F5, the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, unveiled new security capabilities that strengthen protection for AI-driven and modern applications. Integrated within the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP), the innovations unify intelligent threat protection, zero trust access controls, and crypto-agile architecture to help enterprises secure distributed applications and prepare for emerging post-quantum risks.
“Security teams do not need more alarms. They need fewer gaps,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer at F5. “ADSP closes the loop from finding risk to enforcing protection. That includes moving from identified AI model vulnerabilities to validated runtime guardrails, AI-powered risk scoring, and a practical path to zero trust and post-quantum readiness. The point is simple: move faster while reducing your threat landscape.”
AI-driven protection for modern threats
As organizations scale applications across data center, hybrid multicloud, and edge environments, they need faster, more intelligent responses to emerging threats. F5 addresses this through AI-powered protections in the F5 ADSP, automating risk-based web application firewall (WAF) capabilities that reduce operational overhead and improve threat detection, bridging the gaps between risk identification and mitigation.
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New to the F5 ADSP, F5 AI Remediate closes a gap between identifying AI model vulnerabilities with F5 AI Red Team and enforcing validated runtime protections with F5 AI Guardrails. AI Remediate accelerates time to response by automating the creation, optimization, and validation of targeted guardrail packages, enabling security teams to put evidence-backed protections into production with human approval. As part of the ADSP, AI Remediate helps organizations reduce exposure quickly without disrupting live AI applications, eliminating repetitive tasks while supporting accountable AI adoption.
Additionally, the latest F5 Distributed Cloud WAF release introduces AI-powered risk scoring, transforming manual processes into automated protections. With outcome-based blocking policies, CISOs, SecOps, and NetOps teams can eliminate threats, reduce operational burden, and achieve rapid time to protection, all while maintaining low false positive rates through layered analysis. F5 Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) solutions such as this minimize reliance on signature-level exceptions and tedious tuning for enterprises with significant application portfolios. Whether safeguarding on-premises hardware or virtual systems, cloud-based SaaS applications, or containerized deployments, F5 enables consistent, enterprise-grade security across ecosystems.
Security in the age of agentic AI
F5 is introducing powerful capabilities within F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense to address the emerging challenges of AI-driven automation. These enhanced features combat analytics distortion, automated abuse, and impersonation attempts created by AI agents—threats that increasingly impact both users and the business.
Within the F5 ADSP, Distributed Cloud Bot Defense now offers deeper visibility across application traffic, clearly distinguishing humans, bots, and AI agents. Only trusted, verifiable AI agents are allowed to interact with applications, ensuring malicious or ungoverned activity is blocked while enabling safe, controlled agentic commerce. With unified governance and consistent policy controls for human, bot, and AI agent interactions, these new capabilities help organizations safeguard revenue from harmful automation and confidently participate in the emerging agentic economy.
SOURCE: Businesswire