Case Study: Sheetz achieves stronger app security and reliability with F5 Distributed Cloud Services

Sheetz accelerates app security at 800 stores with F5

Sheetz, a family-owned convenience and fuel retailer, faced rising cybersecurity incidents including DDoS attacks and automated credential stuffing against its customer mobile app. The company needed to strengthen its application protection without adding friction for its users and to deliver greater scale for its growing customer base. To meet this challenge, Sheetz partnered with vendor F5 to leverage its Distributed Cloud Services.

F5 implemented a solution using its Distributed Cloud Services portfolio, including Bot Defense and DDoS Mitigation. This provided Sheetz with cloud-native security and redundancy, ensuring their app is always available. The results included protection from automated attacks, significantly improved app stability and reliability for customers, and the ability to quickly deploy new capabilities like a CDN. F5's solutions now play a core role in delivering the scale needed to support Sheetz's ongoing business growth.

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