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- Business
- Channel Post MEA
F5 Announces New Post-Quantum Cryptography Solutions
F5 is helping customers prepare for the foundational cybersecurity shift presented by quantum computing. New comprehensive post-quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness solutions are seamlessly integrated into the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform, equipping organizations with the tools they need to secure applications and APIs while maintaining high performance and scalability. The quantum era presents a significant cybersecurity inflection point, as the previous limits of classical computing will no longer apply. According to Gartner: 'The motivation for IT departments to adopt post-quantum cryptography is grounded in the fact that advances in quantum computing will make asymmetric cryptography unsafe by 2029. By 2034, asymmetric cryptography will be fully breakable with quantum computing technologies.' A Requirement to Rethink Cybersecurity Post-quantum cryptography marks a critical transformation in how sensitive data is secured. Unlike typical upgrades or patches, the transition to PQC represents a fundamental architectural shift in cybersecurity, requiring proactive planning and execution. A poorly managed transition can cause outages and disrupt operations, especially across hybrid, multicloud, and legacy systems. Without the right approach, organizations risk costly downtime, slower applications, compliance issues, and frustrated users. In addition, with widespread traditional cryptographic methods becoming ineffective, malicious actors have already begun employing a 'harvest now, decrypt later' attack strategy, capturing encrypted data today to decrypt when quantum capabilities emerge. Sensitive data—including user records, financial information, personal health details, and intellectual property—faces unprecedented vulnerability. 'Post-quantum threats aren't a distant problem—they're a forcing function to modernize security now,' said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. 'Our platform makes PQC adoption practical so enterprises can future-proof their apps, APIs, and trust models without slowing down.' What Sets F5 Apart F5 simplifies the shift to quantum-safe protections as the leading vendor providing a fully integrated, scalable platform for both application delivery and security. With comprehensive PQC support for both server-side and client-side encryption—and seamless integration across hybrid, multicloud, and legacy environments—this platform-based approach protects organizations' apps, APIs, and data while optimizing performance. By combining classical encryption with PQC, customers benefit from interoperability and phased system upgrades without business disruptions. F5 solutions also offer detailed insights into encrypted traffic, enhancing threat detection even during post-quantum cryptography transitions. Key benefits of F5's PQC capabilities include: Trusted Post-Quantum Encryption: NIST-standardized cryptographic algorithms protect customer data, intellectual property, and operational assets without compromising system performance. End-to-End Security: From client-side encryption to backend systems, F5 provides full-spectrum PQC coverage combining high-availability app delivery with encrypted threat protection, access security, high-performance firewall capabilities, and proactive threat intelligence. Operational Continuity: With hybrid and multicloud compatibility, F5 ensures mission-critical apps and APIs remain efficient, secure, and available during every step of the quantum transition. Unified Visibility Across Environments: Centralized management and assessment tools provide insights into all apps, APIs, and encrypted traffic, covering the entire security ecosystem and promoting additive AI, telemetry, and automation capabilities. Simplified Compliance: F5 helps businesses meet evolving regulatory standards, ensuring sensitive data remains protected and compliant during the post-quantum transition. The Path Forward: Accelerating Quantum-Ready Adoption Moving to post-quantum cryptography is not just a technical necessity—it's an opportunity to prepare for the future while driving current innovation. F5 provides organizations with a smooth migration path and full proxy capabilities that allow PQC to be implemented, and further evolved, alongside existing encryption technology. Businesses gain the flexibility to adopt hybrid cryptographic models at their own pace, ensuring minimal risk of downtime or operational challenges. By focusing on the applications and APIs that drive today's digital businesses, F5 helps customers confidently embrace the transformative opportunities of the quantum era. The company's tailored support for hybrid cryptographic models enables organizations to maintain streamlined app delivery while preparing for post-quantum protocols and the future of cybersecurity. Availability Post-quantum cryptography readiness solutions are now available for the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform.
