Case Study: F5 achieves stronger security and visibility with F5 Distributed Cloud Services

F5 secures F5.com in 20 minutes with F5 Distributed Cloud Services

F5, a major application security and delivery vendor, faced the challenge of migrating its own global websites, including F5.com, from its end-of-life Silverline managed security services to a new solution. The key concerns were maintaining constant security against DDoS attacks and ensuring a seamless transition with zero impact on users across multiple global environments and development stages. F5 Network's solution was to implement its own F5 Distributed Cloud Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) service, which includes Distributed Cloud WAF and Distributed Cloud DDoS Mitigation.

The F5 Network solution was implemented after extensive testing and configuration tuning in lower environments, leading to a production migration that took just 20 minutes with zero downtime or user impact. The results included more robust security, enhanced visibility through a modern and intuitive dashboard, and access to expert technical support. The migration also opened the door for F5 to easily add new F5 Network capabilities like Bot Defense and a CDN, consolidating services and improving future management efficiency.

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