What is F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF?

The Advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) provides essential protection for your applications by leveraging behavioral analytics, proactive bot defense, and encryption to secure sensitive data at the application layer. To gain insight into how the Advanced WAF can enhance your security posture while also lowering costs, consider using the ROI Estimator offered by F5 and Forrester. The F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF features a comprehensive suite of security tools specifically designed to protect your web applications from an array of potential threats. Unlike many WAFs that offer only basic protection within the upper layers of the OSI model, the F5 Advanced WAF incorporates sophisticated security functionalities, including the Anti Bot Mobile SDK, Credential Stuffing threat feeds, Proactive Bot Defense, and Datasafe, among other features. It's critical to safeguard your applications, APIs, and data against prevalent threats like zero-day exploits, application-layer DoS attacks, coordinated threat campaigns, application takeovers, and malicious bots, which are essential components of a robust security strategy. By investing in these advanced protective measures, organizations can significantly enhance their security framework and ensure their digital assets are better shielded against the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats. The integration of such advanced technologies not only fortifies defenses but also instills greater confidence in handling sensitive information.

Pricing

Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

Integrations

Offers API?:
Yes, F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF provides an API

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Company Facts

Company Name:
F5
Date Founded:
1996
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
www.f5.com/products/big-ip-services/advanced-waf

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Support
Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF Categories and Features

Web Application Firewalls (WAF)

Access Control / Permissions
Alerts / Notifications
Automate and Orchestrate Security
Automated Attack Detection
DDoS Protection
Dashboard
IP Reputation Checking
Managed Rules
OWASP Protection
Reporting / Analytics
Secure App Delivery
Server Cloaking
Virtual Patching
Zero-Day Attack Prevention

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Harish Kumar B.
    Position: Senior Technical Engineer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 5,000 - 9,999
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    A Comprehensive Solution for Web Application Security

    Date: Nov 21 2024
    Summary

    This is essential for enterprises that need comprehensive security for web applications. This tool provides strong protection against the wide range of attacks that will cause your applications. But consider that the smaller organizations have the cost factor to procure it. Also, need to check the complexity before implementing this for an infrastructure.

    Positive

    WAF provides comprehensive protection against the top 10 OWASP attacks.
    It adapts to evolving threats with the traffic learning patterns and suggests the best practices.
    It provides security for the HTTP/HTTPS traffic, which helps in identifying and mitigating the attacks that bypass the traditional network firewalls.
    It has built bot-defense mechanisms that detect and block the malicious bots.
    F5 WAF can do SSL offload, which increases the application's performance.

    Negative

    The pricing is slightly higher when it comes to procuring the licenses for smaller organizations.
    It takes a lot of time to enforce the application to block, which involves tuning the policies as per the application requirement.
    There will be some delay in providing the security signatures and rules, This delay can expose the application in some instances.

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