Security
Security
• FACTS & FIGURES •
Firewall denials
Firewalls are designed to allow connections for an identified and provisioned network data connection associated with an identified and approved business need. If an attempted connection does not match a provisioned rule, the firewall blocks the connection.
August 2015
3,100,000,000+
denials
11,000,000,000+
connections
28%
of requests denied
December 2015
1,500,000,000+
denials
8,700,000,000+
connections
19.5%
of requests denied
April 2016
2,700,000,000+
denials
10,400,000,000+
connections
26%
of requests denied
TippingPoint Blocks
A network-based intrusion prevention system (IPS), such as TippingPoint, is a specialized computer system that identifies and stops malicious activities that traverse a computer network. These systems often rely heavily on signatures similar to how anti-virus programs operate. Many of these systems also use reputation information to make decisions in the same way that eBay or Amazon use feedback/reviews on sellers/products.
7,056,489
reputation blocks for September 2015
3,461,271
non-reputation blocks for September 2015