F5 speeds up virtual patching to counter AI-driven threats F5 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 delivering real-time protections because of its strategic position in customers’ infrastructure. Enhancements to F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud and virtual patching provide the precision needed to confidently block active exploits at the request level. “Frontier AI has collapsed the time between vulnerability discovery and active exploitation,” said Kunal Anand,…