{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"143947","rtpr_id":"nBw4VpqFZa-20260915","ticker":"FFIV","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["FFIV"],"title":"F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense Adds Device Intelligence and Agentic AI detection to Guard Against Automated Account Abuse","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-15T13:00:01.822Z","article_body":"F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense Adds Device Intelligence and Agentic AI\ndetection to Guard Against Automated Account Abuse\n\nNew multi-signal risk decisioning, persistent device identification, and\nagentic AI protections in F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense give enterprises\ngreater visibility and control\n\nF5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and\nAPI, today announced enhancements to F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fdistributed-cloud-services%2Fbot-defense&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+Distributed+Cloud+Bot+Defense&index=1&md5=a089a8a0de7c607b626eacd9f7253ee8)\n, introducing new device intelligence capabilities and specialized agentic AI\nprotections. Together, these capabilities bring persistent device context and\ncontinuous risk decisioning to application security, giving organizations the\nreal-time agent management designed to help welcome trusted digital\ninteraction while helping stop automated fraud and abuse.\n\nThese updates arrive as AI agents emerge as a key channel for interacting with\nwebsites, mobile applications, and customer portals. Unlike basic web crawlers\nor simple automated scripts, AI agents perform autonomous, multi-step actions\non behalf of consumers—such as executing transactions in agent-based\ncommerce, booking travel, and conducting banking operations. Because these\nagents interact directly with APIs at machine speed, first-generation bot\nmanagement tools built around rigid “bot or not” rules are quickly\noverwhelmed. Static, request-level controls can no longer distinguish between\nauthorized AI driving legitimate business and malicious bots attempting fraud,\nwhile blunt IP blocking or CAPTCHAs risk shutting down revenue-generating AI\nchannels.\n\nF5 addresses this challenge by delivering advanced bot defense as a core\ncomponent of its web application and API protection\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fsolutions%2Fweb-app-and-api-protection&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=web+application+and+API+protection&index=2&md5=e21342ca625071f6bba6320650db2543)\n(WAAP) offerings, integrated with the F5 Application Delivery and Security\nPlatform\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Ff5-application-delivery-and-security-platform&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+Application+Delivery+and+Security+Platform&index=3&md5=ff56929028ffd8c2dc256499d7ab4ed7)\n(ADSP). Rather than relying on single-request inspection, F5 correlates\nbehavioral, device, and client-integrity telemetry across interactions. This\nmulti-signal approach establishes trust at critical login, web, and API\nconnections without disrupting legitimate users or authorized AI agents.\n\n“Agentic AI is breaking the old security model, where automated traffic was\ntreated as inherently malicious,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer at\nF5. “The answer is not to block AI. It is to understand which agents and\ndevices can be trusted, what they are trying to do, and how risk changes\nacross every interaction. By bringing persistent device intelligence and\nreal-time risk decisioning into the active data path, F5 helps organizations\nstop fraud and account abuse without closing the door on legitimate users,\ntrusted AI agents, or new digital business models.”\n\nKey enhancements to F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense include:\n\n * Persistent device identification: Identifies and tracks devices across\nmultiple sessions and accounts, exposing hidden abuse patterns such as\nmulti-account access, credential stuffing, and account takeover.\n * Real-time device risk scoring: Evaluates client integrity signals in real time\nto detect suspicious environments (including emulators, device spoofing, and\ntampering).\n * Risk-based workflow enforcement: Enables customers to set dynamic policy\nactions (allow, step-up challenge, rate-limit, or block) intended to help\nreduce disruptive CAPTCHA friction and false positives for real users and\napproved automation.\n * Agent-aware policy framework: Classifies and manages traffic from humans,\ntrusted AI agents, and malicious bots within a single policy framework on the\nF5 ADSP, helping organizations adopt AI-driven workflows with confidence.\nAvailability\n\nNew agentic AI protections for F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense are available\ntoday. The device intelligence functionality is currently expected to reach\nlimited availability for F5 Distributed Cloud customers in the fourth quarter\nof calendar year 2026, with broader availability expected thereafter over the\ncoming months.\n\nSupporting resources\n\n * Blog: \nWho can you trust in the age of AI agents?\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcompany%2Fblog%2Fwho-can-you-trust-in-the-age-of-ai-agents&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Who+can+you+trust+in+the+age+of+AI+agents%3F&index=4&md5=9429c23f911533efa111cecb328add75)\n * Product page: \nF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcloud%2Fproducts%2Fbot-defense&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+Distributed+Cloud+Bot+Defense&index=5&md5=ac99053a6aa7f3696d0f34123575b707)\n * F5 virtual security summit: \nSecurity for the post-Mythos world\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fvirtual-security-summit-2026&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Security+for+the+post-Mythos+world&index=6&md5=50f836ee4607b33f2a7789f0e9ec9161)\n * Analyst report: \nProtect agentic commerce to prevent abuse and preserve revenue\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fgo%2Freport%2Fprotect-agentic-commerce-to-prevent-abuse-and-preserve-revenue&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Protect+agentic+commerce+to+prevent+abuse+and+preserve+revenue&index=7&md5=ec3ffa24ad8093ef9373ef093686f826)\nAbout F5\n\nF5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every\napp. