F5's BIG-IP(R) Application Security Manager Certified by ICSA Labs.F5's Application Security Manager Meets ICSA See TruSecure. Labs' Web Application Firewall Version 2.0.1 Certification Standards; Independent Certification Reaffirms F5's Commitment to Quality and Excellence SEATTLE -- F5 Networks, Inc. (http://www.f5.com) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : FFIV FFIV Final Fantasy Four (video game) ), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that ICSA Labs, an independent division of global information security specialist Cybertrust, has certified F5's BIG-IP[R] Application Security Manager (ASM (1) (Association for Systems Management) An international membership organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1996, it sponsored conferences in all phases of administrative systems and management. ). "F5 continues to be one of the leaders in application layer security, which is a critical component in the successful delivery of applications," said George Japak, Vice President of ICSA Labs. "ICSA Labs employs a mix of criteria and methodologies to ensure that solutions like F5's BIG-IP Application Security Manager assist in meeting its customers' key requirements." ICSA Labs' certification programs are designed to help customers reduce the risk of deploying new products and technologies. ICSA Labs' certifications can help with buying criteria and technical evaluation The study and investigations by a developing agency to determine the technical suitability of material, equipment, or a system for use in the Military Services. See also operational evaluation. for end users. "Many products claim to have Web application firewall capabilities, but only a few have been able to meet ICSA Labs' rigorous criteria," said Jason Needham, Director of Product Management at F5. "Validation by ICSA Labs means our customers can be confident that F5's BIG-IP ASM will protect Web applications as advertised and won't introduce new vulnerabilities to their network." To remain consistently results oriented, certification criterion is based on resistance to threats, risks, and successful outcome. More specifically, ICSA Labs awards certification based on: * Documentation - Thoroughness of documentation. * Administration - Is there a secure way to administer the product? * Vulnerability testing - Is the product clean from network vulnerabilities and secure from exploits? * Persistence - Is the product's configuration and data safe if the system crashes or requires restarting? * Functional security - Does the product function correctly as intended? * Logging - Does the product supply the necessary logging for auditing requirements? ICSA Labs will further back this certification by continuing to evaluate F5's ASM to ensure its effectiveness against current and emerging security threats. About ICSA Labs ICSA Labs, an independent division of Cybertrust, Inc., offers vendor-neutral testing and certification of security products. The end-users of security technologies rely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and reliability. The organization tests products in key technology categories such as anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, IPsec VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , cryptography, network intrusion prevention See IPS and IDS. , PC firewall, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. VPN, application firewall, anti-spam and Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area . For more information, please visit www.icsalabs.com. About F5 Networks F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. F5 provides solutions that make applications secure, fast and available for everyone, helping organizations get the most out of their investment. By adding intelligence and manageability into the network to offload applications, F5 optimizes applications and allows them to work faster and consume fewer resources. F5's extensible architecture intelligently integrates application optimization, protects the application and the network, and delivers application reliability -- all on one universal platform. Over 10,000 organizations and service providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their applications running. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. , with offices worldwide. For more information, go to www.f5.com. This press release may contain forward-looking statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc future events or future financial performance that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of such terms or comparable terms. These statements are only predictions and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these statements based upon a number of factors including those identified in the Company's filings with the SEC. |
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