When it Comes to ADCs, Perception is Not Reality. The Enterprise Strategy Group and Radware recently conducted a collaborative research project about the current use and future strategies of application delivery controllers (ADCs). Based on a survey of 243 IT professionals, the research reveals that the role of ADCs has expanded well beyond the historical perception of hardware-based load balancers. What’s most interesting is that ADCs are becoming a critical component of a defense-in-depth security strategy as enterprises fine-tune security policy and enforcement to align with their sensitive business applications. Organizations are also deploying ADCs as virtual appliances at an increasing rate and taking advantage of ADC functionality from the network through the application layer. There is a lesson to be learned here: enterprise organizations can get creative with ADC deployments for performance tuning, application-specific services, and critical system protection. Read this research http://www.radware.com/social/esg-adc-research/ to understand the benefits of applying ADCs in this fashion.

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Radware ADC Survey
Final Results
Jon Oltsik, Senior Principal Analyst

2. Project Overview
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• 243 completed online surveys with IT professionals responsible for
evaluating, purchasing, and managing campus and data center networking
technologies for their organization
• Enterprise organizations (defined as organizations with 1,000 employees
or more) with $500 million or more in annual revenue
• Geographic scope: North America
• Multiple industry verticals including financial, information technology,
business services, manufacturing and retail

3. Demographics
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4. Respondents’ Responsibility for Making Networking
Technology Products and Services Purchasing Decisions
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I make/approve purchase
decisions, 85%
I influence or provide input
on purchase decisions,
15%
To what degree are you responsible for making purchase decisions related to networking
products and services for your organization? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

5. Respondents’ Familiarity/Involvement with Organization’s Load
Balancer or ADC Deployments
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I have a high level of
knowledge/familiarity, 73%
I have a good level of
knowledge/familiarity, 27%
To what extent are you personally familiar and/or involved with your organization’s load balancer or
application delivery controller (ADC) deployments? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

6. Respondents’ Current Responsibility
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Senior IT management
(e.g., CIO, VP of IT, Director
of IT, etc.), 65%
IT management, 28%
IT architecture/planning,
3%
IT Operations, 3%
IT staff, 1%
Which of the following best describes your current responsibility within your organization? (Percent
of respondents, N=243)

7. Respondents by Number of Employees Worldwide
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1,000 to 2,499, 14%
2,500 to 4,999, 26%
5,000 to 9,999, 19%
10,000 to 19,999, 18%
20,000 or more, 23%
How many total employees does your organization have worldwide? (Percent of respondents,
N=243)

8. Respondents by Industry
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Information Technology,
34%
Manufacturing, 14%
Financial (banking,
securities, insurance), 12%
Retail/Wholesale, 11%
Health Care, 7%
Business Services
(accounting, consulting,
legal, etc.), 5%
Communications & Media,
5%
Government
(Federal/National,
State/Province/Local), 2%
Other, 10%
What is your organization’s primary industry? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

9. Respondents by Annual Revenue
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13%
20%
21%
16%
19%
9%
1%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
$500 million to
$749.999 million
$750 million to
$999.999 million
$1 billion to $4.999
billion
$5 billion to $9.999
billion
$10 billion to $19.999
billion
$20 billion or more Not applicable (e.g.,
public sector, non-
profit)
What is your organization’s total annual revenue ($US)? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

10. General IT Environment
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11. Total Number of Physical x86 Servers Supported by IT
Organization
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3%
12%
11%
23%
14%
20%
16%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
100 or less 101 to 250 251 to 500 501 to 1,000 1,001 to 2,500 2,501 to 5,000 More than 5,000
Approximately how many total physical x86 servers (whether production or test/development) are
supported by your IT organization? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

12. Total Number of Virtual Machines Deployed
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2%
5%
6%
9%
14%
16% 16%
17%
16%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
25 or less 26 to 50 51 to 100 101 to 250 251 to 500 501 to 1,000 1,001 to 2,500 2,501 to 5,000 More than
5,000
Approximately how many total virtual machines (whether production or test/development) are
currently deployed in your organization? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

