

And in reality, the chance is greater than 36%, because the bad guys know where to hide the bad stuff so your tools can't see it.

That's a 36 in 100 chance your network-based information security systems will miss the bad stuff. According to the company's Application and Usage Risk Report, 7th Edition, 36% bandwidth on corporate networks is encrypted. If the traffic is encrypted, many systems are almost completely useless, giving the system owner a false sense of security.Įxactly how much of a problem is this? A recent report published by Palo Alto Networks sheds some light. However, most systems have one critical dependency: The traffic flowing through must be readable. Organizations have spent vast sums of money on security systems and, when deployed and operated correctly, they play a key role in safeguarding the organization.
