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Companies that want to improve security with a web application firewall

About F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF

Advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) protect your apps with behavioral analytics, proactive bot defense, and application-layer encryption of sensitive data. Use the ROI Estimator from F5 and Forrester to find out how Advanced WAF can improve your security posture and save you money. The F5 F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF provides a powerful set of security features that will keep your Web Applications safe from attack. Many WAFs offer a basic level of protection from attack at the higher layers of the OSI stack, but the F5 Advanced WAF takes things even further and offers some serious security features like Anti Bot Mobile SDK, Credential Stuffing threat feeds, Proactive Bot Defense, and Datasafe to name a few. Protect your apps, APIs, and data against the most prevalent attacks such as zero-day vulnerabilities, app-layer DoS attacks, threat campaigns, application takeover, and bots.

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API:
Yes, F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF offers API access
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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5
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Company Information

F5
Founded: 1996
United States
www.f5.com/products/big-ip-services/advanced-waf

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F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What kinds of users and organization types does F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF work with?
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF support in their product?
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF offer?
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF offers support via phone support, 24/7 live support, and online.
Q: What other applications or services does F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF integrate with?
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF integrates with: AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure Marketplace, Microsoft Azure, Datacard Secura, Entrust Certificate Hub, Entrust Identity Enterprise, Entrust Identity Essentials, Google Cloud Platform, InsightCloudSec, iTalent, Logsign, Network Critical, Optiv Managed XDR, Otava, SecHard, SmartShare, Spoom, Stellar Cyber, Delinea Cloud Access Controller, and Veracode.
Q: Does F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF have an API?
Yes, F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF has an API.
Q: What type of training does F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF provide?
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF provides training in the form of documentation and live online.
Q: Does F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF offer a free trial?
Yes, F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF offers a free trial.

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF Product Features

Web Application Firewalls (WAF)

Automated Attack Detection Not Supported
Zero-Day Attack Prevention Not Supported
Alerts / Notifications Not Supported
Dashboard Not Supported
Reporting / Analytics Not Supported
Managed Rules Not Supported
Access Control / Permissions Not Supported
DDoS Protection Not Supported
Secure App Delivery Not Supported
Automate and Orchestrate Security Not Supported
Virtual Patching Not Supported
Server Cloaking Not Supported
IP Reputation Checking Not Supported
OWASP Protection Not Supported

F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF Verified User Reviews

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  • Harish Kumar B.
    Senior Technical Engineer
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User, Administrator
    Company Size: 5,000 - 9,999
    Design 5 out of 5 stars
    Ease 4 out of 5 stars
    Features 5 out of 5 stars
    Pricing 3 out of 5 stars
    Support 4 out of 5 stars
    Probability You Would Recommend? 8 out of 10

    "A Comprehensive Solution for Web Application Security"

    5 out of 5 stars Posted 2024-11-21

    Pros: 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.

    Cons: 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.

    Overall: 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.

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