- F5 Distributed Cloud Services Web Application Scanning
automates security reconnaissance and penetration testing for web
applications.
- BIG-IP Next WAF mitigates web app and API threats while
increasing operational efficiency for NetOps and SecOps teams.
- NGINX App Protect extends web app firewall protections for
NGINX open source deployments to provide DevSecOps teams with
effective controls without hindering developer agility.
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced new best-in-class security
offerings that strengthen protections and simplify management for
customers. With the launches of F5 Distributed Cloud Services Web
Application Scanning, BIG-IP Next Web Application Firewall (WAF),
and NGINX App Protect for open source deployments, F5 is extending
its leadership with the industry’s most effective and most
comprehensive AI-ready app and API security suite.
Many enterprises are in crisis driven by the complexity of
operating hybrid and multicloud environments. According to F5’s
just released 2024 State of Application Strategy (SOAS) Report, 88%
of enterprises are deploying apps and APIs across a mix of
on-premises and cloud or edge environments. Significant time and
resources are spent on continual maintenance, patching, and
upgrades for physical and virtual appliances, while deployments in
different clouds require unique skill sets to manage a sprawling
number of tools and services. The added pressure of delivering
AI-enabled services makes this crisis even worse.
F5’s solutions provide high-efficacy protections with
streamlined operations across distributed environments, simplifying
the management and security of the exploding number of applications
and APIs at the heart of modern AI-driven digital businesses. The
new solutions announced today ease the burden on overwhelmed
security and operations teams with consistent policy, comprehensive
automation, and rich analytics.
“Modern organizations require high-efficacy app and API security
that extends across their distributed environments,” said Kara
Sprague, EVP and Chief Product Officer at F5. “APIs are now the
target of most cyberattacks, and organizations of all sizes must
complement their web app security solutions with comprehensive API
security. The solutions we’re introducing today further enhance and
extend F5’s best-in-class protection for any app and any API, no
matter where it is deployed.”
Leading App and API Security Everywhere You Need It
F5’s expansive portfolio brings the company’s leading security
capabilities to both traditional and modern apps and APIs—enabling
customers to maintain consistent security policies across data
center, cloud, and edge deployments. With a platform approach to
security, F5 Distributed Cloud Services, BIG-IP, and NGINX
customers can more easily combine automation capabilities with the
efforts of NetOps, SecOps, DevOps, and AppDev teams to incorporate
protections throughout application and API lifecycles within a
CI/CD model.
With the integration of technology acquired via Heyhack to form
F5 Distributed Cloud Services Web Application Scanning, customers
can now access compelling automated security reconnaissance and
penetration testing capabilities. Additionally, F5’s award-winning
Distributed Cloud Services continue to enhance API security,
including the expansion of API rate limiting capabilities, improved
API inventory management, JWT validation enhancements, custom
pattern detection, and improved API discovery capabilities to
identify zombie APIs. This approach provides greater flexibility,
control, and security for API usage and management. Looking
forward, F5 will deepen this integration to deliver more adaptable
app and API security through automated vulnerability discovery,
threat identification, and remediation.
“Advanced app and API security have never been more important,
especially with the coming wave of AI-based applications and
services. Simply put, F5 is the definitive leader in API security.
F5’s security innovations have set the standard in the market, and
their holistic approach across their product portfolio has made the
company a definitive leader in cloud, application, and network
security,” said Chris Steffen, Vice President, Research, Enterprise
Management Associates. “F5 solutions bring heightened security and
simplicity to increasingly complicated application security and
delivery environments. We anticipate security for multicloud
networking will continue to be of intense interest going forward,
and F5’s portfolio-driven approach offers customers effective
options to guard against modern attacks in distributed
environments.”
F5’s leadership is recognized in EMA’s 2024 Vision Report, where
the company’s comprehensive API security solutions are lauded.
Download the full report here.
