F5 Advanced WAF Primary Use Case

HU
Freelancer at Freelance

Recent progress in F5 Advanced WAF's cloud technology has broadened the use cases for web application firewalls (WAFs) to include multi-cloud environments.

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ME
Network Security Consultant at GBM

Our company uses the solution for customer use cases to replicate environments, perform integrations, and check for changes or issues. We have many internal users because we have a wide database of customers. 

Most customers have WAF or Advanced WAF but if you dig deep from a high-level perspective, then you find issues with configurations or missing security enhancements. 

The platform is capable of doing many API integrations and other things. Customers with public websites use our client-facing service to upload attachments. Often, customers are not integrating the solution with a malware sandboxing tool. This feature is natively in-the-box so protection can be enabled with a few steps. We determine if attachments are uploading malicious files because there isn't protection in the normal solution. We find out if customers are doing vulnerability or risk assessments. Integration tools such as Qualys help because we can import a file to resolve F5 issues. 

For one use case, a customer might have enabled the tech signature for a specific tech but an IP exclusion or public IP exclusion is a bit risky.

Another use case is for database security where we utilize the solution's very comprehensive security features. We can make a SQL database more visible to database security and order logs for the logins to the station tool. 

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Saeid Khanipour Ghobani - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Technology Evaluation Center

Our company installs the solution for customers who require more features than are available with FortiADC. 

One of our customers is a bank that has API for both web and mobile applications. We use the solution to load balance and provide protection for the API requests that come from customers to the application server. With more than 200,000 DNS requests per second, the solution's advanced features are the best fit to the customer's needs. 

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F5 Advanced WAF
May 2024
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YUSUF  TAIWO - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder roverupgrades.com.ng at 22 TEAM RESOURCES LIMITED

My clients often seek a comprehensive security solution for their hybrid environments, with both cloud and on-premise web applications. To address this, I recommend combining F5 Advanced WAF for web application security with Fortinet solutions, including FortiGate, FortiSign, and FortiAnalyzer, for broader network security aspects like vulnerability ranking, patch management, and remediation. I focus on FortiGate and FortiAnalyzer, collaborating with a colleague who manages firewall setup, ensuring a robust and unified security approach for our clients.

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Phani Sundar Mandarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at Collins Aerospace

Primarily, the Advanced WAF sits behind our network perimeter. It centralizes traffic flow to our network, filters requests, and identifies any potential threats.

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GM
SOC Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our client has an internally hosted website, and they wanted us to help them in reducing the attack surface in their web application, so we use F5 Advanced WAF for that purpose.

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MK
Security Specialist at Saman Electronic Payment (SEP)

We use it for ASM and ATF. I am working at the PCI company, and I am a manager of F5. I work with F5 WAF and ASF.

Currently, I use version 50.1.4, and I'm going to update to the new version, 50.144.1.

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Mohamed Fouad - PeerSpot reviewer
Cybersecurity Team Leader at Summit Technology Solution

We use F5 Advanced WAF to protect web applications on HTTPS, APIs, and portals.

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KL
Head of Presales at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

It's considered one of the modules for the LTM box. It's all modules for the LTM box.

It is actually to protect the customer web application which is published on the internet. It's actually to protect that, and nowadays, we also have this threat intelligence. You will link to the F5 centra, the depository of the threat intelligence database. We always have the latest update on the common threat that is happening currently. You will notify the customer if there's an issue.

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RP
Sr. Architect at a media company with 10,001+ employees

We are using F5 Advanced WAF to protect certain environments. It protects us against everything, such as botnets, web scraping attacks, and foreign entities attacks. It allows us to hone in on exactly the area that we need to focus on. It's a web-based firewall.

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RP
Sr. Architect at a media company with 10,001+ employees

It protects our public entities. Its use case is very directed at a resolution of security.

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Muhammad Salahuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Unit Head - Network and Security Solutions at FPM Solutions

In Pakistan, the banking and financial sector requires F5 WAF solutions. I worked with other companies that had more clients, but my current company is a start-up. We have Palo Alto business, but we're trying to get F5 business.

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ZN
Executive Director IT Security at a printing company with 501-1,000 employees

What a WAF is happens to be exactly what we are using F5 WAF for: a firewall for our web applications. It is a totally customizable solution. You have our signature-based rule sets and then we can customize to our heart's content depending on what our application can and can not do or what we are trying to protect against.  

So we are using this for anything that is internet-facing. We are applying the WAF there and we are putting it in block mode wherever possible.  

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Quoc Nguyen - PeerSpot reviewer
F5 Product Manager at Westcon-Comstor

We are distributors in Vietnam. We consult for our customers and I am a Product Manager. We use F5 Advanced WAF as a firewall for our website applications and the websites of our customers.

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Chee Young Tan - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at ST Electronics

I use it for load balancing.

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FF
Territory Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

F5 Advanced WAF can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud. When it comes to local governmental organizations, it's mostly on-premises solutions they use. However, we recommend using virtual ones.

F5 Advanced WAF is used for protecting applications.

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AhmedIsmael - PeerSpot reviewer
Network & Telecom Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

I use F5 Advanced WAF to secure web applications and load balance for connectivity.

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IK
Security Expert at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

We have several websites that are exposed to external users. We have a website for interaction with supply chain customers. We also have a website that gives access to CRM functionality to allow our customers to open tickets and disputes. F5 WAF is at the front for security and attack mitigation. It ensures that users are able to access only allowed pages.

