F5 and VMware

CHALLENGE

Business-critical apps require consistent protection, identity, access, and availability when moving between VMware-based, on-premises environments and public cloud environments. Common challenges include:

• Multi-site, hybrid-cloud data centers make it difficult authenticate the right users to the right resources.
• Enabling third-party access to an application means managing access for all the users and devices that use the app.
• SQL injections, L7 DDoS attacks, and unknown security threats threaten web applications.
• Business-critical applications must maintain consistent uptime and resiliency SLA’s when moving to the cloud.

SOLUTIONS

App identity: Identity federation and Single Sign-On (SSO), F5 Access Policy Manager (APM), BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM).

App access: Secure access (SSL VPN) to VMware
Cloud on AWS (VMC) for employees, contractors, and partners.

App protection: BIG-IP Virtual Edition and F5 Advanced WAF.

App availability: Local and BIG-IP DNS and SSL offload and intercept.

OUTCOMES

• Consistent policy management across applications and VMC using F5’s policy builder engine
• Streamlined access through federation and SSO across applications, including the ability to redirect traffic with context-aware, user-, and device-based rules.
• Increased availability by deploying F5 into multiple VMC regions.
• Consistent SLAs and business continuity across clouds.