A10 Networks Gains Five Major 5G Gi-LAN Security Design Wins in Second Half of 2018
January 10 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
A10’s Thunder® Converged Firewall Meets
Critical Needs of Mobile Operators for Hyperscale, Performance and
Automation in 5G Networks
A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN), a leading provider of intelligent and
automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced it secured five
major 5G network design wins in the second half of 2018 for its A10
Thunder® Convergent Firewall (CFW) Gi/SGi firewall solution,
including three wins in the fourth quarter.
A10 Networks was selected by these carriers in Asia and EMEA
because of the Thunder CFW’s unmatched ability to meet the massive
capacity demands of 4G and 5G networks with unprecedented
performance and scale, comprehensive feature set, and rich
automation capabilities. Capacity demands rise significantly in 5G
networks due to substantial increases in concurrent sessions,
extreme reliability and higher connections per second. As a result,
legacy firewalls often cannot handle the traffic. A10 Thunder CFW
outperforms all competitors in these areas.
“A10 is extremely well positioned to address the security needs
of mobile carriers and their 4G and 5G networks,” said A10’s CEO
Lee Chen. “We secured five major 5G design wins in recent months
and are working closely with numerous other leading operators
around the world on their 5G security upgrades and transformation
projects.”
“5G networks introduce major new requirements for scalability
and performance, lower latency, complex virtual multi-vendor
integrations, and automation,” Chen added. “This complexity plays
directly to A10’s strengths as an industry and technology leader in
hyperscalability, feature richness, Gi-LAN consolidation, and
AI-driven automation.”
The five mobile operators are deploying A10’s 5G Gi-LAN solution
in a variety of form factors, including high-performance
appliances, virtualized solutions, and bare metal servers. A10 is
also in conversations with mobile carriers to run the A10 CFW in
containerized environments in some locations.
A10’s recent 5G security design wins include two previously
announced deals in the third quarter of 2018. In addition, A10
secured three wins in the fourth quarter. All five operators are
planning to launch their first commercial 5G services in the first
quarter of 2019.
Highlights of the Enhanced A10 Thunder CFW
5G-GiLAN Solution
- Gi-LAN Consolidation — A10
5G-GiLAN solution consolidates L4–L7 functions including CGNAT,
stateful firewall and application visibility for streamlined
management, less operational overhead and reduced latency to
integrate greater efficiencies on the Gi-LAN.
- Application Visibility &
Control — DPI-based application visibility with
comprehensive subscriber awareness provides granular insights into
network traffic. Understanding network and application traffic
trends allows for effective planning, deeper business intelligence,
enhanced Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) compliance and service
monetization.
- GTP Firewall – A10’s
solution defends the mobile core against GTP-based attacks coming
in from access networks and roaming partners to support
uninterrupted operations. It supports integrated mobile network
security features for GTP control plane, including protocol
conformance, rate-limiting, scanning for malformed GTP
packets.
- Intelligent Traffic
Steering – A10’s subscriber-aware traffic steering
solution enables service providers to enhance their business models
for new revenue streams with differentiated service offerings, and
can improve cost efficiencies with better utilization of value
added services (VAS) resources.
- Accelerates adoption of
SDN/NFV – A10’s 5G-Gi-LAN solution right-sizes networks
with on-demand capacity, and leverages consumption flexibility with
a software subscription-based capacity pooling licensing model to
reduce overprovisioning. The Thunder CFW achieves the scalability
and performance needed across software and SDN environments to
support emerging data center and cloud architectures.
About A10 Networks
A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) is a Reliable Security Always™
company, providing a range of high-performance application
networking solutions that help organizations ensure that their data
center applications and networks remain highly available,
accelerated and secure. Founded in 2004, A10 Networks is based in
San Jose, Calif., and serves customers globally with offices
worldwide. For more information,
visit: www.a10networks.com and @A10Networks.
The A10 logo, A10 Networks, A10 Harmony, Thunder, SSL Insight
and Reliable Security Always are trademarks or registered
trademarks of A10 Networks, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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