F5 Networks, last week announced its new Security Operations Center(SOC) facility located at the company’s headquarters in Seattle. The SOC supports customers using F5's Silverline cloud-based application services platform, providing a 24/7 access to highly specialized F5 security experts who monitor global layer 4-7 attack activities in real time.
The SOC is designed to help organizations by providing a service that is responsive and provides needed visibility and context into security threats by the company's experts. According to F5 Networks, its experts continuously analyze threats, enabling them to quickly respond to discovered malware and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) activities. In addition, F5's team of researchers and analysts investigates new attacks throughout the world, and maintains up-to-date information on the latest malware, zero-day, and phishing attacks targeting global enterprises.
Julian Eames, Executive Vice President of Business Operations, F5
Protecting applications and enterprise data in the face of increasingly sophisticated attacks is complex and challenging. As customers deploy more enterprise-grade applications and services across traditional data center and cloud environments, the need for security services has never been greater. The full portfolio of on-premises, cloud and hybrid security services enabled and managed by the SOC allows our customers to reduce their operational burden without jeopardizing overall application security.
