F5 adds AI-powered threat detection and API security for on-premises environments (opens in new tab)

F5 has introduced new web application and API protection (WAAP) capabilities for its Application Delivery and Security Platform. The company said the updates are intended to address a threat landscape in which AI models can accelerate the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, giving attackers faster access to offensive capabilities. The new features expand the AI-powered web application firewall (WAF) functionality in F5 Distributed Cloud Services. “Frontier AI has collapsed ...