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A10 Networks Gains Five Major 5G GI-LAN Security Design Wins in Second Half of 2018
January 2019 by Marc Jacob
A10 Networks, a provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity
solutions, 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 CFW5G-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.
