F5 Networks Setting Up BIG-IP Advanced WAF v14: Web Application Firewall (formerly ASM)

In this 1 day course, participants identify and mitigate common web application vulnerabilities on the client and application sides of the threat spectrum. Participants use F5 Advanced WAF to quickly configure advanced protection against common Layer 7 vulnerabilities (OWASP Top Ten) and bot defense.

Course Objectives | Setting up F5 Advanced Web Application Firewall v14

• Provision the Application Security Manager and Fraud Protection Service modules
• Define a web application firewall
• Deploy F5 Advanced WAF using the Guided Configuration for Application Security
• Define learn, alarm, and block settings as they pertain to configuring F5 Advanced WAF
• Define attack signatures and explain why attack signature staging is important
• Contrast positive and negative security policy implementation and explain the benefits of each
• Tune a policy manually by reviewing learning suggestions
• Deploy a Threat Campaign
• Mitigate Credentials Stuffing attacks
• Secure a URL from client-side fraud using DataSafe encryption and obfuscation
• Deploy F5 Advanced WAF using the Guided Configuration for L7 Denial of Service Protection
• Use the automated L7 Behavioral Denial of Service feature to detect and mitigate DoS attacks

Course Topics

• Differentiating between client-side and application-side web vulnerabilities
• Categorizing Attack Techniques
• Use the Guided Configuration to deploy a Web Application Security Policy
• Defining the key parts of a Web Application Security Policy
• Understanding request logging options
• Identifying HTTP headers and methods
• Defining attack signatures, attack signature staging, and violations
• Overview of the OWASP Top Ten
• Review learning suggestions and basic policy tuning
• Deploy Threat Campaign
• Mitigate Credentials Stuffing
• Secure a URL from client-side fraud using DataSafe encryption and obfuscation
• Use the automated L7 Behavioral Denial of Service feature to detect and mitigate DoS attacks

Lesson 1 : Setting Up the BIG-IP System

• Introducing the BIG-IP System 
• Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System 
• Archiving the BIG-IP System Configuration 
• Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools

Lesson 2 : Threat Overview and Guided Configuration

• Classifying Attack Types 
• Differentiating Benign and Malicious Clients 
• Categorizing Attack Techniques 
• Defining the Layer 7 Web Application Firewall 
• Defining Traffic Processing Objects 
• Introducing F5 Advanced WAF 
• Using Guided Configuration for Web Application Security

Lesson 3 : Exploring HTTP Traffic

• Exploring Web Application HTTP Request Processing 
• Overview of Application-Side Vulnerabilities 
• Defining Attack Signatures 
• Defining Violations

Lesson 4 : Securing HTTP Traffic

• Defining Learning 
• Defining Attack Signature Staging 
• Defining Attack Signature Enforcement

Lesson 5 : Mitigating Credentials Stuffing

• Defining Credentials Stuffing Attacks 
• The Credentials Stuffing Mitigation Workflow

Lesson 6 : Using BIG-IP DataSafe

• What Elements of Application Delivery are Targeted? 
• Exploiting the Document Object Model 
• Protecting Applications Using DataSafe 
• Configuring a DataSafe Profile

Lesson 7 : Using Layer 7 Behavioral Analysis to Mitigate DoS

• Defining Behavioral Analysis 
• Defining the DoS Protection Profile

Administering BIG-IP, OSI model, TCP/IP addressing and routing, WAN, LAN environments; or having achieved TMOS Administration Certification. Knowledge of Advanced WAF/ASM is recommended.

This course is intended for users who wish to rapidly deploy a basic web application security policy with minimal configuration; deploy a DoS Protection Profile to detect server stress, and block bad actors.