Encrypted web traffic
The latest threat to business networks
Cyberattackers are increasingly accessing business networks via encrypted internet traffic – and many organizations are unaware of its devastating potential.
The internet is now nearly 100% encrypted. Encryption technology has enabled much greater privacy and security for enterprises that use the Internet to communicate and transact business online – so what’s the issue? Unfortunately, this also creates a problem for enterprise security. Cybercriminals can use SSL to hide dangerous malware from an organization’s security devices.
The internet is quickly becoming fully encrypted
94% of all Google web traffic is encrypted1
Up to 80% of web pages use HTTPS2
70% of web malware is encrypted3
The alarming consequences
This year...
Over 70% of malware attacks will use some type of encryption to conceal malware delivery, command-and-control activity, or data exfiltration
60% of organizations will fail to decrypt HTTPS, missing targeted web malware
The staggering effects of a data breach
197 days industry average detection time for a breach
69 days industry average time to contain a breach
$3.86M average cost of a data breach
Without inspection, encrypted traffic presents an easy opportunity to slip right past an SMB’s network defenses
Failing to inspect encrypted traffic is no longer an option for security and network administrators, and especially MSSPs. Protect your clients’ network and deploy an SSL traffic inspection solution, like Secure Internet Gateway, the Avast Business cloud-based next-gen firewall (NGFW), designed for complete security.
SIG quickly performs a high-speed, intelligent analysis of hard-to-inspect SSL/TLS traffic with SLA and blocks packets that cannot be decrypted, and executes granular policy control for content exclusion
Secure Internet Gateway is designed for MSSPs that want to increase profitability, provide enhanced security, and streamline administration while providing reliable, always-on protection against web and internet threats across all devices, locations, and users.
Sources:
1HTTPS encryption on the web - Google transparency report, 2018.
2Gartner, "Predicts 2017: Network and Gateway Security, 2016."
3www.letsencrypt.org/stats
Ponemon 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study
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