13. Most Important IT Priorities Over the Next 12 Months
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7%
7%
8%
8%
9%
9%
9%
10%
10%
10%
11%
12%
12%
12%
13%
13%
13%
14%
16%
20%
21%
22%
23%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Use platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for application development
Deploying applications on or for new mobile devices
Business continuity/disaster recovery programs
Deploy application- or workload-specific systems/appliances
Providing employees access to pre-approved repository of business applications
Data center consolidation
Deploy integrated computing platform
Reduce data center power and cooling requirements
Major application deployments or upgrades
Regulatory compliance initiatives
Desktop virtualization
Business intelligence/data analytics initiatives
Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy
Improve collaboration capabilities
Major database deployments or upgrades
Applications delivered via software-as-a-service (SaaS) model
Mobile workforce enablement
Manage data growth
Improve data backup and recovery
Increased use of server virtualization
Building a “private cloud” infrastructure
Information security initiatives
Use cloud infrastructure services
Which of the following would you consider to be your organization’s most important IT priorities over the next 12
months? (Percent of respondents, N=243, three responses accepted)

14. Strategic Initiative to Automate Provisioning of IT Infrastructure
Resources
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Yes, for all of our IT
infrastructure resources,
70%
Yes, for certain IT
infrastructure resources,
28%
No, 2%
Does your organization have a strategic initiative to automate the provisioning of IT infrastructure
resources? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

15. Does Strategic Initiative to Automate Provisioning of IT
Infrastructure Resources Include Network Operations?
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Yes, 90%
No, 10%
Does your organization’s strategic initiative to automate the provisioning of IT infrastructure include
network operations processes? (Percent of respondents, N=67)

16. Most Common Challenges Meeting Application SLAs
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2%
22%
23%
28%
28%
28%
30%
32%
33%
39%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
No problems
Allocating the right equipment for application development/testing
Deployment/upgrade project not completed within budget
Performance problems
Determining proper security policies
Deployment/upgrade project not completed on time
Infrastructure problems
Application compatibility problems
Allocating the right IT staff resources to meet project schedules
Security problems
What are the most common challenges encountered in terms of meeting application SLAs? (Percent of
respondents, N=243, three respondents accepted)

17. Most Common Network Challenges When Deploying or
Upgrading an Application
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31%
35%
35%
41%
42%
46%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Not enough capacity
Lacked ability to rapidly scale
Not enough security for multi-tenant environment
Length of time to provision network services
Lacking flexibility to support virtual environment
Latency in the network
What are the most common network challenges your organization encounters when deploying or
upgrading an application? (Percent of respondents, N=243, three responses accepted)

18. ADC Environment
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19. Total Number of Applications Supported Today and Number of
Applications Supported with ADC Technology Today
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2%
12%
21%
23% 23%
18%
0%
12%
18%
27%
21%
12%
8%
2%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Less than 50 50 to 99 100 to 249 250 to 499 500 to 999 1,000 or more Don’t know
Approximately how many total applications does your organization support today? Approximately how
many of these applications does your organization support with ADC technology today? (Percent of
respondents, N=243)
Total applications supported Applications supported with ADC technology

20. Application Types Currently Supported with ADC Technology
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14%
27%
28%
30%
31%
35%
35%
37%
37%
40%
42%
42%
43%
44%
50%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Video/multimedia
Supply chain management
Content management/document management
Engineering/CAD/CAM
Industry-specific applications
Accounting/financial
e-Commerce
Internet/e-mail marketing
Project management
Collaboration/file sharing
Human resources
E-mail
CRM/SFA
Web applications
Business analytics
To the best of your knowledge, which of the following application types are currently supported with
ADC technology? (Percent of respondents, N=243, multiple responses accepted)

21. Total Number of ADCs Deployed
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3%
10%
35%
49%
2%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
1 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 50 More than 50
Approximately how many total ADCs does your organization have deployed? (Percent of
respondents, N=243)

22. How Total Number of ADCs Deployed Will Change Over the
Next 36 Months
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31%
51%
16%
2%
0% 1%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Increase substantially Increase somewhat Remain about the
same
Decrease somewhat Decrease substantially Don't know
How will your organization’s total number of ADCs deployed change – if at all – over the next 36
months? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

23. Form(s) of ADC Deployments
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Deployed as physical
appliances only, 17%
Deployed as virtual
appliances only, 17%Deployed as both physical
and virtual appliances,
66%
In what form(s) are your organization’s ADCs deployed? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

