A10 Networks, a provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced a major upgrade to its groundbreaking multi-cloud analytics and management platform, the A10 Harmony Controller.
The upgrade expands A10's advanced security and connected intelligence
capabilities via new modular Harmony Apps that support key A10 security
solutions, Thunder SSLi (SSL Insight), Thunder CFW (Convergent
Firewall), and the Thunder CGN (Carrier-Grade Networking).
With
many organizations undergoing digital transformation, it is becoming
even more critical to have highly available and secure application
infrastructure to support business operations. A10's release of the A10
Harmony Controller 4.1 provides new levels of analytics and control to
help businesses keep up with the rapid growth in applications and
escalation of cyber threats. It provides unique visibility and insights
into application traffic, thereby increasing security efficacy,
shortening troubleshooting times, and enabling simplified capacity
planning for reduced TCO.
With
A10 Harmony Controller 4.1, the solution becomes highly extensible by
introducing a framework to run pluggable apps which can be installed,
on-demand, on top of the A10 Harmony platform. The pluggable apps can
provide use case specific insights, alerts and centralized
configurations of the services, data and systems. The initial set of A10
infrastructure apps available include:
- SSLi App for encrypted traffic, user behavior, and key information insights with the Thunder SSLi solution.
The SSLi App also introduces enhanced centralized management and
simplified workflows for Thunder SSLi deployment and operations.
- GiFW App for application, policy, and performance insights with Thunder CFW's GiFW (Gi Firewall) solution.
- CGN App for subscriber and network services visibility with Thunder CGN's CGNAT (Carrier-Grade NAT) solution.
The modular and extensible nature of Harmony Apps will enable an ecosystem of apps for 3rd party
solutions that can be used to provide intelligent automation, make
deployments extremely easy and validate configurations to ensure correct
operation and security. In addition, apps can provide context-specific
custom dashboards leading to operational efficiency and security
efficacy. Microsoft Exchange load balancing on top of A10 Secure
Application Service infrastructure is one such context-specific example.
"Today,
with applications being deployed on a multitude of cloud and
on-premises infrastructures, app and security teams are pressured to
ensure that security and availability is not compromised," said Kamal
Anand, Vice President of Cloud, A10 Networks. "The A10 Harmony
Controller 4.1 enables a single pane of glass for secure app services,
helping to ease the stress and burden that are weighing on IT teams".
Availability
A10 Harmony Controller 4.1 is available Q3, 2018.