F5 announced an entirely new lineup of services at their yearly Agility conference that promises to shake up the entire app delivery ecosystem in the cloud. At WorldTech IT, we’ve been looking forward to this announcement and are excited to share our thoughts on the big changes. We’ve seen the same trends as F5; as
As a long-time Fedora, CentOS, and RHEL user I originally saw this transition to CentOS Stream as a “cash grab” by Red Hat to kill something I loved in the CentOS project and force everyone to RHEL. To understand why this was an incorrect assumption on my part and the part of many others please
If you’ve ever heard of F5® I’m sure you’ve come across people referring to their products as “BIG-IP”. This has left a lot of folks asking what is BIG-IP and what does F5 BIG-IP do in a network? I’m going to break it all down for you simply so you can understand exactly what F5 BIG-IP
Online fraud is a huge problem for companies and consumers, and it’s growing exponentially. Everything from bank accounts to loyalty programs and gift cards, even health insurance accounts are prime targets for fraudsters armed with databases of stolen credentials. And it’s not stopping there, any account that can be monetized is now on the attacker’s
ATTENTION: K-12 IT professionals — F5’s industry-leading technologies are now eligible for E-Rate discounts! What is E-Rate? E-Rate is a government funded program that’s been around since the late 90’s and aims to get Internet access into schools & libraries who otherwise might not be able to afford it. In order for these entities to take advantage
What is FIPS 140-2? If you’ve done F5® work for the Federal government you’ve probably been exposed to the FIPS 140-2 standard – but F5 FIPS has been gaining traction in the private sector as well. Many financial, healthcare, and banking enterprises have adopted the FIPS standard. That’s because FIPS is a part of PCI
F5 is announcing the End of Sale (EoS) for BIG-IP ASM, effective April 1, 2021.Advanced WAF (AWAF), which enables customers to benefit from an expanded feature set, replaces the BIG-IP ASM. F5® has quietly grown into the leader of web application firewalls with their Application Security Manager™ (ASM®) module and their Advanced Web Application Firewall
As you may have known SSL died in 2015, largely due to the “Poodle” vulnerability, long live its successor TLS! What you may not know is a new version of TLS, version 1.3, has been approved and is going to force you to change a number of your network security practices. Most information out in
Many of us first discovered F5® because of their flagship LTM® & GTM™ products, but more recently the F5 firewalls have been making waves, Advanced Web Application Firewall (AWAF®) formerly known as the Application Security Manager™ (ASM®). Now, in conversation when you tell people you work with F5, more often than not they say “oh
