Social networking - and its risks - are exploding in enterprise networks

According to research by firewall vendor Palo Alto Networks, the challenge of the explosive growth of social media applications is that many can expose the organization's network to new forms of risks. Their analysis discovered 255 "Enterprise 2.0" applications, of which 70 percent are capable of transferring files, 64 percent have known vulnerabilities, 28 percent are known to propagate malware, and 16 percent can tunnel other applications.

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