The recently launched solution extends F5’s best-in-class protection for any app and API, no matter where it is deployed.
F5 announced new security offerings, including F5 Distributed Cloud Services Web Application Scanning, BIG-IP Next Web Application Firewall (WAF), and NGINX App Protect for open source deployments. AsF5 is extending its comprehensive AI-ready app and API security suite offerings for strengthened protections and simplified management.
Kara Sprague, EVP and Chief Product Officer at F5, said, “Modern organisations require high-efficacy app and API security that extends across their distributed environments. APIs are now the target of most cyberattacks, and organisations of all sizes must complement their web app security solutions with comprehensive API security. The solutions we’re introducing today further enhance and extend F5’s best-in-class protection for any app and any API, no matter where it is deployed.”
F5’s Distributed Cloud Web Application Scanning offers automated security reconnaissance and penetration testing capabilities to customers. The recently released version of F5 NGINX App Protect WAF on OSS further brings the power of F5’s leading app security engine to Kubernetes-based applications in public clouds and on-premises deployments.
Whereas, BIG-IP Next WAF brings added automation and an optimised cloud footprint to F5’s rich BIG-IP feature set, enabling lower costs and operational simplicity. The solution enhances flexibility while maintaining consistent security policies across hybrid multicloud environments and distributed applications that rely heavily on microservices and APIs.
The news comes as F5’s just released 2024 State of Application Strategy (SOAS) Report reveals that 88% of enterprises are deploying apps and APIs across a mix of on-premises and cloud or edge environments. The report also found that with 41% of surveyd organisations currently manage at least as many APIs as apps.
