HOD HASHARON, Israel,
Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: ALLT), a leading
global provider of security and monetization solutions that enable
service providers to protect and personalize the digital
experience, together with Kaspersky Lab announced today the release
of Allot MobileTrends Report H1 2016, Mobile Users at
Risk. Using a range of behavioral profiles, the report
analyzes the correlation between mobile apps and URLs usage and
user potential for malware risk. Findings show that individual
behavior is a significant and even decisive indicator of malware
risk. The report goes on to suggest that communication service
providers (CSPs) are uniquely positioned to safeguard mobile users
at risk with targeted Security-as-a-Service delivered from their
network or cloud.
Key Findings:
- Potential Malware risk is affected both by the online behavior
of the user and by the app or URL itself. In other words, it's not
just the app; it's how you use it;
- Business users display the riskiest online behavior. 79% of
businessmen and 67% of businesswomen use potentially risky apps
every day;
- Youth and Millennials are also at high risk, with 65% of them
using potentially risky apps every day
- While mobile app downloads are often protected, their ongoing
use is not protected, making users vulnerable to malware
threats.
"Our MobileTrends findings clearly show that safeguarding users
at the network level would be the most effective method for
protecting against multiple types of mobile threats, as the
security measures can provide a protective umbrella for all online
activity," said Yaniv Sulkes, AVP
Marketing at Allot Communications. "Moreover, mobile operators are
perfectly positioned to provide protection to consumers and
businesses. We see a golden opportunity for mobile operators to
identify and reach out to customers at risk, targeting them with
personalized Security-as-a-Service from their network or cloud,"
continued Mr. Sulkes.
"We partnered with Allot Communications over a year ago to
ensure the cybersecurity of the mobile sector. The partnership
started when we provided Allot with Kaspersky Anti-Virus SDK to
filter and protect mobile traffic from malware and other cyber
threats. We are now pleased to widen our partnership and highlight
to companies in the sector the potential mobile users' risky
behaviors – especially as mobile devices are the main Internet
access points for many users, while only about half of users use
security solutions on their mobile devices," commented Alexander Karpitsky, Head of Technology
Licensing, Kaspersky Lab.
The research analyzed mobile data records from a random sample
of 500,000 mobile users during a 7-day period, and included
Android, iOS and Windows Phone operating systems. The malware
experts at Kaspersky Lab assigned categories to the top 500 URLs,
while Allot categorized the top 500 apps in the sample and also
classified each app and URL sample as "safe" or "risky." To
determine the potential for malware risk, we correlated the online
behavioral profiles that we identified in our previous Allot
MobileTrends Report (5+1 Touch-Point Triggers for Smart Customer
Engagement) with the apps and URLs that they use on a daily
basis.
About Allot Communications
Allot Communications (NASDAQ, TASE: ALLT) is a leading provider
of security and monetization solutions that enable service
providers to protect and personalize the digital experience.
Allot's flexible and highly scalable service delivery framework
leverages the intelligence in data networks, enabling service
providers to get closer to their customers, safeguard network
assets and users, and accelerate time-to-revenue for value-added
services. For more information, please visit www.allot.com.
About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is a global cyber security company founded in
1997. Kaspersky Lab's deep threat intelligence and security
expertise is constantly transforming into security solutions and
services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure,
governments and consumers around the globe. The company's
comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint
protection and a number of specialized security solutions and
services to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over
400 million users are protected by Kaspersky Lab technologies and
we help 270,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to
them. Learn more at www.kaspersky.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.
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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.
+1-571-382-8513 l chadwick@merrittgrp.com
Kaspersky Lab
Susan Rivera | Kaspersky Lab
– North America
+1-781-503-5211 | Susan.rivera@kaspersky.com
Denise Pflock | Kaspersky Lab
– Europe
+44-7515-053716 | denise.pflock@kaspersky.com
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