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry’s\npremier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to\ndeliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud,\nat the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to\ninnovating and partnering with the world’s largest and most advanced\norganizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences.\nTogether, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.\n\nFor more information visit f5.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2F&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=f5.com&index=8&md5=64c39073dc25533e97d17c90cdaa5cfb)\n\nExplore F5 Labs threat research at f5.com/labs\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Flabs&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=f5.com%2Flabs&index=9&md5=20eba632910f88851a738fa6bde6d787)\n\nFollow to learn more about F5, our partners, and technologies: Blog\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcompany%2Fblog&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Blog&index=10&md5=372963adea139e6e84d9e5f699deb329)\n| LinkedIn\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Ff5%2F&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=LinkedIn&index=11&md5=766456db2e6e95537300de243c05c265)\n| X\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Ff5&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=X&index=12&md5=ad0ffe4eb926b55c2a3b27cb7877f71b)\n| YouTube\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40F5_inc&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=YouTube&index=13&md5=5c8d577b1f9922e2aae1e5139b0b0643)\n| Instagram\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ff5.global%2F&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Instagram&index=14&md5=b1604edb9be2e1f815149d0ca3b6f3f6)\n| Facebook\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ff5incorporated&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Facebook&index=15&md5=bab34d358ade9574cfd4fac5e122b254)\n\nForward-looking statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements, including regarding\nthe expected availability, timing, functionality, and benefits of F5\nDistributed Cloud Bot Defense and device intelligence features, made under the\nsafe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of\n1995. Actual results could differ materially due to the risks described in\nF5’s SEC filings, including its most recent Forms 10-K and 10-Q. F5\nundertakes no obligation to update these statements.\n\nF5 and F5 ADSP are trademarks, service marks, or tradenames of F5, Inc. or its\naffiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company\nnames herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.\n\nSource: F5, Inc.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260915518492/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260915518492/en/)\n\nDan Sorensen \nF5\n(650) 228-4842\nd.sorensen@f5.com (mailto:d.sorensen@f5.com)\n\nHolly Lancaster\nWe. Communications\n(415) 547-7054\nhlancaster@wecommunications.com (mailto:hlancaster@wecommunications.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw4VpqFZa-20260915","title":"F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense Adds Device Intelligence and Agentic AI detection to Guard Against Automated Account Abuse","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"FFIV","created":"2026-09-15T13:00:01.822Z","tickers":["FFIV"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense Adds Device Intelligence and Agentic AI\ndetection to Guard Against Automated Account Abuse\n\nNew multi-signal risk decisioning, persistent device identification, and\nagentic AI protections in F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense give enterprises\ngreater visibility and control\n\nF5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and\nAPI, today announced enhancements to F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fdistributed-cloud-services%2Fbot-defense&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+Distributed+Cloud+Bot+Defense&index=1&md5=a089a8a0de7c607b626eacd9f7253ee8)\n, introducing new device intelligence capabilities and specialized agentic AI\nprotections. Together, these capabilities bring persistent device context and\ncontinuous risk decisioning to application security, giving organizations the\nreal-time agent management designed to help welcome trusted digital\ninteraction while helping stop automated fraud and abuse.\n\nThese updates arrive as AI agents emerge as a key channel for interacting with\nwebsites, mobile applications, and customer portals. Unlike basic web crawlers\nor simple automated scripts, AI agents perform autonomous, multi-step actions\non behalf of consumers—such as executing transactions in agent-based\ncommerce, booking travel, and conducting banking operations. Because these\nagents interact directly with APIs at machine speed, first-generation bot\nmanagement tools built around rigid “bot or not” rules are quickly\noverwhelmed. Static, request-level controls can no longer distinguish between\nauthorized AI driving legitimate business and malicious bots attempting fraud,\nwhile blunt IP blocking or CAPTCHAs risk shutting down revenue-generating AI\nchannels.\n\nF5 addresses this challenge by delivering advanced bot defense as a core\ncomponent of its web application and API protection\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fsolutions%2Fweb-app-and-api-protection&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=web+application+and+API+protection&index=2&md5=e21342ca625071f6bba6320650db2543)\n(WAAP) offerings, integrated with the F5 Application Delivery and Security\nPlatform\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Ff5-application-delivery-and-security-platform&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+Application+Delivery+and+Security+Platform&index=3&md5=ff56929028ffd8c2dc256499d7ab4ed7)\n(ADSP). Rather than relying on single-request inspection, F5 correlates\nbehavioral, device, and client-integrity telemetry across interactions. This\nmulti-signal approach establishes trust at critical login, web, and API\nconnections without disrupting legitimate users or authorized AI agents.