24. Factors that Drove Virtual ADC Appliance Deployment
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38%
46%
48%
48%
49%
53%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Virtual ADCs are cheaper to purchase
Virtual ADCs let us align security requirements with individual
applications
Virtual ADCs can be mapped to a single application for ease of
deployment and operations
Virtual ADCs can be provisioned easily and in the same fashion as
virtual workloads
Virtual ADCs can be customized for specific requirements in multi-
tenant environments
Virtual ADCs let us align ADC processing power with the application
performance requirements of individual applications
Which of the following factors drove your organization to deploy virtual ADC appliances? (Percent of
respondents, N=201, multiple responses accepted)

25. Percentage Breakdown of Physical vs. Virtual ADCs: Today and
24 Months From Now
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11%
9%
20%
26%
17%
8%
6%
3%
1% 0%
8%
16%
14%
6%
23%
13%
8% 9%
4%
1%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
90% physical,
10% virtual
80% physical,
20% virtual
70% physical,
30% virtual
60% physical,
40% virtual
50% physical,
50% virtual
40% physical,
60% virtual
30% physical,
70% virtual
20% physical,
80% virtual
10% physical,
90% virtual
Don’t know
What is the approximate percentage breakdown of your organization’s ADCs in terms of physical vs.
virtual appliances today? How do you expect this to change – if at all – over the next 24 months?
(Percent of respondents, N=160)
Today 24 months from now

26. Benefits Realized as a Result of Deploying ADC Technology
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29%
30%
30%
31%
34%
34%
35%
36%
44%
47%
49%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Decreased productivity loss
Faster time to market with applications
Improved business reputation
Ability to meet stringent SLAs
Reduced latency
Increased revenue
Greater levels of protection
Enhanced security posture
Better access to applications
Improved response times
Higher levels of availability
As a result of deploying ADC technology, what benefits has your organization realized? (Percent of
respondents, N=243, multiple responses accepted)

27. Biggest Challenges Meeting Application SLAs From an ADC
Perspective
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19%
23%
23%
23%
24%
24%
26%
27%
29%
30%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Lack of skills to maximize benefits of ADC when deploying
new applications
Transition from test/development to production
environment requires changes
Lacking flexibility to support virtual environment
Lacking ability to rapidly scale
Time to tune ADC to application
Monitoring status of ADC activities
Length of time to provision ADC services
Difficult to estimate capacity requirements
Determining proper security policies to be enforced on
ADC
Availability of resources
From an ADC perspective, what are the biggest challenges your organization encounters in terms of
meeting application SLAs? (Percent of respondents, N=243, three responses accepted)

28. How Use of ADC Technology Helps to Accelerate Deployment or
Upgrade of Applications
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32%
38%
42%
43%
45%
47%
47%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Provides DevOps capabilities which helps better manage application
utilization
Increases level of orchestration (i.e., ability to leverage ADC-based
software for management tasks)
Serves as technology bridge between network and application
teams
Enables faster provisioning
Offers the ability to consolidate security services on an ADC that
might normally require several security systems/appliances
Delivers greater scalability and flexibility
Increases level of automation (i.e., ability to use ADCs to automate
manual processes)
How does the use of ADC technology help to accelerate the deployment or upgrade process for
applications? (Percent of respondents, N=243, multiple responses accepted)

29. Length of Time Needed to Provision ADC Services for a New
Application
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1%
13%
22%
21% 21%
11%
9%
1%
5%
19%
24%
22%
13%
7% 7%
2%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Less than 1
minute
1 to 10 minutes 11 to 30
minutes
31 to 59
minutes
1 to 2 hours 3 to 4 hours More than 4
hours
Don’t know
How long does it take to provision ADC services for a new application? (Percent of respondents)
Physical ADC (N=202) Virtual ADC (N=201)

30. Number of Applications Run Over a Single ADC Appliance
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0%
14%
36%
34%
15%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
1 2 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 20 More than 20
On average, approximately how many applications does your organization typically run over a single
ADC appliance? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

31. ADC Features/Capabilities Currently Utilized
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1%
23%
24%
29%
30%
30%
30%
33%
35%
37%
37%
39%
43%
45%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
We only use simple load balancing capabilities
SSL offload
Content transformation/rewrite
TCP connection multiplexing
Single sign-on
Application specific acceleration
Multi-tenancy
Compression
Application performance monitoring
Web content optimization
Caching
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Programmable interfaces
Network level security
Which of the following additional ADC features/capabilities does your organization currently utilize?
(Percent of respondents, N=243, multiple responses accepted)