Business Wire
10-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
F5 Secures Sensitive Data and Streamlines Compliance with New FIPS Offering on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AWS SUMMIT —F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today announced a solution integrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux with F5 NGINX Plus FIPS compliance functionality, now available in the AWS Marketplace. Building on the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform, this solution is being unveiled at this week's AWS Summit to offer unified application security, scalability, and reliability—all essential for protecting sensitive data and maintaining compliance with stringent cryptographic standards, including FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards). The NGINX Plus FIPS 140-3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux offering upholds a commitment to FIPS 140-3 validation standards established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS). The F5 NGINX solution delivers interoperability and security of cryptographic modules with a streamlined approach that simplifies the configuration and use of FIPS-compliant products, helping businesses meet core requirements for protecting sensitive data across government, healthcare, legal, and finance sectors. 'The F5 solution running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux highlights our ongoing commitment to provide solutions designed for FIPS that can help government entities and adjacent organizations extend application and API protections across a growing threat landscape while elevating digital capabilities,' said John Maddison, Chief Product and Corporate Marketing Officer at F5. 'Now available in the AWS Marketplace, customers can seamlessly access this powerful solution as part of the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform—the first platform that fully converges high-performance load balancing and traffic management with app and API security.' Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the world's leading enterprise Linux platform, supports compliance with rigorous security protocols and critical cryptographic modules, while F5 NGINX Plus optimizes performance with advanced load balancing, high availability, and secure application delivery. Now more easily deployable via the AWS Marketplace, the integrated solution provides a streamlined customer experience by delivering a fully packaged FIPS offering with an enhanced security posture. 'Governments and security-first organizations need solutions that can extend digital capabilities through application-dependent technologies like AI without compromising security or compliance,' said John Dvorak, Chief Technology Officer, North America Public Sector, Red Hat. 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a hardened, security-driven foundation to support applications and processes more consistently across environments. We are pleased to continue to build upon our collaboration with F5 to empower customers to focus on their business priorities while more seamlessly maintaining compliance and protecting valued data.' For more information on this solution, along with deeper insights into advanced application delivery and security technologies, attend this week's AWS Summit for direct discussions with industry experts. About F5 F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry's premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world's largest and most advanced organizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life. For more information visit Explore F5 Labs threat research at F5 and NGINX are trademarks, service marks, or tradenames of F5, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and the Red Hat logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. Source: F5, Inc.
Scoop
21-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
F5 Delivers Scalable And Secure Cloud-Native Network Functionality For AI And High-Bandwidth Applications
Press Release – F 5 F5 has unveiled F5 BIG-IP Next Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNF) 2.0, an evolved solution that significantly enhances the capabilities of the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) for large-scale cloud-native applications. F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today unveiled F5 BIG-IP Next Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNF) 2.0, an evolved solution that significantly enhances the capabilities of the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) for large-scale cloud-native applications. With advanced Kubernetes-native features, F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 redefines how organisations adapt to increasingly complex and resource-intensive operations caused by high-bandwidth applications such as AI by delivering scalable, resource-efficient, and secure network functionality for telecommunications service providers, internet service providers (ISPs), cloud service providers, and large enterprises. Designed to support diverse industries—from telecommunications to cloud services—F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 helps organisations revolutionise high-bandwidth operations. Service providers can cut costs with more efficient resource allocation and scaling, mitigate modern security threats, and simplify management through Kubernetes-native automation. By integrating essential services such as DDoS protection, firewall, intrusion prevention system (IPS), and carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT), F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 empowers providers to consolidate network operations, safeguard infrastructure, and proactively scale amidst increasing traffic demands. 'Service providers and large enterprises are under pressure to scale faster, operate leaner, and stay secure—all in increasingly complex environments,' said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. 'With BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0, we're extending the F5 ADSP with a truly cloud-native solution built for modern, decentralised infrastructure. Unlike legacy virtualised approaches that burn resources, our Kubernetes-native architecture unlocks smarter scaling, stronger security, and more efficient delivery of high-bandwidth services—giving customers the flexibility to move faster without compromise.' Raising the Bar for Cloud-Native Network Functions Telecommunications and enterprise networks face an urgent need to balance escalating traffic volumes, tight budgets, and growing security threats—all within complex, distributed architectures. F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 directly addresses these challenges with tools that consolidate network functions, reduce resource consumption, and optimise scalability and security. Highlights of F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 include: Disaggregation (DAG): Enables horizontal scalability for traffic steering and resource optimisation. Accelerated DNS: Offers faster query responses and reduced latency via caching and secure zone transfers. Policy Enforcer: Integrates traffic optimisation features like video acceleration, URL filtering, and context-aware controls. Unified Security Services: Combines firewall, DDoS mitigation, IPS, and CGNAT for centralised management and robust protection. Platform Enhancements: Maximises flexibility with Kubernetes-native