Advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Protect your apps with behavioral analytics, proactive bot defense, and application-layer encryption of sensitive data. Use the ROI Estimator from F5 and Forrester to find out how Advanced WAF can improve your security posture and save you money.
Unique capabilities set us apart.
F5 Advanced WAF can identify and block attacks that other WAF solutions miss.
Advanced application protection
Advanced WAF combines machine learning, threat intelligence, and deep application expertise.
Proactive bot defense
Protects apps from automated attacks by bots and other malicious tools.
In-Browser Data Encryption
Encrypts data at the app layer to protect against data-extracting malware and man-in-the-browser attacks.
Behavioral DoS
Behavioral analytics and machine learning provide highly accurate L7 DoS detection and mitigation.
API protocol security
Deploys tools that secure REST/JSON, XML, and GWT APIs.
Defenses for the OWASP Top 10
Defends critical apps from today’s biggest security concerns, the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities.
Stolen Credential Protection
Protects against brute-force attacks that use stolen credentials.
Why Advanced WAF?
Protect against the most prevalent attacks on your apps, without having to update the apps themselves
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Automated attacks and bots
Automated attacks and bots can overwhelm application resources.
Credential theft
Attacks that steal application credentials or take advantage of compromised accounts.
Attacks on mobile clients
Bots that target browser-based and mobile clients.
Application-layer attacks
Application-layer attacks can evade signature and reputation-based security solutions.
Web app and API attacks
New attack surfaces and threats due to the rapid adoption of APIs.
Targeted attack campaigns
Active attack campaigns are difficult to detect from singular attacks.
WHY ADVANCED THREATS REQUIRE AN ADVANCED WAF
This on-demand webinar provides an in-depth look at the challenges we’re facing and how to meet them head-on.
SOFTWARE
Deploy on any leading hypervisor in your data center or your private cloud.
AS A SERVICE
The Silverline Web Application Firewall is a cloud-based WAF that can be self-managed or fully managed by certified experts in the F5 SOC.
PUBLIC CLOUD
Available in select public cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
HARDWARE
Runs on high-performance hardware to protect your applications.