32. Additional ADC Features/Capabilities Organizations Expect to
Utilize Within 36 Months
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2%
19%
19%
19%
22%
22%
23%
23%
23%
23%
24%
25%
26%
28%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
We expect to only use simple load balancing capabilities
Programmable interfaces
Network level security
Caching
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Single sign-on
Compression
SSL offload
TCP connection multiplexing
Content transformation/rewrite
Multi-tenancy
Application specific acceleration
Web content optimization
Application performance monitoring
Which of the following additional ADC features/capabilities do you expect that your organization will
utilize within 36 months? (Percent of respondents, N=243, multiple responses accepted)

33. Running Applications in a Multi-Tenant Manner
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Yes, 72%
No, 26%
Don't know, 2%
Are any of your organization’s applications run in a multi-tenant manner (i.e., common application
used by different organizations, groups, etc.)? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

34. Support of Applications Run in Multi-Tenant Manner by ADCs
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Yes, 95%
No, 5%
Don't know, 1%
Are any of the applications supported by your organization’s ADCs run in multi-tenant manner?
(Percent of respondents, N=175)

35. Challenges When Deploying ADC Services to Support Multi-
Tenant Application(s)
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19%
19%
20%
23%
24%
27%
28%
29%
30%
35%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
Not enough automation
Not enough capacity in physical device
Not enough security for multi-tenant environment
Length of time to provision ADC services
Lacking flexibility to support virtual environment
Cyber-attacks affect neighboring applications
Lacking ability to rapidly scale
Performance issues due to shared tenant environment
Operations challenges managing multiple applications across multiple
tenants that my include complex administration and security processes
Configuration issues affecting the underlying device
What are the biggest challenges your organization encounters when deploying ADC services in support of a
multi-tenant application? (Percent of respondents, N=166, three responses accepted)

36. Number of Clients/Tenants Sharing a Single ADC Appliance
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1%
17%
24%
39%
19%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
1 2 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 20 More than 20
On average, approximately how many clients/tenants share a single ADC appliance? (Percent of
respondents, N=166)

37. Network Security and ADC
Technology
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38. Reliance on ADCs to Provide Security Capabilities/Functionality
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We leverage the security
capabilities/functionality of
all our ADCs, 49%
We leverage the security
capabilities/functionality of
only the ADCs supporting
applications with sensitive
data, 44%
We do not leverage the
security
capabilities/functionality of
any of our ADCs, 7%
To what extent does your organization currently rely on its ADCs to provide security
capabilities/functionality? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

39. Expected Change in Reliance of ADC-Provided Security Capabilities/Functionality
with Respect to the Number of Applications Protected
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Significant increase, 20%
Increase, 56%
No change, 22%
Decrease, 1%
Going forward, how do you expect your organization’s reliance on ADC-provided security
capabilities/functionality technology to change in terms of the number of applications protected?
(Percent of respondents, N=243)

40. Primary Method Employed to Deliver Network Security
Services to Protect Data Center-Resident Business Applications
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24%
24%
26%
27%
27%
28%
28%
30%
35%
37%
33%
27%
31%
30%
32%
33%
27%
24%
26%
30%
26%
30%
23%
23%
12%
13%
13%
16%
12%
12%
16%
14%
2%
1%
2%
1%
3%
1%
2%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
SSL acceleration
Integration with other security tools (e.g., SIM, log management, etc.)
WAF (web application firewall)
Web authentication gateway
DDoS defenses
Secure network segmentation
IPS/IDS (intrusion prevention/detection system)
Network firewall
What is the primary method your organization employs to deliver network security services as it
relates to protecting its data center-resident business applications? (Percent of respondents, N=243)
At the network perimeter on a purpose-built network security device
On a physical ADC
On a virtual ADC
On a general purpose, data center-resident server

41. Likelihood of a Malicious Attack Penetrating Organization’s
Network Perimeter with ADCs Being Last Line of Defense
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Extremely likely, 28%
Likely, 30%
Somewhat likely, 25%
Not at all likely, 16%
Don’t know, 1%
How likely would it be for some type of malicious attack to penetrate your organization’s network
perimeter, leaving your ADC(s) as the last line of defense in terms of protecting critical business
applications? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

