F5 speeds up virtual patching to counter AI-driven threats
F5 added anomaly detection and agentic threat intelligence to its AI-powered WAF, enabling virtual patch enforcement against exploits within minutes.
F5 announced enhancements to F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud, adding anomaly detection that builds per-application traffic baselines and agentic threat intelligence built on technology from the Fletch acquisition. The AI-powered WAF scores each request in real time with a neural network risk engine, and internal testing claims 98% threat detection efficacy with false positives reduced to 1%. Automated virtual patching via Distributed Cloud Web App Scanning extends to F5 WAF for BIG-IP, letting teams block actively exploited vulnerabilities at the request level in minutes; agentic features are rolling out over coming months.
- Anomaly detection builds per-application statistical baselines and scores requests in real time.
- Agentic threat intelligence, from Fletch technology, merges external and observed threat data with mitigation advice.
- Internal testing claims 98% threat detection efficacy with false positives reduced to 1%.
- Virtual patching via Distributed Cloud WAS and BIG-IP is available now; agentic features rolling out gradually.
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3 min read at helpnetsecurity.comF5 announced innovations to block frontier AI-driven threats in the data path and enable faster virtual patching, giving security leaders time to make intelligent risk-based decisions rather than reactive operational compromises.
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