\n\n“Agentic AI is breaking the old security model, where automated traffic was\ntreated as inherently malicious,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer at\nF5. “The answer is not to block AI. It is to understand which agents and\ndevices can be trusted, what they are trying to do, and how risk changes\nacross every interaction. By bringing persistent device intelligence and\nreal-time risk decisioning into the active data path, F5 helps organizations\nstop fraud and account abuse without closing the door on legitimate users,\ntrusted AI agents, or new digital business models.”\n\nKey enhancements to F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense include:\n\n * Persistent device identification: Identifies and tracks devices across\nmultiple sessions and accounts, exposing hidden abuse patterns such as\nmulti-account access, credential stuffing, and account takeover.\n * Real-time device risk scoring: Evaluates client integrity signals in real time\nto detect suspicious environments (including emulators, device spoofing, and\ntampering).\n * Risk-based workflow enforcement: Enables customers to set dynamic policy\nactions (allow, step-up challenge, rate-limit, or block) intended to help\nreduce disruptive CAPTCHA friction and false positives for real users and\napproved automation.\n * Agent-aware policy framework: Classifies and manages traffic from humans,\ntrusted AI agents, and malicious bots within a single policy framework on the\nF5 ADSP, helping organizations adopt AI-driven workflows with confidence.\nAvailability\n\nNew agentic AI protections for F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense are available\ntoday. The device intelligence functionality is currently expected to reach\nlimited availability for F5 Distributed Cloud customers in the fourth quarter\nof calendar year 2026, with broader availability expected thereafter over the\ncoming months.\n\nSupporting resources\n\n * Blog: \nWho can you trust in the age of AI agents?\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcompany%2Fblog%2Fwho-can-you-trust-in-the-age-of-ai-agents&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Who+can+you+trust+in+the+age+of+AI+agents%3F&index=4&md5=9429c23f911533efa111cecb328add75)\n * Product page: \nF5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcloud%2Fproducts%2Fbot-defense&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+Distributed+Cloud+Bot+Defense&index=5&md5=ac99053a6aa7f3696d0f34123575b707)\n * F5 virtual security summit: \nSecurity for the post-Mythos world\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fvirtual-security-summit-2026&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Security+for+the+post-Mythos+world&index=6&md5=50f836ee4607b33f2a7789f0e9ec9161)\n * Analyst report: \nProtect agentic commerce to prevent abuse and preserve revenue\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fgo%2Freport%2Fprotect-agentic-commerce-to-prevent-abuse-and-preserve-revenue&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Protect+agentic+commerce+to+prevent+abuse+and+preserve+revenue&index=7&md5=ec3ffa24ad8093ef9373ef093686f826)\nAbout F5\n\nF5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every\napp. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry’s\npremier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to\ndeliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud,\nat the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to\ninnovating and partnering with the world’s largest and most advanced\norganizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences.\nTogether, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.\n\nFor more information visit f5.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2F&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=f5.com&index=8&md5=64c39073dc25533e97d17c90cdaa5cfb)\n\nExplore F5 Labs threat research at f5.com/labs\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Flabs&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=f5.com%2Flabs&index=9&md5=20eba632910f88851a738fa6bde6d787)\n\nFollow to learn more about F5, our partners, and technologies: Blog\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcompany%2Fblog&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Blog&index=10&md5=372963adea139e6e84d9e5f699deb329)\n| LinkedIn\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Ff5%2F&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=LinkedIn&index=11&md5=766456db2e6e95537300de243c05c265)\n| X\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Ff5&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=X&index=12&md5=ad0ffe4eb926b55c2a3b27cb7877f71b)\n| YouTube\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40F5_inc&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=YouTube&index=13&md5=5c8d577b1f9922e2aae1e5139b0b0643)\n| Instagram\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ff5.global%2F&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Instagram&index=14&md5=b1604edb9be2e1f815149d0ca3b6f3f6)\n| Facebook\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ff5incorporated&esheet=54604246&newsitemid=20260915518492&lan=en-US&anchor=Facebook&index=15&md5=bab34d358ade9574cfd4fac5e122b254)\n\nForward-looking statements\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements, including regarding\nthe expected availability, timing, functionality, and benefits of F5\nDistributed Cloud Bot Defense and device intelligence features, made under the\nsafe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of\n1995. Actual results could differ materially due to the risks described in\nF5’s SEC filings, including its most recent Forms 10-K and 10-Q. F5\nundertakes no obligation to update these statements.\n\nF5 and F5 ADSP are trademarks, service marks, or tradenames of F5, Inc. or its\naffiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company\nnames herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.\n\nSource: F5, Inc.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260915518492/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260915518492/en/)\n\nDan Sorensen \nF5\n(650) 228-4842\nd.sorensen@f5.com (mailto:d.sorensen@f5.com)\n\nHolly Lancaster\nWe. 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