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New F5 program offers free vulnerability assessments with leading
testing partners, Cenzic and WhiteHat Security, enabling enterprises to
dramatically reduce exposure to security breaches
F5
Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application
Delivery Networking, today announced a new program that offers
enterprise organizations free application vulnerability assessment
scans. In partnership with two leading dynamic application security
testing (DAST) partners, Cenzic and WhiteHat Security, the F5®
program makes it easy for customers to try vulnerability assessment
services--with no commitment. The program is designed to help enterprises
accelerate their adoption of web application security best practices
with an automated, accurate, yet simple solution to protect business
assets. To support customers that need assistance in scoping their web
application security status and to establish a roadmap to mitigate
exposures, F5® Professional Services is introducing the BIG-IP®
ASM® Vulnerability Mitigation Assessment service.
"The CIOs and CISOs I meet with are chartered with driving more services
online, but are extremely concerned about the security risks in today's
dynamic threat environment," said Manny Rivelo, EVP of Security and
Strategic Solutions at F5. "Yet, in many cases, enterprises do not
execute an application security strategy because they do not have proof
that their applications are vulnerable. With this offering of free
vulnerability scans, F5 is making it easier to build the business case
for enterprises to adopt a web application security plan and ensure
their applications are safe and their brand is protected."
Automation Simplifies and Strengthens Security
By testing and rapidly remediating vulnerabilities, organizations can
dramatically reduce their window of exposure to security breaches
through comprehensive assessments, strong web application firewall
policies, and automated virtual patching. Seamless integration between
the DAST vendor's XML API and F5's BIG-IP
Application Security ManagerTM (ASM) v11.2 make it
convenient for IT staff to: (1) perpetually test and verify application
vulnerabilities; (2) automatically mitigate vulnerabilities with a
single click; and (3) verify the efficacy of the mitigation by
leveraging the DAST vendor product's testing infrastructure. This is
accomplished all within the F5 ASM interface.
The new F5 Professional Services offering helps customers hone in on the
vulnerabilities identified by the Cenzic
Cloud or WhiteHat
Sentinel assessments by delivering a vulnerability mitigation
assessment report that outlines the recommended approach to remediate
vulnerabilities.
Learn more about F5's "Free Scans" offering and best practices in web
application protection by attending an F5
Security Forum entitled "Is it Time to Rethink Security?" being held
in cities across the Americas starting July 10, 2012. F5 security
experts, along with Cenzic
and WhiteHat
representatives, will be discussing today's security challenges and how
to address them. F5 customers, prospects, and partners can find more
details and register for a forum here.
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"We're excited to be the first F5 partner to have a unique single-click
application testing solution that can be initiated directly from the
BIG-IP ASM GUI. This empowers customers to patch vulnerabilities almost
instantaneously without waiting for days," said John Weinschenk, CEO of
Cenzic. "Further, with vulnerability scans provided by Cenzic that are
tightly integrated directly from ASM, enterprises can both simply trial
and provision a complete web application security solution that allows
them to review assessment results and conversion of the detected
vulnerabilities into ASM blocking policies."
"Building on our long-standing partnership with F5, we are delighted to
be a key provider in the F5 'Free Scans' program and applaud F5's
efforts and intensified focus in highlighting the importance of
application security in the enterprise," said Stephanie Fohn, CEO of
WhiteHat. "Leveraging F5's application delivery controller and
WhiteHat's 100-percent verified assessment results is the right solution
for customers seeking to maximize the effectiveness of a
high-performance web application firewall. In our recent Website
Security Statistics report, we revealed that web application
firewalls could have helped mitigate the risk of at least 71-percent of
all custom web application vulnerabilities identified in 2011."
Availability
F5's "Free Scans" offering has released with BIG-IP ASM version 11.2,
which is available today. Customers have access to free 30-90 day
vulnerability assessments from Cenzic
and WhiteHat.
Organizations that do not have BIG-IP ASM v11.2 may receive a free
evaluation license by contacting their F5 representative or channel
partner. The new F5 Professional Services offering, BIG-IP ASM
Vulnerability Mitigation Assessment service, will be available in August
2012.
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About F5 Networks
F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking
(ADN), helps the world's largest enterprises and service providers
realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand
IT. F5® solutions help integrate disparate technologies to
provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application
delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and
accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and
smart devices. An open architectural framework enables F5 customers to
apply business policies at "strategic points of control" across the IT
infrastructure and into the public cloud. F5 products give customers the
agility they need to align IT with changing business conditions, deploy
scalable solutions on demand, and manage mobile access to data and
services. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online
companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and
drive business forward. For more information, go to www.f5.com.
You can also follow @f5networks
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for more information about F5, its partners, and technology. For a
complete listing of F5 community sites, please visit www.f5.com/news-press-events/web-media/community.html.
F5, Application Security Manager, ASM, and BIG-IP are trademarks or
service marks of F5 Networks, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All
other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
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