F5 BIGIP Advanced WAF on R10900 Platform License
The F5 BIGIP Advanced WAF on R10900 platform license provides essential web application firewall capabilities to protect your business's critical online assets from sophisticated threats.
- Advanced Threat Protection: Safeguard against OWASP Top 10 threats, zero-day exploits, and bot attacks.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and HIPAA with robust security controls.
- Application Visibility: Gain deep insights into application traffic to identify and mitigate risks effectively.
- Scalable Security: Ensure your web applications remain protected as your business grows and traffic increases.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This F5 BIGIP Advanced WAF platform license unlocks comprehensive web application firewall capabilities for the R10900 hardware platform. It provides advanced security features designed to protect your organization's web applications from a wide range of cyber threats, including common vulnerabilities, zero-day attacks, and sophisticated botnets.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, this license integrates directly into your existing F5 BIGIP environment. It ensures that your critical business applications are shielded, maintaining operational continuity and protecting sensitive data within your network infrastructure.
- Advanced WAF Capabilities: Protects against OWASP Top 10 threats, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and more.
- Bot Mitigation: Differentiates between legitimate users and malicious bots to prevent automated attacks.
- API Security: Secures APIs against common vulnerabilities and ensures data integrity.
- Compliance Enforcement: Helps meet stringent regulatory requirements for data protection and privacy.
- Centralized Management: Provides a unified platform for managing security policies across your web applications.
Secure your critical web applications with advanced threat protection and compliance features tailored for SMB and mid-market organizations.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Protection for Web Applications
Enable teams to deploy advanced security policies that defend against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, zero-day exploits, and bot attacks. Streamline the process of identifying and mitigating web-based threats in real-time.
cloud-native applications, microservices architectures, API-driven services
Streamline Compliance with Security Standards
Streamline efforts to meet stringent regulatory requirements such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR. Automate the enforcement of security controls necessary for data privacy and protection.
customer-facing portals, e-commerce platforms, sensitive data handling systems
Automate Bot Mitigation and Traffic Management
Automate the detection and blocking of malicious bot traffic that can disrupt services or steal data. Optimize application performance by differentiating between legitimate user traffic and automated threats.
high-traffic websites, online services, content delivery networks
Key Features
Advanced WAF Engine
Protects against a wide array of web application attacks, including SQL injection and cross-site scripting, reducing the risk of data breaches.
Bot Mitigation
Differentiates between legitimate users and malicious bots, preventing automated attacks that can impact performance and security.
API Security
Secures API endpoints against common vulnerabilities, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of data exchanged.
Compliance Features
Helps organizations meet regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and HIPAA through granular security controls.
Centralized Policy Management
Allows for consistent security policy enforcement across all protected web applications from a single interface.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, which Advanced WAF helps enforce.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to HIPAA regulations, necessitating strong security measures to protect electronic protected health information (ePHI) from breaches.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers handle significant volumes of customer payment card data, making PCI DSS compliance a critical requirement that Advanced WAF directly supports.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies must protect citizen data and critical infrastructure from cyber threats, often adhering to specific security frameworks and compliance mandates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is F5 BIGIP Advanced WAF?
F5 BIGIP Advanced WAF is a comprehensive web application firewall solution that protects your applications from a wide range of cyber threats. It provides advanced security features to detect and block malicious traffic.
What does this license enable on the R10900 platform?
This license enables the Advanced WAF features on your F5 BIGIP R10900 hardware. It unlocks capabilities for threat detection, bot mitigation, API security, and compliance enforcement for your web applications.
Is this license suitable for SMBs?
Yes, this license provides enterprise-grade security features that are highly beneficial for SMBs and mid-market companies looking to protect their critical web applications without the overhead of a large security team.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.