Security Never Takes a Vacation

We’ve all seen the auto-out-of-office replies, ‘Thanks for your message but I’m out until I return – contact my boss/subordinate/someone else if you need or want anything.’  If you’ve emailed me over the last couple weeks, you’ve seen a similar note.  I took some time off, then participated in F5’s awesome Agility Conference for partners and customers and then took a few more days off.  I am challenged, like many of us, to avoid work, recharge and let the brain-drain occur while ‘out of the office.’  As humans, we need to escape from our daily grind to give the mind,...

RSA2011 F5 Partner Spotlight - Q1 Labs

I meet with Chris Poulin, Chief Security Officer with Q1Labs. We talk integration, SIEM, and what CSO's do. </p> <p>ps</p> <p>Resources:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/f5networksinc" _fcksavedurl="http://www.youtube.com/user/f5networksinc">F5 YouTube Channel</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.f5.com/partners/" _fcksavedurl="http://www.f5.com/partners/">F5 Partner Page</a></li> <li><a href="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/02/16/www.phonefactor.com" _fcksavedurl="http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/psilva/archive/2011/02/16/www.phonefactor.com">PhoneFactor</a></li> </ul> <p>Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/F5" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/F5">F5</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/RSA" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/RSA">RSA</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Pete+Silva" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/Pete+Silva">Pete Silva</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/security" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/business" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tag/business">business</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/education" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tag/education">education</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/technology" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tag/technology">technology</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/internet" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/internet">internet, </a><a href="http://technorati.com/tags/cybercrime" _fcksavedurl="http://technorati.com/tags/cybercrime">cybercrime</a></p></body></html> ps Resources: F5 YouTube Channel F5 Partner Page Q1 Labs Technorati Tags:...

VMworld2010: Find F5 Networks

I show how to find the F5 booth (#1131) at Moscone Center during VMworld along with demonstrating some of the giveaways.  Featuring a special guest appearance by Kerry Ok. ps Technorati Tags: F5, infrastructure 2.0, integration, Pete Silva, security, business, education, technology, application delivery, cloud, virtualization, vmware twitter: @psilvas

CloudFucius Repeats: Money (Really) Moving to the Cloud

Ever wish you saved a blog title for that ‘perfect’ eye-catcher?  Well, I do.  Last week I wrote about some cloud surveys talking about how financial institutions are using cloud services titled: CloudFucius’ Money: Trickles to the Cloud.  I get to this week’s weekly entry and Ka-Chow (with apologies to Lightning McQueen) that would have been the perfect title to this entry.  Oh well, as to not be included in the Department of Redundancy Department Hall of Fame, I had to be a little creative with something slightly different.  And for all of you looking at the title and...

CloudFucius Ponders: High-Availability in the Cloud

According to Gartner, “By 2012, 20 percent of businesses will own no IT assets.”  While the need for hardware will not disappear completely, hardware ownership is going through a transition: Virtualization, total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits, an openness to allow users run their personal machines on corporate networks, and the advent of cloud computing are all driving the movement to reduce hardware assets.  Cloud computing offers the ability to deliver critical business applications, systems, and services around the world with a high degree of availability, which enables a more productive workforce.  No matter which cloud service — IaaS,...

F5's BIG-IP with Oracle® Access Manager to enhance SSO and Access Control

Learn how F5's BIG-IP LTM/APM helps in conjunction with Oracle Access Manager centralizing web application authentication and authorization services, streamline access management, and reduce infrastructure costs Watch how BIG-IP APM can reduce TCO, lower deployment risk, and streamline operational efficiencies for customers along with having a unified point of enforcement to simplify auditing and control changes in configuring application access settings. ps Technorati Tags: F5, infrastructure 2.0, integration, collaboration, standards, cloud connect, Pete Silva, F5, security, business, education, technology, application delivery, intercloud, cloud, context-aware, infrastructure 2.0, automation, web, internet, blog twitter: @psilvas

CSRF Prevention with F5's BIG-IP ASM v10.2

Watch how BIG-IP ASM v10.2 can prevent Cross-site request forgery.  Shlomi Narkolayev demonstrates how to accomplish a CSRF attack and then shows how BIG-IP ASM stops it in it's tracks. The configuration of CSRF protection is literally a checkbox. ps Technorati Tags: F5, infrastructure 2.0, integration, collaboration, standards, cloud connect, Pete Silva, F5, security, business, education, technology, application delivery, intercloud, cloud, context-aware, infrastructure 2.0, automation, web, internet, blog twitter: @psilvas

Oracle Data Guard sync over the WAN with F5 BIG-IP

While at Interop 2010 this week, we shot some videos and in this one, learn how F5's WAN Optimization can enhance Oracle's Data Guard solution. I talk with Chris Akker, Solution Engineer, about the challenges of real-time database sync and Zero Data Loss over a Wide Area Network. Watch how F5's WAN Optimization can reduce latency, extend the distance required between data-centers and enable an enhanced disaster recovery solution. ps Technorati Tags: F5, infrastructure 2.0, integration, collaboration, standards, cloud connect, Pete Silva, F5, security, business, education, technology, application delivery, intercloud, cloud, context-aware, infrastructure 2.0, automation, web, internet, blog twitter: @psilvas  

Find F5 Networks at Interop 2010

We are here all week at Interop and this is just a quick video showing how to find F5 Networks at Interop 2010 - Booth 1643. ps

The First American Corporation Case Study - F5 Networks

Watch how First American Corporation was able to consolidate and virtualize their infrastructure with BIG-IP LTM, GTM and FirePass SSL VPN providing them with the flexibility & speed to market their business required. From 750 machines to just 75, Jake Sietz of the Enterprise Architecture group talks about how they achieved performance gains, faster log in times, better service and disaster recovery. ps