F5 Accelerates Virtual Patching to Manage Emerging Cyber Risks With AI-Powered WAF and Runtime Security

SEATTLE, September 01, 2026--F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today 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. With new features such as anomaly detection and agentic threat intelligence, F5’s AI-powered web application firewall (WAF) is uniquely capable in deliveri