New offering delivers unmatched protection
for all apps, with flexible consumption models to fit any
deployment and management scenario
Coinciding with the ACSC conference this week, F5 Networks
(NASDAQ: FFIV) is announcing its Advanced Web Application Firewall™
solution for comprehensive application protection. With industry
leading security capabilities to guard against evolving application
threats, F5 is adding to its growing portfolio of integrated and
standalone solutions specifically designed for app security.
F5’s Advanced WAF™ supports a variety of consumption and
licensing models, including a per-app basis, as well as perpetual,
subscription, and utility billing options for ultimate flexibility
in the cloud and the data center. This helps SecOps better
collaborate with modern DevOps and NetOps teams to easily deploy
app protection services in any environment that can be configured
for individual applications or en masse. F5’s holistic approach to
application security reduces management complexity, decreases OpEx,
and efficiently delivers services to neutralize attacks.
Already a leader in the Web Application Firewall space, this new
solution pushes F5 far beyond competitive products, also enhancing
the company’s self-service WAF Express® and managed Silverline® WAF offerings. As
examples of its differentiated functionality, F5’s Advanced WAF
gives customers:
- Superior protections against credential
theft and abuse
- The only WAF with comprehensive
mitigation of web and mobile bot threats
- Layer 7 DDoS detection using machine
learning and behavioral analytics for high accuracy
- The market’s most scalable WAF
solution
“Recent research from F5 Labs revealed that applications are the
initial targets in the majority of breaches, suggesting that any
app can be an attack vector,” said Ram Krishnan, SVP and General
Manager of the Security business unit at F5. “Cybercriminals are
using sophisticated application-layer exploits, as well as an
emerging wave of automated, bot, and IoT-based threats that are
quite capable of evading simple signature or reputation-based
detection. F5 offers the most complete application protection, with
Advanced WAF as a foundational technology that can be deployed,
managed, and consumed in the manner that best suits our
customers.”
Industry Leading Threat Protection for Every App
In today’s economy, application health is synonymous with
revenue. Beyond basic services such as protection against the OWASP
Top 10, F5 now enables the same enhanced WAF capabilities in the
cloud as it traditionally has in its on-premises solutions.
Advanced WAF dynamically protects apps with anti-bot capabilities,
stops credential theft using keystroke encryptions to guard against
keyloggers, and extends app-layer DDoS detection and remediation
for all apps through a combination of machine learning and
behavioral analysis. For dedicated DDoS protection, F5 also offers
an updated version of DDoS Hybrid Defender®, with market leading
price/performance and new capabilities that operationalize DDoS
functionality and significantly optimize ‘time to identify’ and
‘time to mitigate’ response metrics.
Scalable Defense to Promote Business Innovation and
Agility
Advanced WAF enables F5 customers to deploy essential app
security for multiple cloud platforms—private and public—while also
promoting service portability through microservices and container
use cases. Taking advantage of automated security policy
capabilities, the solution helps organizations shorten deployment
times for new apps with easy to use cloud templates for AWS,
Google, and Azure environments. This approach gives companies the
freedom to grow their on-premises and cloud infrastructures
according to business priorities, with the confidence that their
apps will be protected without being tied to any individual
deployment model or particular cloud platform.
Security Expertise for Comprehensive Detection and
Remediation
To further supplement its impressive product capabilities, F5
solutions are backed by an extended set of adjacent security
programs and offerings. These include threat research and analysis
from F5 Labs, rapid response capabilities from F5’s world-class
Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), and dedicated global attack
mitigation through the company’s Security Operations Center (SOC)
locations. These resources provide proactive, 24x7 threat
monitoring and reporting to protect organizations from pervasive
threats such as malware, phishing, and web fraud. In parallel, F5
Professional Services deliver guidance on the best ways to
architect, implement, maintain, and optimize security solutions for
any deployment scenario.
Supporting Quotes
“F5’s WAF solution has played a crucial role in our ability to
thwart a wide range of threats. We’ll continue to trust in F5 to
deploy essential app security across all of our critical
environments.”
Sajid Fiaz, IT Infrastructure Manager, Premier Management
Company
“We are excited to expand our collaboration with F5 by offering
our out-of-band DDoS detection capabilities integrated with the
updated version of F5 DDoS Hybrid Defender. Together with the
already existing integration into BIG-IP® Advanced Firewall
Manager™, Flowmon and F5 offer our customers a best-of-breed
solution for identifying and mitigating volumetric DDoS
attacks.”
Petr Springl, Director of Product and Strategic Alliances,
Flowmon Networks
“We’re excited about this new offering because it accommodates
modern applications at scale. WhiteHat is committed to working with
F5 and our customers to make sure they continue to have the best
solution for testing, securing, and protecting production
applications. The F5 Advanced WAF is a great addition to our
integration portfolio.”
John Atkinson, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, WhiteHat
Security
“We are pleased to be working with F5 on the launch of their
Advanced WAF solution. Our Secure Digital Infrastructure is
enabling our clients to truly embrace the promise of their
multi-cloud ambitions.”
Neville Burdan, Director for Cybersecurity, Dimension Data Asia
Pacific
Availability
F5 Advanced WAF and DDoS Hybrid Defender are available now, with
new security features incorporated as released. Please contact a
local F5 sales office for additional details and product
availability information pertaining to specific countries.
Additional Resources
- Advanced Threats Require Advanced
Solutions – F5 Blog Post
- What Makes a WAF Advanced? – F5 Blog
Post
- F5 Advanced WAF Product Overview
- F5 Security Solutions
About F5
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) makes apps go faster, smarter, and safer for
the world’s largest businesses, service providers, governments, and
consumer brands. F5 delivers cloud and security solutions that
enable organizations to embrace the application infrastructure they
choose without sacrificing speed and control. For more information,
go to f5.com. You can also follow @f5networks on
Twitter or visit us
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