F5 Helps Global Enterprises Counter Online Fraud and Security Attacks
April 02 2015 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
New Security Operations Center improves
efficiency, shortens response time, and decreases IT overhead by
providing online security capabilities and support
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced its new Security
Operations Center (SOC) facility located at the company’s
headquarters in Seattle. The SOC supports customers using the
Silverline™ cloud-based application services platform by providing
24/7 access to highly specialized F5 security experts who monitor
global layer 4-7 attack activities in real time.
At global enterprises, in-house security teams continuously
analyze threats and quickly respond to discovered malware and
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) activities. Doing this
effectively is challenging due to the cost and complexity
associated with managing security across traditional and cloud
environments. It is also problematic for in-house security teams to
stay up to date on the latest attacks and protection measures. F5’s
Security Operations Center will help solve these issues. The SOC
helps organizations by providing a service that is responsive and
provides needed visibility and context into security threats from
highly specialized security experts. This team of researchers and
analysts investigates new attacks throughout the world, and
maintains up-to-date information on the latest malware, zero-day,
and phishing attacks targeting global enterprises.
KEY BENEFITS OF THE SOC
- Ensures 24/7 threat monitoring and
responses: Support, monitoring, and security threat response
from an expert team with leading-edge technology—available 365 days
a year.
- Shuts down phishing sites
efficiently: Stop malicious sites or drop zones in hours and
before malicious campaigns are executed.
- Maintains up-to-date global threat
intelligence: Constant monitoring of the fraud threat
landscape, and analysis of security risks and attack trends
threatening global enterprises. The F5 SOC receives ongoing updates
from the F5 global web fraud and security customer base, as well as
from reputable information outlets and other sources around the
world. F5 then passes this information on to customers.
- Detects and Mitigates DDoS
Attacks: Keep networks online during attacks with 24/7 DDoS
detection and mitigation capabilities.
- Analyzes malware: Recognize and
safeguard against sophisticated threats, including Web injection,
credential grabbing, man-in-the-browser (MITB), man-in-the-middle
(MITM), session hijacking, password stealers, and more.
- Easily set-up: F5 SOC services
can be activated quickly to support F5® WebSafe™, F5® MobileSafe™,
and DDoS Protection.
SUPPORTING QUOTE
“Protecting applications and enterprise data in the face of
increasingly sophisticated attacks is complex and challenging. As
customers deploy more enterprise-grade applications and services
across traditional data center and cloud environments, the need for
security services has never been greater. The full portfolio of
on-premises, cloud and hybrid security services enabled and managed
by the SOC allows our customers to reduce their operational burden
without jeopardizing overall application security.”
Julian Eames, Executive Vice President of Business Operations at
F5
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
The SOC is housed within the F5 International Technology Center
(ITC) in Seattle. F5 also has ITCs in London and New York, and
these facilities give customers and partners the opportunity to
evaluate, test, and validate the value of F5 products. Also, the
ITCs provide a place to work hands-on with many of the applications
developed by F5's partners.
AVAILABILITY
The F5® Silverline™ SOC services are available now to customers
worldwide. Please contact a local F5 sales office for additional
information.
ABOUT F5
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides solutions for an application world.
F5 helps organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center,
telecommunications, and software defined networking (SDN)
deployments to successfully deliver applications and services to
anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5 solutions broaden the reach of IT
through an open, extensible framework and a rich partner ecosystem
of leading technology and orchestration vendors. This approach lets
customers pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their
needs over time. The world’s largest businesses, service providers,
government entities, and consumer brands rely on F5 to stay ahead
of cloud, security, and mobility trends. For more information, go
to f5.com.
You can also follow @f5networks on Twitter or visit us on
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and technologies.
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Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other product
and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
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F5 NetworksNathan Misner, 206-272-7494n.misner@f5.comorWaggener
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