F5 Launches F5 Advanced WAF for Multi-Cloud Application Security

Beijing, China, May 14, 2018 – This week, F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) released the latest generation of F5 Advanced WAF™ solution to enhance comprehensive application protection capabilities. The solution is designed to provide users with an integrated solution for increasingly complex application threats through industry-leading application security capabilities.

F5 Advanced WAF™ supports a variety of payment and licensing models, including application-based billing, lifetime, subscription, and device usage billing, etc., which are flexible billing methods that meet the needs of cloud environments and data centers. Therefore, SecOps will be able to better cooperate with DevOps and NetOps teams to more easily deploy application security services for specific or all application environments. F5 application security integration solutions reduce management complexity, reduce operation and maintenance costs, and help users respond to threats more efficiently and provide security protection.

As a leader in the web application firewall industry, the launch of this new solution not only allows F5 to continue to stay ahead of the competition, but also enriches the company's self-service WAF Express® and managed Silverline® WAF product lines. For example, F5 Advanced WAF can provide customers with the following unique features:

• Superior protection against identity theft and abuse

• Comprehensive protection against malicious robots on the Internet and mobile networks

• Improving the accuracy of Layer 7 DDoS detection using machine learning and behavioral analysis

• The most scalable WAF solution

“New research from F5 Labs shows that applications are the primary target of the vast majority of attacks, and any application can be a vector for cyber threats,” said Ram Krishnan, senior vice president and general manager of F5’s security business unit. “Cybercriminals use both mature application layer methods and emerging methods based on automation, bots, and the Internet of Things, which can easily deceive simple signature- or credentials-based detection mechanisms. F5 offers the most comprehensive application security solution with Advanced WAF as a foundational technology that fully meets the deployment, management, and purchasing needs of our customers.”

Industry-leading application security protection

In today's enterprise operations, the health of applications is closely related to corporate revenue. In addition to basic security services such as OWASP Top 10, F5 can now provide the same enhanced WAF functions in cloud environments as in private environments. Advanced WAF dynamically protects applications through anti-bot functions, prevents identity theft caused by keyboard monitoring through keystroke encryption, and improves application layer DDoS sniffing capabilities through comprehensive machine learning and behavioral analysis. For dedicated DDoS protection, F5 has also launched the latest version of DDoS Hybrid Defender®, which provides the best price-performance ratio and the latest DDoS function operation capabilities on the market, significantly optimizing the "virus detection time" and "antivirus time" response matrix.

Scalable defense improves business innovation and agility

Advanced WAF allows F5 customers to provide basic application security services for multiple cloud platforms—private and public—and to improve the convenience of services through microservices and containers. Based on the automated security policy function, the security solution can also provide cloud templates based on AWS, Google, and Azure environments to further shorten the deployment time of new applications. This will give users the freedom to adjust their own environment and cloud environment infrastructure based on business development priorities without worrying about their applications being restricted by individual deployment models or specific cloud platforms.

Safety technology provides you with comprehensive detection and disposal solutions

To further enhance the performance of the product, F5's security solutions also include an extended set of related security programs and functions. It includes F5 Labs' threat research and analysis, F5's world-class security response team (SIRT)'s rapid response capabilities, and the company's security operations center (SOC)'s multi-location exclusive global attack protection. These resources can provide your organization with proactive, 7x24 threat detection and reporting to protect it from pervasive threats such as malware, phishing software, and online fraud. At the same time, F5 professional services can provide services for the architecture, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of security solutions for your various deployment scenarios.

Customer Testimonials

"F5's WAF solution has played an important role in our ability to thwart many threats. We will continue to deploy F5's application security solutions in all of our critical environments."

Sajid Fiaz, IT Infrastructure Manager, Premier Management Company

“We are excited to expand our partnership by integrating Flowmon’s out-of-band DDoS detection with the latest version of F5 DDoS Hybrid Defender, managed through the existing F5 BIG-IP® Advanced Firewall Manager™. Flowmon and F5 provide our customers with the best combination for inspection and protection against DDoS attacks.”

Petr Springl, General Manager Products and Strategic Alliances, Flowmon Networks

"We are very excited about this new product because it takes into account all applications to the greatest extent possible. WhiteHat is committed to continuing to work with F5 and our customers to ensure that our customers' applications are best tested, protected, and defended. F5 Advanced WAF is another great new feature that we integrate into our products."

John Atkinson, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, WhiteHat Security

“We are proud to work with F5 to release their Advanced WAF solution. Our digital security infrastructure will enable our customers to truly benefit from a multi-cloud environment.”

Neville Burdan, General Manager, Cybersecurity, Dimension Data Asia Pacific

Availability

F5 Advanced WAF and DDoS Hybrid Defender are available now, with the new security features included in the release. Please contact your local F5 sales office for product availability in your country and more information.

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At the F5 Application Services Summit to be held in Beijing and Shanghai on May 22 and 24, F5's application security experts will provide a more detailed description of this solution. For more information about F5's latest advanced application firewall, please follow @F5 China's official Weibo for detailed information during the conference.