North-South and East-West Web Traffic Analysis

What We Found After Studying 275 Billion HTTP and HTTPS Live Network Flows

Published March 2020

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Shocking but true: 44 percent of East-West traffic is not encrypted. If you ever needed a reason to evaluate your own network, our new TLS research report is jammed with more numbers that will motivate you to do so. Researchers studied 275 billion data flows to reveal real-world metrics of SSL/TLS protocol usage, and why high-level inspection of TLS traffic is critical. The report offers eight key recommendations to help you tighten your network security.