Introducing Next Generation WAF for Automated Multicloud
Security
Emphasizing simplicity and incorporating security throughout
application development and production, BIG-IP Next brings improved
security and operational efficiencies to customers of F5’s flagship
offering. As a prominent example, F5 BIG-IP Next WAF enhances
enterprise security posture across a constantly evolving threat
landscape, protecting APIs and web apps from human and bot-driven
attacks. BIG-IP Next WAF can also facilitate and manage “security
as code,” ensuring that app and API protections can be integrated
early and throughout the development pipeline. This unified
approach promotes seamless transitions from testing and staging to
production environments.
BIG-IP Next WAF brings added automation and an optimized cloud
footprint to F5’s rich BIG-IP feature set, enabling lower costs and
operational simplicity. The solution enhances flexibility while
maintaining consistent security policies across hybrid multicloud
environments and distributed applications that rely heavily on
microservices and APIs. BIG-IP Next WAF is just one module within
the BIG-IP Next platform. BIG-IP Next carries forward the value
proposition of reduced total cost of ownership and optimized app
performance by consolidating multiple app security and delivery
functions into a single in-line physical or virtual appliance. Also
currently available is BIG-IP Next Local Traffic Manager (LTM), the
next generation of BIG-IP LTM, with an API-centric design that
reduces the complexity of managing and automating app delivery.
Further security capabilities will reach the market later this
year, with BIG-IP Next Access and BIG-IP Next SSL Orchestrator
transitioning from limited to general availability.
“As experts in DevOps, cybersecurity, IT architecture, and
compliance, we forge strong partnerships with our customers,” said
Grzegorz Wieczorek, CTO and Co-owner of Onito SP z.o.o. “A client,
an insurance and risk management provider, required the
development, security, and compliance of Kubernetes-based
applications for their customers. BIG-IP Next WAF impressed with
its management simplicity, API-based automation, comprehensive
threat protection, and ability to rapidly deploy new policies.”
Similarly, the just released version of F5 NGINX App Protect WAF
on OSS further brings the power of F5’s leading app security engine
to Kubernetes-based applications in public clouds and on-premises
deployments. With sophisticated security features and a smaller
footprint, the solution separates the control and data planes,
significantly reducing the corresponding attack surfaces. An ideal
fit for open source and enterprise customers, version 5.0 of NGINX
App Protect WAF supports both NGINX OSS and NGINX Plus and can be
fully integrated into CI/CD frameworks to further enhance agile
development methodologies.
Industry Insights from F5’s New State of Application Strategy
Report
Based on the surveyed responses of more than 700 IT decision
makers from around the globe, F5 is also introducing its 2024 State
of Application Strategy (SOAS) Report. Drawing from a broad mix of
industries, IT leaders share their priorities and concerns with F5
in this tenth annual report highlighting digital transformation, AI
ambitions, and security focal points. Data was provided by
individuals in a wide range of IT and managerial roles, from the
C-suite to the trenches of app development.
Additional notable findings tied to security include:
- Secure multicloud networking is a key solution for the daunting
complexity of today’s operations.
- The proliferation of APIs is driving changes in security
practices, with 41% of organizations managing at least as many APIs
as apps.
- Organizations are almost twice as likely to have automated
their app and API security (43%) as their app delivery
(25%).
A companion blog from Kara Sprague provides additional
perspective on today’s news and SOAS findings. For a contextual
analysis of organizations’ viewpoints tied to apps, APIs, AI, and
multicloud networking, the full report is available at
www.f5.com/state-of-application-strategy-report.
About F5
F5 is a multicloud application security and delivery company
committed to bringing a better digital world to life. F5 partners
with the world’s largest, most advanced organizations to secure
every app—on premises, in the cloud, or at the edge. F5 enables
businesses to continuously stay ahead of threats while delivering
exceptional, secure digital experiences for their customers. For
more information, go to f5.com. (NASDAQ: FFIV)
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