42. Expected Impact of a Network Perimeter Infiltration
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29%
39%
42%
45%
48%
51%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Compromise of DMZ-based servers/systems
Application performance degradation
Disruption of application services
Network performance degradation
Disruption of network services
Data breach
If your organization was to experience this type of network perimeter infiltration, what would be the
expected impact? (Percent of respondents, N=243, multiple responses accepted)

43. Manner in Which Organizations Manage and Operate Network
Security Processes/Technology
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39% 38%
14%
4% 5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
There is a dedicated group
tasked with network security
management and operations
Network security
management and operations
is done cooperatively by the
IT security and networking
teams, but we are currently
creating a dedicated group
for this function
Network security
management and operations
is done cooperatively by the
IT security and networking
teams, but we plan on
creating a dedicated group
for this function within the
next 12 to 24 months
Network security
management and operations
is done cooperatively by the
IT security and networking
teams, but we are interested
in creating a dedicated group
for this function sometime in
the future
Network security
management and operations
is done cooperatively by the
IT security and networking
teams and this will continue
in the future
Which of the following best characterizes the manner in which your organization manages and
operates network security processes and technology? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

44. Day-to-Day Collaboration on Network Security Between IT
Security and Networking Groups
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Very good, works most of
the time, 35%
Good, works some but not
all of the time, 51%
Fair, works okay but there
are known problems, 13%
Poor, doesn’t work well as
there are many known
problems, 1%
How would you characterize the day-to-day collaboration on network security between the IT security
and networking groups? (Percent of respondents, N=149)

45. Organizational Challenges Between Security and Network Team
with Respect to Network Security
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3%
18%
18%
21%
22%
23%
32%
33%
34%
35%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
We have not experienced any challenges
Networking team does not keep the security team apprised of new networking
developments
Workflow issues related to the timeliness of collaborative tasks
Redundant processes between the two groups
Security team does not keep the networking team apprised of new security
developments
Lack of clarity about which group is responsible for one or more network security
process
Communications issues related to collaborative tasks
It can be difficult to get an accurate status of network security because the two
groups maintain separate tools and reports
The two groups are measured and compensated on conflicting goals
Issues related to the chain of command that is ultimately responsible for network
security and collaboration between the two groups
You indicated that your organization manages and operates network security processes and technologies as a collaborative
effort between the security and networking teams. Which of the following organizational challenges between these two IT
groups in relation to network security have you experienced? (Percent of respondents, N=149, three responses accepted)

46. Division of Labor Between Security and Networking Teams
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36%
34%
29%
38%
34%
32%
38%
36%
46%
44%
52%
37%
44%
44%
46%
47%
17%
21%
18%
23%
21%
22%
15%
16%
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Creating network security policies that align with business processes
Defining network security technology requirements
Selecting and purchasing network security technologies
Deploying network security technologies
Day-to-day operations of network security technologies
Monitoring/analyzing network traffic for anomalous/suspicious traffic
Altering network security controls in response to new threat intelligence
Tracking changes and innovation in network security technology
The following question is related to the division of labor between the security and networking teams
at your organization. Please make a selection in each row that reflects which group is most
responsible for each task. (Percent of respondents, N=149)
Primarily owned by the security team Collaboratively owned by the security and networking teams
Primarily owned by the networking team Don’t know

47. Employment of Network Security Architects
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Yes, and this person(s)
resides in the information
security group, 44%
Yes, and this person(s)
resides in the networking
group, 26%
Yes, and this person(s)
spans the information
security and networking
groups, 12%
Yes, this is part of the
responsibility of an overall
IT
architecture/engineering
team, 14%
No, 5%
Does your organization employ a person(s) that could be considered a network security
architect(s)? (Percent of respondents, N=243)

48. Would Having More Security Features Integrated into ADC
Solution Make Networking Group More Self-Reliant/Sufficient?
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Yes, 84%
No, 12%
Don't know, 4%
Do you believe that having more security features integrated into ADC solutions could make the
networking group more self-reliant/sufficient from a security perspective? (Percent of respondents,
N=243)

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