F5 Delivers Unified Web Application Security Solution

F5 Networks, a player in the Application Delivery Networking (ADN) space, has announced the availability of its v10 release of the BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM) Web application firewall. BIG-IP ASM is aimed at enterprises and service providers that need to consolidate their infrastructure and confidently secure, deploy, and optimise applications.

The new version of BIG-IP ASM provides enhanced attack protection, threat mitigation, and application visibility. It is available as a standalone device or as a software module on BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, F5’s Application Delivery Controller. In addition, BIG-IP ASM is now available on F5’s VIPRION hardware platform, further improving scalability and performance for large organisations as well as content and service providers.

Enhanced BIG-IP v10 capabilities enable organisations to:

Improve Protection against Emerging Threats

BIG-IP ASM now offers enhanced protection against layer 7 denial of service (DoS), cross-site scripting, brute force, and SQL injection attacks, among many others.

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Minimise Capital Outlay and Operating Expenses through Consolidation

As a single, centralised point of policy enforcement, BIG-IP ASM provides comprehensive monitoring and visualisation capability. System-wide security and performance metrics enable informed decision-making, and ensure efficient IT resource utilisation. The new version of BIG-IP ASM also monitors URL server latency, providing an additional tool for ensuring an optimal end-user experience.

Seamlessly Integrate with Third-Party Solutions

F5 works closely with leading security and application vendors to ensure rapid, low-impact deployment. Integration with Splunk provides additional visibility into attack and traffic trends for threat analysis and forecasting purposes. Integration with Secerno’s DataWall offers customers a comprehensive solution for application and database security. In addition, F5’s Application Ready Templates provide pre-configured policies that enable BIG-IP solutions to optimize and secure popular applications from Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and more.

“As organisations increase their reliance on Web-accessible applications and data, their security risks increase exponentially, ranging from denial of service to inadvertently exposing sensitive data,” said Mark Vondemkamp, director of Product Management, Security at F5. “With our unified security and acceleration solutions in place, F5 customers can introduce and enhance application security without sacrificing IT agility or the user experience.”