automation and separate scaling of control and data planes. Optimised for Large Networks Across Industries F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 helps telecommunications providers supercharge their 4G and 5G environments with advanced traffic steering and enhanced security tailored for N6/SGi-LAN architectures. ISPs benefit from capabilities like CGNAT to mitigate IPv4 shortages while boosting performance through system disaggregation. Cloud service providers gain the edge with scalable global server load balancing (GSLB) and AI-ready DNS features, ensuring seamless digital experiences. Enterprises, on the other hand, can power IT and SecOps teams with intelligent traffic optimisation, robust DDoS defences, and simplified policy enforcement for bandwidth-intensive applications, reinforcing their operational agility and security posture. With 33 per cent lower CPU utilisation, F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 reduces operational costs and optimises resource consumption. The solution's independent scalability—allowing separate data and control plane scaling—ensures flexibility without bottlenecks, while its edge-ready and power-efficient architecture guarantees low latency and superior user experiences. Integrated security measures protect against large-scale network attacks, and Kubernetes-native automation streamlines workflows with API-driven deployments for faster, simplified operations. F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 consolidates services to reduce infrastructure costs by over 60 per cent. Disaggregation enables seamless scalability across CNF instances, while DNS acceleration minimises latency for end users. Advanced traffic optimisation ensures smooth performance during peak demand, empowering service providers to excel in high-bandwidth applications. F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 + Red Hat OpenShift This week at Red Hat Summit 2025, F5 is unveiling BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 functionality on Red Hat OpenShift. BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 is designed to work more seamlessly with Red Hat OpenShift, the industry's leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes. Red Hat OpenShift delivers a critical foundation for service providers to more effectively deploy scalable cloud-native applications on a trusted, more consistent platform. By combining Red Hat OpenShift's robust Kubernetes management capabilities with F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0's powerful network functions, service providers can scale their applications more efficiently while unlocking additional value, including advanced traffic handling, optimised security, and simplified usability. Many service providers already rely on Red Hat OpenShift for modern cloud-native operations. Visit to learn more about how F5 enables transformational cloud-native operations for interconnected networks. About F5 F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry's premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world's largest and most advanced organisations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.
Scoop
21-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
F5 Expands Strategic Collaboration With Red Hat To Enable Scalable, Secure Enterprise AI
Press Release – F 5 Solutions address key challenges in enterprise AI adoptionenabling secure model serving, scalable data movement, and real-time inference across environments. F5 is collaborating with Red Hat to focus on the real-world building blocks enterprises … F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today announced an expanded collaboration with Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, to help enterprises deploy and scale secure, high-performance AI applications. By enabling integration for the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform with Red Hat OpenShift AI, F5 customers can adopt AI faster and more securely, focusing on practical, high-value use cases such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), secure model serving, and scalable data ingestion. 'Enterprises are eager to harness the power of AI, but they face significant challenges in scaling and securing these applications,' said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. 'Our collaboration with Red Hat aims to simplify this journey by providing integrated solutions that address performance, security, and observability needs, enabling organisations to realise tangible AI outcomes.' This collaboration comes at a time when AI adoption is accelerating. According to F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report, 96 per cent of organisations are now deploying AI models, a significant increase from just 25 per cent in 2023. Additionally, the report highlights that 72 per cent of respondents aim to use AI to optimise application performance, while 59 per cent focus on cost optimisation and security enhancements. To support these growing demands, F5 is collaborating with Red Hat to focus on the real-world building blocks enterprises need to operationalise AI. From securing data pipelines to optimising inference performance, F5 solutions are tailored to help organisations deploy AI with confidence, speed, and control. Key areas of collaboration include: RAG and model serving at scale – F5 supports AI-powered applications on Red Hat OpenShift AI that combine large language models with private datasets, helping to ensure secure data flow, high GPU utilisation, and fast response times. Big data movement and ingestion – With MinIO and F5 working in tandem on Red Hat OpenShift AI, customers can accelerate the ingestion of large datasets for training and inference. API-first AI security – F5 provides robust protection against evolving threats like prompt injection, model theft, and data leakage through its F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP and F5 BIG-IP solutions. As part of its vision, F5 is committed to driving open source innovation through its collaboration with Red Hat. Red Hat OpenShift AI provides a modular, open platform for building and deploying AI applications across hybrid environments, while F5's API Gateway and AI security capabilities are designed to integrate more seamlessly—without locking customers into a single cloud or toolset. With this collaboration, F5 is helping organisations take an open, flexible approach to AI infrastructure using Red Hat OpenShift AI. 'As AI becomes core to how businesses operate and compete, organisations need platforms that offer flexibility without compromising security,' said Joe Fernandes, Vice President and General Manager, AI Business Unit, Red Hat. 'We believe the future of AI is open source, and Red Hat OpenShift AI, when used in combination with F5's robust security and observability, gives organisations the necessary tools to build and scale AI applications with greater confidence, anywhere they choose to run them.' The collaboration will be featured at this week's Red Hat Summit 2025 (May 19–22 in Boston), where F5 and its partners will highlight real-world AI use cases—including secure model serving and RAG workloads—built on Red Hat OpenShift AI. Supporting Resources: About F5 F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry's premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world's largest and most advanced organizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.
