F5 BIG-AWF VE 1G v23 Platform License
The F5 BIG-AWF VE 1G v23 platform license provides essential application security and delivery capabilities for your business infrastructure.
- License Term: Annual subscription providing continuous access to F5's advanced application security features.
- Billing Model: Subscription-based billing ensures predictable operational expenses and ongoing feature updates.
- Platform Focus: Designed for virtual editions, enabling flexible deployment within your existing IT environment.
- Key Value: Maintain compliance, ensure application availability, and gain access to critical security updates.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license for F5's Advanced Web Application Firewall (AWF) virtual edition, offering 1Gbps throughput capacity. It unlocks advanced security features and traffic management capabilities essential for protecting web applications and ensuring their availability.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this license to deploy robust application security within their own data centers or cloud environments, safeguarding their critical business applications from threats and performance issues.
- Advanced Threat Protection: Defend against OWASP Top 10 threats, DDoS attacks, and botnets.
- Application Performance Optimization: Improve response times and ensure consistent availability.
- Compliance Enablement: Meet regulatory requirements for data protection and application security.
- Scalable Virtual Deployment: Flexible deployment options within your virtualized infrastructure.
- Continuous Updates: Benefit from ongoing security intelligence and feature enhancements via subscription.
This F5 platform license is ideal for businesses seeking enterprise-grade application security and performance without the overhead of traditional hardware deployments.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Web Application Protection
Enable teams to deploy robust defenses against common web exploits and emerging threats. Streamline security policy management to protect sensitive business data and customer information.
on-premises data centers, private cloud deployments, hybrid cloud environments, virtualized infrastructure
Ensure Application Availability and Performance
Streamline traffic management to optimize application response times and prevent service disruptions. Automate load balancing and high availability configurations to maintain user access.
business-critical web applications, e-commerce platforms, internal business portals, customer-facing services
Meet Regulatory Compliance Requirements
Automate the enforcement of security policies to meet industry regulations and compliance standards. Provide auditable logs and reporting for security posture verification.
PCI DSS compliant environments, HIPAA regulated data, GDPR data protection, SOX financial reporting
Key Features
Advanced Web Application Firewall (AWF)
Protects against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, zero-day exploits, and bot attacks, safeguarding your business data.
Virtual Edition (VE)
Offers flexible deployment within your existing virtual infrastructure, reducing hardware costs and simplifying management.
1Gbps Throughput
Provides sufficient capacity to secure high-traffic web applications for mid-market businesses.
Subscription Licensing
Ensures continuous access to the latest security updates, threat intelligence, and feature enhancements, keeping your defenses current.
Application Delivery Services
Improves application performance and availability through intelligent load balancing and traffic management.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, which F5 AWF helps enforce.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient data under HIPAA and other privacy laws, making robust application security and compliance features essential.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers handle significant volumes of customer transaction data and require strong security to prevent breaches and maintain customer trust, often needing PCI DSS compliance.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies manage highly confidential client information, necessitating advanced security to prevent unauthorized access and data exfiltration.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is F5 BIG-AWF VE 1G v23?
This is a platform software license for F5's Advanced Web Application Firewall (AWF) in its virtual edition, offering 1Gbps throughput. It is a subscription-based offering that provides advanced security and traffic management for your web applications.
Who is this license intended for?
This license is designed for SMB and mid-market companies that operate their own IT infrastructure and need to secure their web applications. It is suitable for IT Managers and IT Professionals responsible for application security and availability.
What are the benefits of a virtual edition license?
Virtual edition licenses offer greater deployment flexibility, allowing you to run the software on your existing virtualized hardware. This can reduce capital expenditure on dedicated appliances and simplify scaling.
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.