SEATTLE – F5 announced new best-in-class security offerings that strengthen protections and simplify management for customers.

With the launches of F5 Distributed Cloud Services Web Application Scanning, BIG-IP Next Web Application Firewall (WAF), and NGINX App Protect for open source deployments, F5 is extending its leadership with the industry’s most effective and most comprehensive AI-ready app and API security suite.

Many enterprises are in crisis driven by the complexity of operating hybrid and multicloud environments. According to F5’s just released 2024 State of Application Strategy (SOAS) Report, 88% of enterprises are deploying apps and APIs across a mix of on-premises and cloud or edge environments. Significant time and resources are spent on continual maintenance, patching, and upgrades for physical and virtual appliances, while deployments in different clouds require unique skill sets to manage a sprawling number of tools and services. The added pressure of delivering AI-enabled services makes this crisis even worse.

F5’s solutions provide high-efficacy protections with streamlined operations across distributed environments, simplifying the management and security of the exploding number of applications and APIs at the heart of modern AI-driven digital businesses. The new solutions announced today ease the burden on overwhelmed security and operations teams with consistent policy, comprehensive automation, and rich analytics.