Loading ...F5 Networks 2011 ADC Security Study report exposes vulnerabilities in conventional network security mechanism
F5 Networks, a leading networking appliances firm, has released a study report that analyzed the increasing complexity of cyber threats as well as the security measures taken up by enterprises to stay protected. The F5 Networks 2011 ADC Security Study was conducted globally by the independent market research agency Applied Research. The survey observes that the conventional protection mechanism is inadequate to counter the threats, while such challenges keep implicating additional costs, nonetheless.
Enterprises are finding it more and more perplexing to defend their networks and applications due to the complex nature of attacks. The report states that DDoS (distributed denial-of-service attack) attack is the most frequent and complicated threat that enterprises need to screen against. The DDoS attacks usually cause the server overload, consequently disrupting the services. According to the report, the impact of such attacks imposes a cost of $682,000 per organization, over a period of one year. A 50 percent loss of productivity, a 43 percent loss of data, and a 31 percent loss of revenue has also been reported. Respondents noticed a firewall failure during approximately half the number of such attacks. In such a scenario, the implementation of application delivery controller (ADC) devices is highly recommended.
“Traditional security technologies are struggling to keep pace with the expanding threat landscape7; as cyber attacks become more malicious, employees are also becoming more distributed and infrastructures are growing in complexity. As such, many enterprises are turning to ADCs to address critical security concerns that traditional safeguards cannot reach,” said Karl Triebes, chief technology officer and senior vice president, product development, F5.
At a time when enterprises are looking for an effective solution, the report would help them in prioritizing the effective security requirements.
