Context-Aware Protection for Applications and APIs
IT architectures are going through a shift to multi-cloud and micro-services mandating a change on how we approach the security of our applications and APIs. Network ingress is the critical point to provide a secure application delivery infrastructure. VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) is positioned to provide a complete context-aware ingress security solution to work in multi-cloud and micro-services architectures.
Simplified Security for Applications
Multi-cloud and microservices architectures complicate application security. Simplifying administration with central policies and operational consistency across all clouds and containers is essential.
Context-Aware Web Application Security
Protect against the latest threats such as log4j, OWASP Top 10 and ensure compliance to standards such as PCI-DSS and GDPR. It’s critical to have live threat intelligence feed into a context-aware WAF.
Elastic and Agile Security
Threats continue to evolve, and can be hard to detect. Acquire the ability to dynamically scale apps around attacks to mitigate the risk while discovering novel zero-day threats before they are known.
We saved over 50% to 60% in application troubleshooting time and effort.
- Joris Vuffray, Head Of Network & System Management, Swisslos
Features and Benefits
API Protection
Protect Web APIs against threats at the ingress to the application infrastructure.
Context-Aware Web Application Firewall
Use a robust context-aware application firewall to protect applications while ensuring compliance to security standards like OWASP Top 10, PCI-DSS, and GDPR.
Bot Management
Use multiple factors to determine if the traffic is a bot or a human lowering false positive rates. Based on business policies, determine if the bot is good or bad, and permitted or blocked.
SSL Offload
Gain visibility into encrypted traffic and enhance application performance with decryption and re-encryption services.
DDoS Mitigation
The load balancer is the last line of defense for most applications. To protect application traffic, it must be able to detect and mitigate a wide range of Layer 4-7 network attacks.
Use Cases
Decision Automation and Elastic Security
Multi-cloud automation, self-service, security, and elastic scale through decision automation allows for programmability and leads to better automated, system delivered outcomes and reduced operational costs.
Achieve Web Application Compliance
Obtain unparalleled simplicity, visibility, and auto scaling capabilities to withstand threats and comply with requirements like GDPR, PCI DSS, and HIPAA.
Scalable Application Security with WAF
Web application attacks and security breaches are on the rise. Meanwhile, traditional web application security solutions like appliance-based WAFs are too complex to manage, scale, and lack application security insights.
Real-Time Threat Intelligence
Live security threat intelligence with curated signatures and security threats to protect web applications from attacks. Protect against attacks like log4j and heartbleed when they appear.
Related Resources
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Application Delivery How-To Videos
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Products for App Security
Security for multi-cloud and microservices starts at the ingress. A load balancer designed for these architectures is best suited for the dynamic security requirements of next generation app delivery.
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi)
Secure multi-cloud load balancing
Container Ingress
Connect and secure container apps
Software Load Balancer
Modernize hardware load balancers