Securing Apps with F5 Solutions

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Securing Apps with F5 Solutions

This Security Workshop provides participants with an opportunity to experiment with many of the different components of F5’s security solutions in a hands-on lab environment using a real-world application delivery deployment scenario. The goal of the course is to put to practical use the extensive capabilities of the BIG-IP system to safeguard application delivery in today’s growing threat landscape, and to help the audience think differently about application security.
The labs in this workshop are designed to demonstrate how you might deploy some of F5’s security solutions to protect applications at different layers of the OSI reference model. The course focuses on some of the features and functionality available in several BIG-IP modules, including:

BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM)
BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM)
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
BIG-IP Fraud Protection Service (FPS), also known as F5 WebSafe

Workshop Objectives
At the end of this lab, you will be able to use a range of F5 security solutions on the BIG-IP system and on the client to detect, mitigate, and protect from many common attacks and exploits waged against web applications.

Course Outline

Day 1:
Lab 1: Adding Traffic Management Directional Controls
Lab 2: Adding L3/4 Firewall Protections and Traffic Inspection
Lab 3: Implementing L7 Protections for a Vulnerable Web Application
Lab 4: Protecting DNS Services
Lab 5: Defending Against L4 DoS Attacks at the Global Context
Lab 6: Defending Against L4 DoS Attacks at the Virtual Server Context
Lab 7: Defending Against L7 DoS Attacks
Day 2:
Lab 8: Detecting Client-Side Malware
Lab 9: Deploying Client-Side Application Layer Encryption
Lab 10: Detecting Client-Side Automatic Transaction
Lab 11: Implementing Access Controls
Lab 12: Implementing Multi-Domain Sign-On
Lab 13: Implementing Single Sign-On to Applications
Lab 14: Defending on Your Own Terms

What you will learn

Using L7 local traffic policies to direct expected traffic from a public-facing virtual server to private virtual servers for additional processing
Configuring and using security event logging to monitor legitimate traffic patterns and detect aberrations
Using network firewall rules to protect perimeter resources at L3/4
Using a web application firewall to detect and protect perimeter resources from known attack signatures
Using a web application firewall on internal resources to apply a positive security model and protect from data leakage
Using iRules to help maintain identity information for clients connecting from CDN and other proxy networks
Allowing DNS resolution through the BIG-IP system and implementing protection against unauthorized query types and recursive resolution requests
Mitigating DoS attacks using device DoS protection and eviction policies
Mitigating known L3/4 attack vectors at the perimeter
Using Secure Web Gateway to categorize and filter webpages for use in access controls
Implementing access controls to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive applications
Consolidating logon functionality for all domains on a single domain
Implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) access to multiple applications
Using Fraud Protection Services (WebSafe) to protect the integrity of data shared between clients and the applications they connect to
Using the FPS Login Page feature to provide alerts upon successful or unsuccessful log into an application
Using the FPS Automatic Transactions feature to help differentiate “human” traffic from bot traffic
Using the FPS Malware Detection feature to recognize malware on clients and safeguard against its introduction into applications the clients connect to
Using the FPS Application Layer Encryption feature to automatically encrypt form data on the client as it is entered in a form field

Audience profile

This workshop is intended for security and network administrators who are responsible for protecting applications delivered through a BIG-IP system, and who would like a more holistic view of applying F5 solutions to achieve greater application security.