Case Study: Hansung University improves security posture and consolidates network equipment, cutting maintenance costs 20% with F5 Networks

Hansung University Improves Security Posture and Consolidates Network Equipment with F5

Hansung University needed to improve its security posture and stabilize application performance during peak course-registration traffic after finding its previous WAF lacked transparency and its complex security stack degraded performance and increased operational costs. To address these challenges the university selected F5 Networks, deploying the BIG-IP suite (BIG-IP LTM, BIG-IP ASM, BIG-IP AFM) and BIG-IQ Centralized Management.

F5 Networks consolidated security and traffic management with BIG-IP ASM for WAF and SSL visibility, BIG-IP LTM for load balancing, BIG-IP AFM for DDoS protection, and BIG-IQ for centralized control, simplifying the network and improving data transparency. The F5 solution cut time to identify and fix issues by 50%, reduced maintenance costs by 20%, eliminated the need for extra equipment during peak loads, and delivered more reliable application performance and lower operational overhead.

Hansung University

Seong Kil Kim

Computing Center Information team leader