F5 is introducing a new AI-powered assistant within F5 Distributed Cloud Services, ourSaaS-based security, networking, and application management offering.
As customers expand their use of Distributed Cloud Services, the complexity and effort involved in delivering, securing, and operating applications can increase as the catalog of apps deployed on the console grows. To further our mission of making at-scale app security and delivery ridiculously easy, F5 has developed an AI assistant for the F5 Distributed Cloud Console. The AI assistant empowers customers to scale their use of the platform to secure and deliver their distributed applications and APIs across hybrid, multicloud environments.
The AI assistant in action
Watch the demo to explore the power and impact of the AI assistant.
Developed for security, networking, and site reliability teams
The new AI assistant brings several intelligent capabilities to simplify management and security of apps and APIs using a natural language interface, including:
- Real-time insights: Promote application security and site health with up-to-the-minute visibility of hybrid, multicloud sites, ensuring security and networking practitioners can quickly detect and respond to emerging threats, maintaining a robust security posture.
- Summarization: Leverage advanced summarization capabilities to distill large volumes of data into clear, concise reports. This allows teams to better understand complex information and advanced security events to make more informed decisions without sifting through overwhelming amounts of data.
- Actionable recommendations: Deliver actionable recommendations, enabling users to swiftly address identified threats, performance issues, network health status, and vulnerabilities. By guiding users through necessary steps, the AI assistant helps enhance overall security and streamline incident response operations.
- Improved operations and efficiency: Automate and simplify complex security and networking tasks to significantly improve operational efficiency. This allows SecOps and NetOps teams to focus on strategic initiatives, reducing workload and optimizing resource allocation.
For critical security responses like zero-day vulnerabilities, the AI assistant accelerates incident response with rapid detection and mitigation capabilities. When a zero-day threat emerges, security practitioners can query the AI assistant for relevant threat information. The AI assistant guides users to the security analytics view, where teams can quickly identify and analyze malicious traffic patterns. With actionable recommendations, users can implement protective measures like blocking malicious IP addresses using service policies. This efficient process significantly reduces response times from days to minutes, ensuring the protection of critical assets and minimizing potential damage.
The AI assistant offers improved operational efficiency through real-time insights and actionable recommendations within the F5 Distributed Cloud Console.
Begin using the AI assistant today
Current Distributed Cloud Services customers can access the AI assistant today directly from the console. For those new to the F5 Distributed Cloud Platform, explore the power and added workflow efficiency of the AI assistant with an interactive demo.
F5's leading web app and API protection (WAAP) and secure multicloud networking solutions unlock further capabilities with the AI assistant, providing natural language assistance for the most critical of security and networking tasks.
What’s next?
F5 is committed to expanding its AI integration, enhancing predictive analytics, automated incident response, and personalized user experiences. By integrating generative AI models with our leading application security and delivery solutions, F5 helps customers wherever they are in their AI journey. From intelligent threat detection to automated network optimization and dynamic security, stay tuned for more AI-driven innovations that promise to enhance efficiency and security in the digital landscape.
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