Case Study: PensionsFirst achieves secure, scalable web application access with F5 Networks BIG‑IP solutions

PensionsFirst Delivers Secure and Scalable Web Application Access with F5 BIG-IP Solutions

PensionsFirst Analytics moved its PFaroe pension‑risk application to a web‑based platform and faced the need to deliver high performance, reliability, and stringent Tier‑1 security for a rapidly growing user base. The company’s legacy SSL VPN wasn’t scalable for their two‑factor authentication and load‑balancing needs, so PensionsFirst turned to F5 Networks and its BIG‑IP solutions to secure and manage web traffic while simplifying operations.

F5 Networks implemented BIG‑IP LTM with the BIG‑IP APM module (using iRules and the Visual Policy Editor) to provide load balancing, integrated two‑factor authentication, resource cloaking, and multi‑gigabit SSL throughput. The solution delivered fast, reliable, and compliant access to PFaroe, positioned PensionsFirst to scale to tens or hundreds of terabytes of data and add modules (GTM, WebAccelerator) without re‑engineering, and produced measurable gains in security, manageability, and long‑term ROI.

PensionsFirst

Dean Newman

Director of Information Technology