F5 Resources for COVID-19

We've assembled various places to get information & resources pertaining to COVID-19. Along with everything here on DevCentral, here - at a high level - is where you can get help from F5.

F5 Corporate Resources:

• Guidance to Address the Dramatic Increase in Remote Workers
• A LETTER FROM CEO FRANÇOIS LOCOH-DONOU REGARDING F5'S RESPONSE TO COVID-19
• RESPONDING TO CORONAVIRUS: SIX WAYS TO IMPROVE APP AVAILABILITY AND PERFORMANCE FOR YOUR END USERS
• F5 KEEPS REMOTE WORKERS CONNECTED AND SECURE WITH BIG-IP APM
• DNS IS NOT THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND IN A CRISIS
• COVID-19: FIRST THINGS FIRST
• Optimizing Remote Access to Support WFH during COVID-19
• Maintaining Business Continuity During a Global Crisis
• F5 Technical Services: Continuing Business in the Time of Coronavirus
• Engaging Global Teams and Communities during Shifting Tides of COVID-19
• Living through the Pandemic in Asia: A Perspective on Crisis
• Video and Network Optimization for Mobile Service Providers in the Time of COVID-19
• How Secure is your VPN?
• Keeping Financial Services Secure
• How our Customers are Making a Difference
• Service Providers Keep the World Connected
• *NEW* Corporate Payments Go Digital in the Wake of COVID-19
• *NEW* Don’t Leave Security Behind – 6 Months of SaaS-based Web App Protection Free for Healthcare, Non-Profits, and Education
• *NEW* Securing Remote Access While Protecting Against Encrypted Threats
• *NEW* Microsoft and F5: Together Addressing Secure Remote Access and Productivity
• *NEW* How a Crisis Reveals the Value of Human-Centered Systems
• *NEW* Taking a ‘Human-First’ Approach as Customers Swiftly Adapt
• *NEW* Unintended Consequences of COVID-19: Operational Exposure
• *NEW* Agility in a Time of Disruption

DevCentral Resources:

• F5 Supporting Our Technical Community During the Covid-19 Outbreak
• SSL VPN Split Tunneling and Office 365
• Securing your VMware Remote Solutions to Support COVID-19 Work From Home Scaling
• Free F5 Training: Getting Started with BIG-IP APM
• Scaling SSL VPN using BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
• Hitting the Easy Button: Securing the Remote Desktop on F5 BIG-IP APM
• Deploying a VPN on the BIG-IP APM
• How to optimize SSL VPN connections when BIG-IP is reaching 100% CPU
• APM Optimisation Script
• Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) using an SSL VPN
• Connect to the F5 VPN with BIG-IP Edge Client
• VPN Split Tunneling: The Benefits and Risks
• COVID-19 Response: Supplement to the BIG-IP APM and BIG-IP Edge Client Operations Guides
• Mitigate Unplanned Scale Issues with an iRule Waiting Room
• COVID-19 Response: F5 Certifications Q&A
• *NEW* Identity-Aware Proxy in the Public Cloud
• *NEW* Using iCall to monitor BIG-IP APM network access VPN
• *NEW* Rate Limiting SSL VPN User Traffic
• *NEW* TLS Caching Explained on BIG-IP

Support:

• F5 Support & AskF5
• AskF5 K70811681: F5 response to the global impact of coronavirus
• Emerging APM issues you may experience during the COVID-19 outbreak
• APM Network Access (VPN) compression causes CPU usage higher
• VPN for business continuity Series
• Configuring Network Access Exclude Address Space by Hostname or FQDN
• VoIP through Network Access connections
• How to create a DTLS Virtual Server for Network Access VPN
• VPN slowness
• Failed to launch Native RDP for Windows 7 resources via APM
• Overview of BIG-IP Edge Client failure codes
• Configuring the BIG-IP APM system to log a notification when APM sessions exceed a configured threshold
• Users not being able to receive OTP code, with error message from Exchange O365

Under Attack?:

• F5 Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)

F5Labs Resources:

• Is Your Organization Ready for COVID-19?
• What Can Pandemics Teach Us About Cyber Security?
• Four Risks to Consider with Expanded VPN Deployments
• *NEW* Mirai “COVID” Variant Disregards Stay-at-Home Orders
• *NEW* A Letter to the Present from a Post-Pandemic IT Director
• *NEW* Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Signal Consumers to Step Up Personal Identity Protection

NGINX Resources:

• Free Resources for Websites Impacted by Covid19

We will continue to add to this as articles arrive!

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