FireEye and F5 announce global partnership to deliver integrated security solutions

FireEye and F5 Networks has announced a global partnership to defend against the evolving security threats to the enterprise. Customers will benefit from comprehensive security solutions that integrate application delivery infrastructure from F5® and advanced threat protection from FireEye Network Security. The agreement also includes a unified approach to worldwide sales, deployment and support, thereby helping to ensure the best possible end-to-end experience for customers.

“Our partnership with F5 addresses critical business issues for our customers across the Asia Pacific region – matching IT growth and security to support the business,” said Bryce Boland, chief technology officer for Asia Pacific at FireEye. “We are bringing together leading application delivery technology with advanced threat protection to help Asia Pacific firms fend off today’s advanced threats.”

Enterprise IT departments are challenged with supporting cloud-based applications and mobile environments while maintaining network reliability, security, and speed. The partnership between FireEye and F5 will feature the integration of key application delivery technologies with advanced threat management platforms to accelerate application deployment, performance, and security. Customers will also benefit from the following:

• A comprehensive security solution that combines application delivery infrastructure with advanced content security, including: network segmentation and policy management, protocol conformance, DDoS mitigation, SSL inspection, advanced threat protection, intrusion prevention, threat intelligence, forensics, and analytics.
• Performance, scale and high availability in heavy network traffic environments by using the health monitoring and load-balancing capabilities of the BIG-IP® platform. This enables customers to scale and protect against advanced threats in the most demanding application environments.

• Integrated security architecture that drives advanced content security by enabling improved visibility into the growing stream of encrypted traffic. Also, industry-leading threat intelligence and aggregated events and alerts reduce security silos and provide faster insights into malicious activities and breaches across the enterprise.

“The cyber security problem is multi-faceted, and requires a solution that includes technology from industry leading security manufacturers like FireEye and F5, tightly coupled with people and process in a holistic approach,” said Todd Weber, vice president of partner research for Optiv. “We are pleased to see two of our trusted partners closely collaborating, and we look forward to working with them to help our clients better secure applications and networks in this mobile and cloud world.”

“Pervasive trends like cloud, mobility and the Internet of Things, together with the growing complexity of the threat landscape, demand a shift in security approaches in Asia Pacific,” said Manu Bonnassie, senior vice president, F5 Networks. “The partnership between F5 and FireEye goes beyond technology integration to combine engagement and solution delivery to address the increasingly sophisticated security challenges of enterprises in Asia Pacific.”

“Today, enterprises require a holistic security approach that defends a broad footprint,” said Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group. “The FireEye and F5 partnership brings an important capability for security teams—the combination of detection and enforcement for data centers and applications. This partnership is a valuable way to help CISOs defend more in a simple, logical way.”