Scoop
21-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
F5 Delivers Scalable And Secure Cloud-Native Network Functionality For AI And High-Bandwidth Applications
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 3:35 pm Press Release: F 5 F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today unveiled F5 BIG-IP Next Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNF) 2.0, an evolved solution that significantly enhances the capabilities of the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) for large-scale cloud-native applications. With advanced Kubernetes-native features, F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 redefines how organisations adapt to increasingly complex and resource-intensive operations caused by high-bandwidth applications such as AI by delivering scalable, resource-efficient, and secure network functionality for telecommunications service providers, internet service providers (ISPs), cloud service providers, and large enterprises. Designed to support diverse industries—from telecommunications to cloud services—F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 helps organisations revolutionise high-bandwidth operations. Service providers can cut costs with more efficient resource allocation and scaling, mitigate modern security threats, and simplify management through Kubernetes-native automation. By integrating essential services such as DDoS protection, firewall, intrusion prevention system (IPS), and carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT), F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 empowers providers to consolidate network operations, safeguard infrastructure, and proactively scale amidst increasing traffic demands. 'Service providers and large enterprises are under pressure to scale faster, operate leaner, and stay secure—all in increasingly complex environments,' said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. 'With BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0, we're extending the F5 ADSP with a truly cloud-native solution built for modern, decentralised infrastructure. Unlike legacy virtualised approaches that burn resources, our Kubernetes-native architecture unlocks smarter scaling, stronger security, and more efficient delivery of high-bandwidth services—giving customers the flexibility to move faster without compromise.' Raising the Bar for Cloud-Native Network Functions Telecommunications and enterprise networks face an urgent need to balance escalating traffic volumes, tight budgets, and growing security threats—all within complex, distributed architectures. F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 directly addresses these challenges with tools that consolidate network functions, reduce resource consumption, and optimise scalability and security. Highlights of F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 include: Disaggregation (DAG): Enables horizontal scalability for traffic steering and resource optimisation. Accelerated DNS: Offers faster query responses and reduced latency via caching and secure zone transfers. Policy Enforcer: Integrates traffic optimisation features like video acceleration, URL filtering, and context-aware controls. Unified Security Services: Combines firewall, DDoS mitigation, IPS, and CGNAT for centralised management and robust protection. Platform Enhancements: Maximises flexibility with Kubernetes-native automation and separate scaling of control and data planes. Optimised for Large Networks Across Industries F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 helps telecommunications providers supercharge their 4G and 5G environments with advanced traffic steering and enhanced security tailored for N6/SGi-LAN architectures. ISPs benefit from capabilities like CGNAT to mitigate IPv4 shortages while boosting performance through system disaggregation. Cloud service providers gain the edge with scalable global server load balancing (GSLB) and AI-ready DNS features, ensuring seamless digital experiences. Enterprises, on the other hand, can power IT and SecOps teams with intelligent traffic optimisation, robust DDoS defences, and simplified policy enforcement for bandwidth-intensive applications, reinforcing their operational agility and security posture. With 33 per cent lower CPU utilisation, F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 reduces operational costs and optimises resource consumption. The solution's independent scalability—allowing separate data and control plane scaling—ensures flexibility without bottlenecks, while its edge-ready and power-efficient architecture guarantees low latency and superior user experiences. Integrated security measures protect against large-scale network attacks, and Kubernetes-native automation streamlines workflows with API-driven deployments for faster, simplified operations. F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 consolidates services to reduce infrastructure costs by over 60 per cent. Disaggregation enables seamless scalability across CNF instances, while DNS acceleration minimises latency for end users. Advanced traffic optimisation ensures smooth performance during peak demand, empowering service providers to excel in high-bandwidth applications. F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 + Red Hat OpenShift This week at Red Hat Summit 2025, F5 is unveiling BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 functionality on Red Hat OpenShift. BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0 is designed to work more seamlessly with Red Hat OpenShift, the industry's leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes. Red Hat OpenShift delivers a critical foundation for service providers to more effectively deploy scalable cloud-native applications on a trusted, more consistent platform. By combining Red Hat OpenShift's robust Kubernetes management capabilities with F5 BIG-IP Next CNF 2.0's powerful network functions, service providers can scale their applications more efficiently while unlocking additional value, including advanced traffic handling, optimised security, and simplified usability. Many service providers already rely on Red Hat OpenShift for modern cloud-native operations. Visit to learn more about how F5 enables transformational cloud-native operations for interconnected networks. About F5 F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry's premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world's largest and most advanced organisations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life. © Scoop Media
