Blog posts on 2024

Simplifying Modern Application Delivery: 9 Months of NGINX One

Since its release, F5 has continued to deliver new features to NGINX One to meet the demands of high-performance application delivery. Here are the highlights.

Rapid Response, Custom Control: The Power of Programmability

Programmable data planes are essential for modern app delivery and security. Learn how rapid customization and control can mitigate threats and boost performance.

Five Reasons Why the Public Sector Turns to F5

See why the public sector relies on F5 to secure its apps from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks—while delivering the performance constituents demand.

The New Bot War: Everyone You Know Might Be Fake

AI-powered bots mimic human behavior, creating fake influence at scale. Explore how this war on authenticity breaks trust signals and challenges detection systems.

APIs Are the Gatekeepers for Agentic AI

Learn why APIs are the foundation of Agentic AI, providing structured access to resources, seamless security, and dynamic validation at scale for next-gen agents.

WAAP Evolution: From ‘Web App and API’ to ‘Web, API, and AI’ Protection

WAAP evolves to include AI protection. Learn why web, API, and AI security are crucial in our latest research.

Security Context Matters for Agentic AI

Agentic AI requires secure context mapping to prevent unauthorized access. Implement least-privileged access for users and service accounts or risk security gaps.

How Bots Attack Large Language Models: The OWASP LLM Top 10

The 2025 OWASP Top 10 Security Risks for LLMs report reveals how common bot-driven attacks probe and exploit the vulnerabilities of large language models.

Securing Model Serving in Red Hat OpenShift AI with F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Red Hat and F5 provide a robust, unified foundation for operationalizing AI development and delivering comprehensive API security to AI apps.

A Milestone Moment for F5 Community Impact Grants

F5 celebrates five years of its innovative Community Impact Grant program, which supports the nonprofits F5ers volunteer at with $5,000 grants.

Build, Secure, and Optimize AI Apps Anywhere with F5 and Google Cloud

See how Google Cloud and F5 provide the development tools to turn AI aspirations into reality—without compromising on security or performance.

Growing AI and API Challenges in Financial Services Require New Perspectives

The 2024 F5 State of Application Strategy: Financial Services Edition report offers insights into how advancements in AI and APIs are reshaping the sector.

Secure MFA from Phishing Proxies with F5 BIG-IP APM and Distributed Cloud Bot Defense

Adding F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense to F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) protects user accounts against real-time phishing proxies.

Democratizing AI with F5’s AI Data Fabric

F5's AI Data Fabric enables rapid, safe AI adoption with scalable infrastructure for data processing, model training, and deployment, boosting efficiency and collaboration.

F5 2025 Technology Outlook: Navigating the New Enterprise Landscape

Discover the five technologies projected to have the most impact in 2025, transforming digital enterprises through enhanced security and performance.

F5 Earns Common Criteria Certification for F5 BIG-IP 17.1.0.1

F5’s recent Common Criteria certification for BIG-IP 17.1.0.1 signifies an important milestone in its ongoing commitment to security and compliance.

API Protection for AI Factories: The First Step to AI Security

AI applications are highly distributed, interconnected by vast ecosystems, and require API security. See how API security applies to AI factories.

F5 and MinIO: A New Era of Data Management for AI Applications

By combining F5’s secure multicloud networking with MinIO’s high-performance object storage, businesses can achieve unparalleled scalability, security, and efficiency.

AI Zero Days Are Here: What CISOs Need to Know

An AI-powered vulnerability discovery system identified a zero day in a commonly used piece of software—giving us a glimpse into the future of cybersecurity.

F5 Helps You Address the New PCI DSS v4.0 Requirements

F5 offers numerous services that address many sections and subsections of the PCI DSS v4.0 standard for organizations that store, process, or transmit payment card data.

The Power and Meaning of the NVIDIA BlueField DPU for AI Factories

Traditional computing has long focused on CPUs and GPUs. DPUs have emerged as a third pillar of computing. Read how DPUs are changing the game for AI factories.

What is the Application Delivery Top 10?

F5 aims to help organizations address challenges in delivering and securing applications, APIs, and generative AI with the Application Delivery Top 10 list.

Introducing the AI Assistant for F5 Distributed Cloud Services

F5 has released an AI assistant to help you scale, secure, and deliver distributed applications and APIs across hybrid, multicloud environments. Find out more.

What It Means to Be Chief Innovation Officer at F5

Q&A with F5’s Kunal Anand about the future of innovation at F5.

Extinguishing the Ball of Fire: Simplifying the Complexity of a Hybrid, Multicloud Landscape

By simplifying the complexity of today’s distributed IT environments, enterprises can reduce risk and costs, while operating at the speed their business demands.

Is WebAssembly Viable Outside the Browser?

With support for various languages and strong security, WebAssembly is breaking out of the browser and transforming server-side computing.

Six Reasons Why Hybrid, Multicloud Is the New Normal for Enterprises

Find out why organizations are deploying their applications across a hybrid and multicloud landscape.

The Death of the ADC has Been Largely Exaggerated

As complexity increases, organizations need a modern application delivery controller that addresses their most common delivery and security challenges.

F5 NGINX Plus R33: Licensing Updates and What They Mean for You

Unlock the Future of App Security at AWS re:Invent 2024

As F5 and AWS enter their second decade of partnership, the two companies are helping customers prepare for the new era of AI.