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GM
SOC Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We host public-facing web applications or APIs. There are web applications that are owned by the company that is exposed to the outside. The internal infrastructure is within the premise. We use F5 to protect them. It's an HA model, and we have two sites.

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EhabAli - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at BMB

It is used for application security and load balancing. As we have a few customers who are using banking applications, and stock market applications, they are more concerned about security and how to protect the product and their business applications. And that's why we offer security applications. Besides that, there are new features for load balancing in the F5.

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Bonieber  Orofeo - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Manager at Chong Hua Hospital

We are using F5 Advanced WAF for the applications that we are publishing mainly for intrusion prevention and proxy features.

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Rajnish Niraj - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Fencesense

For me, the primary use case is to secure web applications from external threats, including cross-site scripting, SQL injection attacks, file inclusion vulnerabilities, and many more. The tool has simplified protection against web applications and recent threats that might be visible. If your applications are vulnerable, it gets protected by F5.

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AN
Information Security Officer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We are using F5 Advanced WAF to defend against web application attacks.

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SamerHamadeh - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at DShield

We use the solution for load balancing.

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NR
Snr. Technical ADN Consulting Architect at ADN Consultants & Architects (PTY) Ltd

We use the solution to secure web applications running in the organization.

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Sherif Ghareeb - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Senior Network Consultant at Diverse

We use the product for load-balancing purposes.

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ST
Head Of Information Security (CISO) at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use this solution for web application protection. The solution offers layer seven protection of the applications and can be configured against attacks.

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MK
Key account manager

I was working in sales. We would provide more corporate products. I am not implementing or deploying this solution. I would sell it for projects in the enterprise direction, but it was mostly for financial institutions and some government companies.

It usually used for e-commerce and financial services. Products that banks provide to their customers. It also offers protection of the services.

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RT
Senior Network Engineer at PECCO

We are a PPS payment providing services company in banking, so, we are using it for that. We are banking company and we are using it as a web application firewall.

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NI
Deputy Manager at Saraswat Bank

I'm the deputy manager of information security and we are customers of WAF.

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YA
Senior Technical Specialist | Cloud Platforms at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

F5 is a web application firewall and load balancer. 

The primary use case of this solution is for data protection and security.

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DR
Head of Information Security and Infrastructure Dept. at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We use F5 Advanced WAF to protect our web applications.

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HN
Solutions Specialist at FPT

I use F5 for on-premises infrastructure to provide protection.

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PM
Solution Architect at Softcell Technologies Limited

We are using it to secure a few applications for our customers. 

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MW
Application Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I work for a bank and our use case of WAF is to protect our applications, including mobile ones. We are users of this solution and I am an IT specialist engineer. 

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DK
Chief Technology Officer at a tech company with 11-50 employees

We use this solution because we provide a platform that requires a lot of security.

The solution is deployed on cloud.

We have thousands of external users.

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GS
Security Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We primarily use the solution to protect web and API applications. You can choose either web classic or API to protect against different types of attacks.

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YT
IT Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

We use this program 24/7 as a firewall to block malicious requests. We update regularly.

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SM
Technical Team Leader at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We are a system integrator and we design solutions for our customers. We provide all kinds of networking solutions, as well as security, and we are sometimes responsible for the integration as well.

We are partners with F5 and this is one of the solutions that we provide to our clients.

Our customers are organizations, including government departments, who use their firewall for load-balancing purposes. However, for some time now, they have wanted to add an additional layer of security, which is why they implement this solution.

We normally propose the on-premises deployment model to our customers.

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PM
Security Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees

We use the F5  Web Application firewall to protect our corporate web server. The security of our web is our absolute highest priority.

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KL
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Most of the time, we use it as a load balancer. It's for the client’s applications. They then apply WAF policies, of course, if the customer wants, and also an APM solution, like VPN access or Web Box, like a web and reverse protocol. Customers vary in terms of what they want.

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NB
Information Security Coordinator at a non-tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We have many types of service, provided by the company.

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OS
Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We use F5 Advanced WAF to protect some of our web applications and web services. We use F5 Advanced WAF as a web application firewall in production. 

Our clients are liable for the security of applications on the internet because they are in the banking services sector.

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WA
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

We use F5 Advanced WAF to secure our public cloud. We also use it to secure firewalls for applications and websites. Whether on-premises or on public cloud, these are the usual use cases for WAF.

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JD
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

There is the Simple WAF and the Advanced WAF. We are currently working on the Advanced WAF, but previously, before the Advanced WAF came out, we were just using the Simple WAF.

We use the on-prem version because the cloud solution is not that popular here.

I have a customer here who has multiple applications dealing with the day to day operations. We have deployed the application firewall in the network and most of their web traffic from outside of their network comes into that WAF. This includes the email application Outlook and their own in-house application tools deployed that they use to sell their merchandise. They have a feature where you can transfer money to the other user based on their mobile phone number. So these web applications and in-house tools are the most used applications in their network.

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RG
Technical Product Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Our primary use case for this solution is web application security. We deploy this solution on-premises.

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MA
Security Technical Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We use the F5 Advanced WAF for TicTac on house applications at our Induction University.

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AA
Head of IT Security at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

I worked with the solution before starting at this new company and I'm now implementing it in my new job. I'm head of security at our company and we are a customer of NGINX Web Application Firewall. 

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May 2024
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