2019-06-26T05:25:00Z

What is your primary use case for F5 Advanced WAF?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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NR
Real User
Top 20
2023-12-13T13:31:00Z
Dec 13, 2023

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

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Sherif Ghareeb - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-11-02T10:23:24Z
Nov 2, 2023

We use the product for load-balancing purposes.

YUSUF  TAIWO - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-10-26T16:14:47Z
Oct 26, 2023

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.

Mohamed Fouad - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-07-26T14:13:16Z
Jul 26, 2023

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

EhabAli - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-04-18T10:05:26Z
Apr 18, 2023

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.

MW
Real User
Top 20
2023-04-12T11:56:02Z
Apr 12, 2023

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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Bonieber  Orofeo - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-02-16T06:24:50Z
Feb 16, 2023

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

HU
Reseller
Top 20
2023-01-23T18:05:28Z
Jan 23, 2023

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

ME
Consultant
Top 20
2022-12-06T16:12:14Z
Dec 6, 2022

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.

Muhammad Salahuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-09-26T14:04:04Z
Sep 26, 2022

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.

RG
Real User
Top 10
2022-09-06T20:40:10Z
Sep 6, 2022

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

FF
Reseller
Top 20
2022-07-27T14:32:45Z
Jul 27, 2022

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.

Quoc Nguyen - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-06-28T15:50:00Z
Jun 28, 2022

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.

AN
Real User
Top 5
2022-06-15T05:40:02Z
Jun 15, 2022

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

RP
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-06-12T10:15:05Z
Jun 12, 2022

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.

GM
Real User
Top 10
2022-05-11T16:17:00Z
May 11, 2022

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.

ST
Real User
2022-02-03T17:01:00Z
Feb 3, 2022

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

WA
Real User
2022-01-14T12:01:31Z
Jan 14, 2022

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.

MA
Real User
Top 10
2021-11-23T21:11:33Z
Nov 23, 2021

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

NI
Real User
2021-09-07T13:03:36Z
Sep 7, 2021

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

HN
Real User
2021-07-30T00:07:57Z
Jul 30, 2021

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

IK
Real User
2021-05-20T14:49:22Z
May 20, 2021

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.

MK
Real User
2021-04-20T13:09:45Z
Apr 20, 2021

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.

PM
Real User
Top 10
2020-11-04T16:20:44Z
Nov 4, 2020

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

GS
Reseller
2020-10-11T08:59:00Z
Oct 11, 2020

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.

ZN
Real User
2020-09-21T06:33:20Z
Sep 21, 2020

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.

YA
Real User
2020-08-02T08:16:00Z
Aug 2, 2020

F5 is a web application firewall and load balancer. The primary use case of this solution is for data protection and security.

JD
Real User
2020-08-02T08:16:00Z
Aug 2, 2020

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.

AA
Real User
2020-05-07T05:03:34Z
May 7, 2020

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.

SM
Real User
2019-09-24T05:43:00Z
Sep 24, 2019

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.

YT
Reseller
2019-09-02T06:55:00Z
Sep 2, 2019

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

PM
Real User
2019-06-26T05:25:00Z
Jun 26, 2019

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

OS
Real User
2019-06-26T05:25:00Z
Jun 26, 2019

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.

RT
Real User
2019-06-26T05:25:00Z
Jun 26, 2019

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.

F5 Advanced WAF is a web application security solution for financial and government sectors, e-commerce, and public-facing websites. It offers protection against various attacks, including botnets, web scraping, and foreign entities. The solution can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud and is often used with other security tools. Its most valuable features include DDoS and DNS attack protection, SSL uploading, anomaly detection, and the ability to input custom rules.  F5 Advanced WAF...
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