Blog posts on Application Security
Application Security blog posts(74)
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Four ways to stay safe online
Here are four tips from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and F5 for how you can keep your users safer online.
By Jay Kelley
Dealing with application vulnerabilities: best practices for security testing
Both the scale and complexity of application vulnerabilities are rapidly escalating. Discover why a proactive, multi-layered approach to security testing is critical.
By Ian Dinno
Secure hybrid enterprise DNSSEC with F5 Distributed Cloud DNS
Secure your DNS with DNSSEC. F5 Distributed Cloud DNS and F5 BIG-IP DNS enable a hybrid, flexible, DNS architecture to protect against spoofing and attacks.
By Griff Shelley, Dileep BairrajuF5 acquires MantisNet to enhance cloud-native observability in the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform
F5 has acquired MantisNet, a recognized innovator in cloud-native, eBPF-powered observability and real-time network intelligence.
By Ahmed Guetari
Excellence at Scale: Transforming AI Infrastructure with F5 and MinIO’s Secure Data Delivery
Discover how F5 and MinIO are revolutionizing data storage with innovative solutions that enhance performance, scalability, and security.
By Ahmed Dessouki16 Billion Credentials Exposed: Why This Infostealer Leak Demands a Rethink of App Security
16 billion credentials leaked: Why MFA isn’t enough, and how bots exploit login pages. Learn how to defend against modern credential abuse.
By Derek Yee
Proactive API Security: The Benefits of Early Vulnerability Detection
Discover how F5's new API testing capability enables proactive vulnerability detection before deployment, helping organizations avoid costly breaches and strengthen their security posture.

Top 10 Web Application Security Best Practices
Learn how to keep your applications secure with a strategic approach to the evolving threat landscape. Focus security resources on the highest-risk issues first.
By F5 Newsroom Staff
Ransomware in Healthcare: The Application Threat Vector
The healthcare industry remains a favorite target of attackers—notably by targeting vulnerabilities and compromised credentials in ransomware campaigns.
By Byron McNaught
Application Delivery and Security Propelling Digital Transformation Success
Maximize digital success with reliable application delivery and security, ensuring seamless app and API performance and protection in hybrid and multicloud environments.
By Cindy Borovick
Navigating the New Era of Application Delivery and Security
Learn the trends driving the convergence of application delivery and security and how to navigate the challenges this new era presents.
By Greg MaudsleyHow Agentic AI Simplifies Cybersecurity and Modern Threat Management
Fletch’s agentic AI capabilities will be fully integrated into the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform, transforming how teams navigate modern security chaos.
By F5 Newsroom StaffFive Key Benefits of Centralized Management
Discover how to enhance security, ensure policy consistency, streamline operations, improve performance, and deliver great digital experiences.
By Zach Westall
Make Your AWS Environment PCI DSS v4.0.1 Compliant with F5
By implementing F5 solutions alongside AWS security controls, organizations can ensure compliance with the updated Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
By Dave Morrissey
SOAS 2025: Misalignment Means Mediocrity
Misalignment in AI deployment leads to inefficiency. Discover how aligning strategies in security, automation, and deployment can unlock AI's full potential.
By Lori Mac Vittie
Get Ready for the Application Delivery and Security AI Expansion
Explore AI's impact on Application Delivery and Security, increasing the demand for WAAP, AI gateways, and global server load balancing. Get the latest insights now.
By Cindy Borovick
Choosing the Right Load Balancer and Application Delivery Controller as a Service for Azure
Explore when to use default Azure tools and third-party native cloud services like F5 NGINXaaS for Azure for scalable, flexible, and secure application delivery.
By Brian Ehlert, Ilya Krutov
Augmenting the Power of F5 NGINXaaS for Azure with One-Click WAF Protection
F5 NGINXaaS for Azure offers a unified ADCaaS solution—and with the addition of F5 NGINX App Protect, it now provides customers protection from advanced threats.
By Sundar Tiwari, Navpreet Gill
F5 Distributed Cloud Web App Scanning: Safeguarding AI-Enabled Web Applications
Discover how F5 Distributed Cloud Web App Scanning helps uncover AI-enabled app vulnerabilities like prompt injection & data leakage with continuous testing.
By Ian DinnoF5 and Google Simplify Application Delivery and Security Anywhere
F5 and Google Distributed Cloud simplify app deployment, delivery, and security across all environments—ensuring consistent, secure, and efficient operations.
By Pranav DharwadkarThe Evolution of Application Security: Toward a New Generation of ADCs
As applications become increasingly dispersed across a complex hybrid, multicloud, and AI-driven environment, organizations need a unified platform to address the sophisticated security challenges the...
By Greg Maudsley
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.
By Dave MorrisseyF5 and Google Cloud: Secure App Modernization within Reach
Combining F5’s app security and delivery solutions with Google Cloud’s cloud-native infrastructure empowers organizations to embrace app modernization.
By Beth McElroyGlobal Resiliency: Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure Amid Cloud Outages
Learn how to increase your organization’s resiliency by withstanding, adapting, and recovering from global infrastructure failures and cyberattacks.
By Chin Keng LimMyths Unmasked: Haunting App Security Misconceptions
We unpack common app security myths, explain why trusted defenses are crucial, and detail how F5 and AWS help keep your business secure, connected, and performing.
By Dave MorrisseyGPU as a Service: The Catalyst for AI Growth in ASEAN, Opportunities, and Challenges
GPUaaS is transforming the way businesses approach AI infrastructure. See how it works and why it’s becoming the go-to solution for AI-driven organizations.
By Chin Keng Lim
AI Changes Nothing and Everything
AI's impact on app delivery and security is nuanced: while AI apps use the same security and delivery services, architectural changes necessitate new deployment strategies.
By Lori Mac VittieModernizing Your App Security with F5 on Google Cloud
With F5 security solutions fortifying the Google Cloud platform, there are ways to overcome many of today's pervasive security challenges.
By Beth McElroy
Deliver and Secure Cloud-native Apps with F5 NGINX as a Service for Azure and NGINX App Protect
NGINXaaS for Azure provides the power of NGINX Plus while eliminating the complexity of installing, licensing, upgrading, and patching your NGINX instances.
By Brian EhlertHybrid: The Future of Application Delivery and Security
Explore hybrid IT and how application delivery and security strategies need to flex to accommodate architecture needs across different enterprises.
By Lori Mac Vittie