F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) vs. Norton VPN

In the current digital world we are moving into, I would recommend F5 for all SMB to enterprise organizations. There are various models to pick from. This helps secure the environment and make the network robust to any sort of attacks. I am not able to think of any reason why one should not deploy or this device is less appropriate because nowadays every small company has application / ERPs. It is also worthwhile to note in case if all your apps are being deployed in the cloud by another service provider who provides you SAAS access, in that case, you can be at ease as securing these app falls on to the provider. However, should the budget be available I would recommend deploy this and enhancing your security.

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If you are looking for a VPN, Norton Secure VPN is an easy to use and affordable solution. Highly recommended to use in combination with Norton 360 for easy integration and one price

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• Source and destination IP Base policy
• Source and application base policy
• Ssl VPN with load balancing and fail over policy working fine.

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• Protects personal data
• Secures information
• Allows testing of software in other regions

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• CCU Licenses are limited by device and are not shared between APM devices
• User sessions are not stored globally, so persistence can be an issue with users all over the world
• Configuration can get complicated when split up between multiple sites

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• There are no clear instructions on how to use Wireguard
• Weak P2P support
• The network is quite small

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Integration with F5 BIG-IP systems that we plan to keep using for a while.

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If F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager usability is fine it's not hard to use if you read the documentation but it does feel dated and could use a responsive design update to modernize user interface to current standards.

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F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager integrates extremely well with the rest of our F5 infrastructure which is a big plus and provides us with a familiar user interface, but it isn't as scalable in its current iteration as something like Zscaler Private Access.

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Unfortunately, the product box will not show it so I had to select FreshMail, but the absolute best product I have used which is similiar in nature is Hidemyass aka HMA VPN. This VPN was nothing short of incredible to use, easy to set up as well. There were a few glitches but over all I cannot knock the softwares peromance and price.

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• Positive is that due to how much F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager can do, the F5 is the landing spot in our environment for MFA authentication.
• It has allowed a technology the company originally bought for load balancing to be used for multiple purposes.
• F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager has made the environment more trusting of F5 as a MFA.

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• I have recorded no hard numbers
• Business impact is notably privacy which is a positive
• Return on investment is negligable

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