F5 believes its partners need to be constantly reinventing themselves to make sure they handle enterprise-grade, complex projects

Dhananjay Ganjoo, MD - India, SAARC, F5

Measures to be taken for Cyber threats

Today, our world looks vastly different. The pervasiveness of the Internet, the ubiquity of mobile devices, the rise of social media, and dramatic shifts in web and cloud-based technology have changed, everything about the way we live, work and do business. Applications are at the heart of this ever-changing landscape; they power almost everything we do, and they are everywhere now. In addition to leveraging threat intelligence, there are a few key areas to concentrate on that will dramatically improve your security program and risk mitigation measures. Train Everyone from Administrative Staff to the Board: - Everyone is responsible for security, and awareness training makes everyone more alert. Train your users aggressively to recognize and avoid spear-phishing attempts. Help them understand the importance of proper password management (and the risks associated with not doing so) and provide tools such as Password Safes. 

Understand Hackers Motivations Targets and Tactics: - They range from unskilled newcomers who are only interested in wreaking havoc to those who are motivated by social and political agendas. The vast majority of today's hackers, on the other hand, are cybercriminals motivated solely by monetary gain. And, despite their reputation for perpetuating sophisticated schemes, many of their methods are decidedly unsophisticated. They eventually take the path of least resistance the easy targets and why should not they when so many organizations make it so easy for them.

Have a DDOS Strategy :- The DDoS attack landscape has rapidly shifted from complex, expensive attacks launched only against high-value targets, to low-cost bots with plug-and-play attacks, to the new reality of IoT botnets that are simple to build and capable of launching terabyte-per-second attacks.

Channel Empowerment

F5 plays an important role in helping enterprises address the issues related to application performance, infrastructure scalability, and data centre security. Our programs are designed to build a robust ecosystem of partners and distributors capable of building profitable businesses around F5’s capability. With different consumption models on offer, a massive uptick in software/cloud-based deployments and the increased relevance of application security in today’s digital environment, F5 believes that its partners need to be constantly reinventing themselves to ensure that they have the required skills to be able to handle enterprise-grade, complex projects. With so many technologies to offer, F5 encourages its partners to focus on New Logo acquisition while ensuring that partners continue to invest in building skill sets that enable them to configure and troubleshoot. Not only are partners appropriately rewarded monetarily, but the program also helps build highly profitable recurring services revenue which adds to the bottom-line of the organization. Also, each partner qualifies for the Unity + program based on revenue, competencies, and Demand Generation.