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#v11 #infosec Few operating environments are as security-strict as found in government agencies. BIG-IP v11 provides capabilities necessary to improve security and efficiency in those environments. Both government agencies and public sector organizations are embattled with attackers leveraging increasingly complex attacks. Government agencies saw a 39 percent growth in cyber incidents in 2010 (Federal Cyber Incidents Rose 39% in 2010, Government Information Security News, March 24, 2011), a 445 percent increase in cyber attacks since 2006 (Government IT contractors remain optimistic about future, Homeland Security Newswire, January 12, 2011). And in recent years, government agencies and public sector...
There’s no reason to sacrifice security for high-availability, or vice-versa. On March 31, VeriSign announced that the top-level domain for .com—the Internet’s largest domain with more than 90 million domain name registrations worldwide—now supports DNS Security Extensions. With this development, all major generic top-level domains (.org, .edu, .net, and .gov) support DNSSEC, signifying that the broader DNSSEC infrastructure is ready for production. Organizations seeking to take advantage of DNSSEC to protect their critical DNS infrastructure, however, may find that it isn’t as simple as flicking a switch – unless you’ve got the right infrastructure. This is...
The signing of dot com will enable 100 million domains to deploy DNSSEC MARCH 31, 2011 (THE INTERNETS) In what has been many long years coming since the finalization of the DNSSEC specification circa 2004/2005, the rollout of the signed .COM top level domain (TLD) should, based on the projected schedule and the fact that there’s only one day left in March, happen tomorrow. This event is expected to trigger widespread DNSSEC deployments around the world as organizations hope to leverage the enhanced security mechanism to assure the accuracy of DNS data. .COM is the last...
Customer: AutoScout24 Vertical: E-Commerce F5 Solution: BIG-IP LTM, GTM Business Challenge: With more and more consumers turning to the Internet to make purchases of all kinds, AutoScout24 has been able to expand rapidly following its early adoption of an e-commerce business model. At peak times of the day, there can be a quarter of a million users online concurrently, with an average of 5.4 million people using the website each month. To...
Peter Silva of F5 sits down with IOActive's Dan Kaminsky at RSA 2010. In this extremely informative and lively discussion, the Domain Name System is the topic. DNS infrastructure, DNS vulnerabilities including DNS Cache Poisoning, DNSSEC and what's happened since the discovery of the flaw are all discussed. In 3-10 minute segments. Dan Kaminsky Interview, Part 1: Dan Kaminsky Interview, Part 2: Dan Kaminsky Interview, Part 3: ...
Customer: RelayHealth, a division of McKesson Vertical: Healthcare F5 Solution: BIG-IP LTM BIG-IP GTM Business Challenge: RelayHealth provides an SaaS platform for the healthcare industry that connects patients, providers, pharmacies, payers, and financial institutions. They securely process more than 12 billion financial and clinical transactions a year. With a tremendous diversity of operating systems and protocols used throughout its data centers, RelayHealth was looking to simplify its application delivery infrastructure and improve the performance, reliability, and...
Server virtualization is booming. Enterprise organizations and mom-n-pop operations alike are experiencing a whole new level of flexibility within their IT operations. Server virtualization not only provides cost savings through consolidation, but also provides reduced deployment times and greater control over the use of finite resources. The sophisticated tools provided by today’s leading hypervisor vendors create the ability to dynamically balance the resource needs of applications across the available resources. Instead of having to invest in resources to meet the needs of every application’s peak requirements, they can dynamically move unused resource to augment applications experiencing peak traffic....
Customer: Confucius Institute Online Vertical: Education F5 Solution: BIG-IP LTM, GTM, VIPRION ARX Partner: Digital China Sinogrid Information Technology Business Challenge: Confucius Institute Online was launched in March 2009. Just as the portal’s contents and services are quickly expanding, so, too, is traffic to the website. This quick growth requires a scalable and secure portal infrastructure to best serve people worldwide. With a content delivery network built on F5 devices and solutions, Confucius Institute Online is prepared for the future, and it...
The majority of DNS infrastructures are vulnerable today. More and more customers are looking for a way, and allocating larger budgets, to protect and secure their DNS Infrastructures. Recently there have been several high profile attacks on the DNS systems. F5 and Infoblox together are uniquely positioned to solve these problems and secure the DNS infrastructures. Every organization should be thinking about the security and scalability of their DNS infrastructure. The combination of F5’s and Infoblox’s appliances provide enterprise customers an opportunity to build authoritative DNS infrastructure without giving up either global server load...
“F5 is the market leader in application availability and performance, and also the market leader in data center redundancy solutions. The customer loved F5 for its ease of management, ease of use, overall capabilities, and performance.” -- Jerry O’Brien, Enterprise Account Executive, FishNet Security Customer: Publically traded U.S. financial services institution F5 Solution: BIG-IP LTM & GTM Partner: FishNet Security Customer Business Challenge A publically traded U.S. financial services institution based in the Midwest recently came to FishNet Security with two problems. First, the company needed...
Customer: Hobsons Vertical: Education F5 Solution: BIG-IP GTM, LTM, WebAccelerator, iRules Business Challenge: Hobsons provides web-based SaaS solutions for colleges and universities for course planning, student retention, and career planning. Needing to push all of these services over the public internet while maintaining SLAs for their customers, Hobsons turned to F5 to ensure their mission-critical application delivery network was always available. Hobsons had to plan – while not over-provisioning – for traffic spikes, application migrations, and planned and un-planned maintenance periods by managing traffic direction and...
Customer: Northrop Grumman Corporation Vertical: Security F5 Solution: BIG-IP LTM, GTM, WebAccelerator, and multiple modules (see below) The Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online (AKO/DKO) Emerging Technologies Laboratory (ETL), established by Northrop Grumman Corporation, is a scaled replica of the AKO/DKO production environment that allows realistic testing, rapid prototyping, and preliminary integration of new capabilities prior to implementation. The AKO/DKO ETL officially opened on August 10, 2009. “ From the beginning of our implementation, key factors for success with the AKO/DKO ETL included...
DNS is insecure. Rogue DNS servers can impersonate real ones and compromise your infrastructure. DNSSEC addresses this particular flaw, but the complexity of the solution has been hampering adoption, leaving hundreds of thousands of DNS servers vulnerable. While DNS has many known security flaws, most have been solved with configuration changes and best practices. However, recent, more serious exploits have drawn greater attention and have prompted the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to mandate all federal agencies deploy DNSSEC by the end of 2009. DNSSEC deployment has so far been hindered by the complexity of available solutions,...
