Since 2005, OPSWAT and F5 have established a long-standing technological partnership, with F5 also serving as a customer. In 2017, F5 integrated with MetaDefender ICAP Server, further strengthening our collaborative efforts.
In early February, OPSWAT joined some of the industry’s most innovative and influential companies at AppWorld 2024 — an F5 application and API security conference — in San Jose, California. This year, we were excited to give attendees a hands-on look at how F5 and OPSWAT work together to protect customers’ files and digital assets.
Better Together
At this year’s F5 AppWorld, OPSWAT had the distinction of being the only file security vendor showcased, and our MetaDefender technology remains the only certified dynamic module for file security on F5’s NGINX.
OPSWAT and F5 deliver powerful threat prevention defense capabilities for critical infrastructure environments. This strategic partnership enables analyzing, detecting, and blocking malicious network traffic before it reaches web applications, ultimately reducing attacks and enhancing network security. F5 takes care of network security responsibilities like network access management, security policy management, regulatory compliance storage, and container security.
Customers, however, must take active measures to ensure their data and files are securely stored, malware-free, compliant with regulatory standards, and securely uploaded. This is the shared responsibility model, in which vendors and customers both contribute to relieve the security burdens on both sides. OPSWAT MetaDefender ICAP Server is a seamless plug-and-play solution that makes it easy for F5 customers to meet their obligations.
F5 Secures Applications, OPSWAT Secures Files
With OPSWAT MetaDefender File Security integrated into F5 solutions, customers can easily implement Multiscanning for comprehensive malware detection, which scans files for known and unknown threats using 30+ antivirus engines. Deep Content Disarm and Reconstruction (Deep CDR) treats every file as a potential threat. It recursively scans files, removes any potentially malicious components embedded in office document and archive types, and regenerates them into safe, usable files.
For comprehensive detection and support for other filetypes like executables, there’s MetaDefender Sandbox. Thanks to its unique emulation-based approach, MetaDefender Sandbox runs 10x faster and 100x more efficiently than conventional sandboxes. To address regulatory compliance concerns and avert data breaches, Proactive Data Loss Prevention (DLP) detects sensitive, out-of-policy, and confidential data.
This multi-layered defense strategy, when implemented on top of F5 solutions, provides customers with robust end-to-end application security against evolving cyberthreats.
Integrating OPSWAT MetaDefender with F5
Watch Buu Lam, Community Evangelist, F5 DevCentral, delve into the integration of MetaDefender ICAP Server with F5 BIG-IP, NGINX, and F5 Distributed Cloud platforms.
Ready to take your file and web application security to the next level? Talk to one of our experts today and discover why OPSWAT is trusted globally to protect what’s critical.
