HOD HASHARON, Israel,
August 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ:
ALLT; TASE: ALLT), a leading provider of security and
monetization solutions that enable service providers to protect and
personalize the digital experience, today released findings into
How the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Put
Mobile Business Users at Risk. The analysis found
that business-user sports fans' risk from malware and other online
threats more than doubled during the early days of the Rio Games,
with 55% of the potential risk stemming from intensified social
media activity.
Major sporting events attract both fans and cybercriminals
alike. Cybercriminals take advantage of the increased interest in
the events to spread malicious malware and perpetuate fraud through
phishing emails with infected links, fake ticket sales, bogus apps,
and other methods. The threat to business users is unique in that
their online activity poses a risk not only to themselves, but also
to enterprise networks.
With a random sample of 1 million global mobile users being
monitored before and during the Games, key findings reveal
that:
- 23% of sports fans are business users. The percentage of
business user sports fans at risk more than doubled, reaching 45.6%
during the event versus 20.3% before the event.
- Once the Games began, the percentage of business user sports
fans using risky social media apps more than tripled over their
pre-event activity, reaching 30.2% during the event versus 9.7%
before the event.
- Social media activity was prolific during the opening ceremony
with many users multitasking on several social apps. Facebook
brands came up on top with the highest percentage of active users
engaging in WhatsApp, Facebook and Facebook Messenger during the
Rio Olympics opening ceremony.
The analysis builds on the recent Allot Mobile Trends Report
Euro 2016 in collaboration with
Kaspersky Lab, which revealed that the risk for digitally active
sports fans more than doubled during the 2016 UEFA European
Championship.
"Rio has the perfect climate for major security threats for two
reasons: Firstly, the Games attract cybercriminals targeting
unsuspecting sports fans. Secondly, mobile users tend to take risks
they wouldn't normally take in their day-to-day lives," said
Yaniv Sulkes, AVP Marketing at Allot
Communications. "Lessons can be learned from sports events such as
Euro 2016 and the Rio Olympic Games.
Mobile service providers have an opportunity to educate customers
regarding cyber risks and to offer network-based security services
to protect mobile devices. Mobile operators who adopt a proactive
cyber-protection strategy for their customers will be able to
leverage monetization opportunities."
Source Data
This MobileTrends research is based on data usage records from a
random global sample of one million mobile users. Allot collected
and sampled data in two different time-frames in order to analyze
behavior patterns before and during the Games. For more details on
the methodology and for more findings around mobile users' risk
during sports events, please download the Allot MobileTrends
Report UEFA Euro 2016: How Sports Events Put Mobile Users at
Risk.
About Allot Communications
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: ALLT) is a leading
provider of security and monetization solutions that enable service
providers to protect and personalize the digital experience.
Allot's flexible and highly scalable service delivery framework
leverages the intelligence in data networks enabling service
providers to get closer to their customers; to safeguard network
assets and users; and to accelerate time-to-revenue for value-added
services. We employ innovative technology, proven know-how and a
collaborative approach to provide the right solution for every
network environment. Allot solutions are currently deployed at 5 of
the top 10 global mobile operators and in thousands of CSP and
enterprise networks worldwide. For more information, please visit
www.allot.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements, which express
the current beliefs and expectations of Company management. Such
statements involve a number of known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that could cause our future results, performance or
achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance
or achievements set forth in such forward-looking statements.
Important factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include risks relating to: our ability to compete
successfully with other companies offering competing technologies;
the loss of one or more significant customers; consolidation of,
and strategic alliances by, our competitors, government regulation;
the timing of completion of key project milestones which impact the
timing of our revenue recognition; lower demand for key value-added
services; our ability to keep pace with advances in technology and
to add new features and value-added services; managing lengthy
sales cycles; operational risks associated with large projects; our
dependence on third party channel partners for a material portion
of our revenues; and other factors discussed under the heading
"Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking
statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made only as of
the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update
or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
Contacts
Allot Communications
Sigalit Orr | Director of
Marketing Communications and Analyst Relations
+972-9-761-9171 | sorr@allot.com
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry for Allot Communications
US - Justin Ordman
+1-617-237-0922
UK - Emma Davies
+44-(0)20-7403-8878
allot@rlyl.com
SOURCE Allot Communications Ltd.