Tech firm launches app security

With security capabilities to guard against evolving threats, F5 said it is adding to its growing portfolio of integrated and standalone solutions for app security.
F5’s Advanced WAF supports a variety of consumption and licensing models, including a per-app basis, as well as perpetual, subscription and utility billing options for ultimate flexibility in the cloud and the data centre. 
The firm said this helps SecOps better collaborate with modern DevOps and NetOps teams to easily deploy app protection services in any environment that can be configured for individual applications or en masse. 
F5’s holistic approach to application security reduces management complexity, decreases OpEx, and efficiently delivers services to neutralise attacks.
“Recent research from F5 Labs revealed that applications are the initial targets in the majority of breaches, suggesting that any app can be an attack vector,” said Watchara Jiracharoensuwan, F5 Networks’s Thai chief. 
“Cybercriminals are using sophisticated application-layer exploits, as well as an emerging wave of automated, bot and IoT-based threats that are quite capable of evading simple signature or reputation-based detection. 
“F5 offers the most complete application protection, with Advanced WAF as a foundational technology that can be deployed, managed and consumed in the manner that best suits our customers.”