HOD HASHARON, Israel,
June 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Allot
Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: ALLT), a leading global provider
of intelligent broadband solutions that empower communication
service providers to optimize and monetize their networks,
enterprises to enhance productivity and consumers to improve their
digital lifestyle, announced today the availability of its new
Allot CloudTrends Report Q2/2015, which highlights
the magnitude of web security challenges faced by today's
modern enterprise, and the significance of an effective
application-aware Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) in mitigating
threats.
The findings of this report indicate that, with the rise of
enterprise mobility and increased cloud application adoption,
employees are often unwittingly enabling access to sensitive
corporate information. The use of social networking, file sharing,
instant messaging and anonymizers is opening backdoors for hackers
and malicious traffic to enter the organization. Not only does this
waste valuable network resources and impact productivity, but it
could also threaten an organization's reputation and viability.
Key findings of the Allot CloudTrends Report Q2/2015
include:
- "Anonymized" Web traffic was blocked three times more often
than overall web traffic due to malicious content. Enterprises saw
an increased use of anonymizer sites like VPNBook and Tor to hide
network activity, which may pose a serious security threat.
- Traffic from instant messaging applications was blocked ten
times more often than overall Web traffic due to malicious
content.
- 92% of blocked Web traffic was due to AUP enforcement and just
8% was due to its identification as malicious traffic.
- Even when an AUP is in place and well-communicated, the average
employee made more than six attempts per day to access blocked
social networking sites – half of which were attempts to access
Facebook – as well as 1.5 daily attempts to access inappropriate
content, such as dating and gaming sites.
- More than 20% of blocked malware files were images whose file
extensions would be least suspected by employees (jpg, png, gif,
ico), while another 30% of blocked malware are JavaScript files –
making this server-side scripting language the most common attack
vehicle.
"Today's security challenges continue to grow and evolve as
enterprise mobility and cloud adoption become widespread,
disrupting the boundaries of traditional security solutions," said
Yaniv Sulkes, AVP Marketing at Allot
Communications. "Our report demonstrates that companies need to
adopt policies and technology solutions that are application-aware
in order to prevent security breaches coming from non-business
applications".
The full Allot CloudTrends Report Q2/2015, complete with
statistical graphics and charts, can be downloaded here.
The statistical information presented in this report is based on
data collected from Allot's Web Security solutions (on-premise and
SECaaS) from November 2014 to
April 2015 from large enterprises,
and from communication service providers offering
Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) to over 200 small and medium-sized
business (SMB) customers.
Allot Communications executives will be available at the
following upcoming events to discuss the findings of the report and
emerging security threats and trends:
- Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, June 8-11 in National Harbor, MD
- Big Telecom Event, June 9-10 in
Chicago, IL
About Allot Communications
Allot Communications Ltd.
(NASDAQ, TASE: ALLT) empowers service providers to monetize and
optimize their networks, enterprises to enhance productivity and
consumers to enjoy an always-on digital lifestyle. Allot's advanced
DPI-based broadband solutions identify and leverage network
intelligence to analyze, protect, improve and enrich mobile, fixed
and cloud service delivery and user experience. Allot's unique
blend of innovative technology, proven know-how and collaborative
approach to industry standards and partnerships enables network
operators worldwide to elevate their role in the digital lifestyle
ecosystem and to open the door to a wealth of new business
opportunities. For more information, please visit
www.allot.com.
Forward Looking Statement
This release may contain
forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and
expectations of Company management. Such statements involve a
number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could
cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ
significantly from the results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important
factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include
risks relating to: our ability to compete successfully with other
companies offering competing technologies; the loss of one or more
significant customers; consolidation of, and strategic alliances
by, our competitors, government regulation; lower demand for key
value-added services; our ability to keep pace with advances in
technology and to add new features and value-added services;
managing lengthy sales cycles; operational risks associated with
large projects; our dependence on third party channel partners for
a material portion of our revenues; and other factors discussed
under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on
Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no
obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
Contacts
Allot Communications
Sigalit Orr | Director of Marketing
Communications and Analyst Relations
+972.9.761.9171| sorr@allot.com
Merritt Group, Inc.
Melissa Chadwick l Merritt Group,
Inc.
571.382.8513 l chadwick@merrittgrp.com
Photo -
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150603/220488-INFO
Photo -
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150603/220487-INFO
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/allot-cloudtrends-report-finds-anonymizers-and-instant-messaging-top-the-list-of-web-traffic-threats-300093341.html
SOURCE Allot Communications Ltd.