisory/Analysis

New Application Usage and Risk Report Now Available

The latest edition of the Application Usage and Risk Report from Palo Alto Networks is now available.

Mar 30, 2010

By Palo Alto Networks

Uncategorized

School District Recovers Most of $3.8M Lost…Banking Trojan to Blame?

A New York school district had US$3.8M pilfered by cyber-criminals, who may have used a common banking trojan to gain valid login credentials to the district’s accounts. The very...

Jan 11, 2010

By Palo Alto Networks

Uncategorized

More Control for Facebook

Sep 16, 2009

By Palo Alto Networks

Uncategorized

Blocking Social Networking is an Exercise in Futility

This Mashable news article talks about how companies are blocking social networking sites. I would call this an exercise in futility. I say this because users will find a way. Social networking, along with IM,...

Aug 21, 2009

By Matt Keil

Application Advisory/Analysis

Social Networking for Business Reasons...What About The Risks?

Matt blogged earlier about Haworth adopting various and sundry social networking applications. Haworth is a perfect example of an organization that is a bit ahead of the curve - a...

Jun 26, 2009

By Matt Keil

Firewall

When Social Networking Becomes an Application

ANALYSIS – Most people would agree that Facebook is a far cry from the early days of Web 1.0 but only a few are willing to admit that it is not only a web site with associated URL but it is rapidly becoming an...

Jun 03, 2008

By Palo Alto Networks

Firewall

Once You Check In, You Can't Check Out

ANALYSIS – Just in case you did not have a good reason to stay away from social networking sites, this article from the NY Times should provide one for you. Or at least it will make you think twice about joining and what gets posted. The article outlines the (difficul...

Feb 15, 2008

By Matt Keil

Firewall

When is Facebook Considered an Enterprise Application?

ANALYSIS – This Network World article raises an interesting question. And the answer is Facebook and other web 2.0 applications, can be considered enterprise applications when they are used internally as...

Jan 25, 2008

By Matt Keil

Firewall

Web Site, Application or Both - Threats related to Facebook are Increasing

ALERT – A new threat on Facebook that tricks a user to download spyware is the latest threat to show up on social networking sites such as Facebook and it raises an interesti...

Jan 07, 2008

By Matt Keil

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