{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"69809","rtpr_id":"nBwbRLJVKa","ticker":"FFIV","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["FFIV"],"title":"F5 Launches AI Security Platform to Put Security Leaders in Control of Enterprise AI Risk","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-06-22T13:00:01.988Z","article_body":"F5 Launches AI Security Platform to Put Security Leaders in Control of\nEnterprise AI Risk\n\nF5 acquires SurePath AI to enhance new AI Security Platform, tackle shadow AI\nrisks, and deliver continuous visibility, governance, and protection for\nenterprise AI\n\nF5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and\nAPI, today introduced the F5 AI Security Platform\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fai-security-platform&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+AI+Security+Platform&index=1&md5=215eb7f45b9af01906442ac479d86bb4)\nto give CISOs continuous visibility, governance, and protection across\nenterprise AI applications, models, agents, and the APIs connecting them. F5\nalso announced the acquisition of SurePath AI, a pioneer in network-based AI\ndiscovery, intent classification, and shadow AI detection, as a key component\nin the launch of the new F5 AI Security Platform to safeguard enterprise AI\ndeployments.\n\nThrough a continuous, adaptive loop approach to governing, discovering,\ntesting, and protecting enterprise AI workloads, the new platform is designed\nto extend F5’s Application Delivery and Security Platform\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Ff5-application-delivery-and-security-platform&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5%26%238217%3Bs+Application+Delivery+and+Security+Platform&index=2&md5=de807f741e436c045efa8886de678a7f)\n(ADSP) strategy to enterprise AI. As a global cybersecurity leader, F5\nrecognized the AI deployment realities of large enterprises, building the F5\nAI Security Platform to support on-premises, air-gapped, private cloud,\nhybrid, and public cloud environments. This is intended to give organizations\ngreater control over AI security where data residency, sovereignty, and\noperational requirements are non-negotiable.\n\nAI systems now operate with more access, autonomy, and speed than even the\nmost over-privileged human users, creating new risks for security teams and\nbusiness leaders. A prompt injection, data leak, or agent acting beyond its\nauthorized scope can expose sensitive information, disrupt operations, and\nerode customer trust.\n\nAt the same time, employees are adopting unauthorized tools and unsanctioned\nintegrations, creating shadow AI footprints that most security teams cannot\nsee, let alone govern. According to F5’s 2026 State of Application Strategy\n(SOAS) Report\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fresources%2Freports%2Fstate-of-application-strategy-report&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5%26%238217%3Bs+2026+State+of+Application+Strategy+%28SOAS%29+Report&index=3&md5=4376ef940fd1e61ab66b9e363a88b8b0)\n, 88% of organizations report at least one AI-related operational or security\nchallenge.\n\n“Most AI security today is a wrapper around a chatbot. That is not\nsecurity,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer, F5. “Enterprises run\nAI inside regulated networks, behind APIs, and across agents that authenticate\nand act on their own. The F5 AI Security Platform gives CISOs and security\nleaders what they have been missing: continuous control over every model,\nagent, and API, wherever the AI runs, delivered on the same F5 platform that\nhas secured and delivered enterprise applications for three decades.”\n\nSurePath AI: Closing the AI visibility gap\n\nThe addition of SurePath AI powers the F5 AI Security Platform’s approach to\nnetwork-based AI discovery, identifying AI usage across the enterprise,\nincluding shadow AI, without requiring direct application integrations. With\nfrictionless deployment through network redirects and out-of-band analysis,\nSurePath AI gives security teams a unified visibility layer that detects\nunauthorized AI activity, classifies the intent behind each workflow, and\ncontinuously traces agent tool calls and MCP server connections. This\nvisibility feeds directly into the F5 AI Security Platform, informing the\nrisks to be tested by F5 AI Red Team\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fai-red-team&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+AI+Red+Team&index=4&md5=63956f86c8e0f02944a6735b4be3f6a2)\nand mitigated by F5 AI Guardrails\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fai-guardrails&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+AI+Guardrails&index=5&md5=c790eaa3425c8babdc9aad1ddc4e28e6)\n.\n\nDelivering a continuous cycle of protection\n\nThe F5 AI Security Platform addresses AI risk through four integrated pillars\nand an overarching observability layer that creates a persistent security\nlifecycle rather than a one-time compliance exercise. Features include:\n\n\n * AI governance: Translate specific risk tolerances, privacy requirements, and\nregulatory obligations into enforceable boundaries for AI prompts, outputs,\ntool use, and data access.\n\n * AI discovery: Gain continuous visibility into every AI application, agent, and\nMCP tool call running across the enterprise, whether sanctioned or not. The\nplatform classifies activity by use case and intent, so teams know not just\nwhat is running but why. SurePath AI’s network-based discovery does this\npassively, with no application-level integration required.\n\n * AI security testing: Stress-test AI systems against more than 140,000 attack\npatterns from the deepest AI threat database in the industry before those\nsystems reach production, converting findings directly into enforceable\ndefenses.\n\n * AI runtime protection: Define guardrails in plain language and deploy them at\nthe point of interaction, where the platform has demonstrated up to 98.2%\nsecurity efficacy in independent testing, blocking prompt injection, excessive\nagent autonomy, and data leakage.\n\n * AI observability: Provide a complete audit trail across every AI interaction\non the platform, maintaining the accountability and traceability that\nregulated industries require.\n\nThe flexibility to deploy anywhere without compromise\n\nWith this new solution, F5 uniquely combines AI security capabilities with\nflexible deployment options, enabling enterprises to operate across\non-premises, air-gapped, private cloud, hybrid, and public cloud deployments.\nThis is especially valuable to CISOs in highly regulated industries with\nexacting data residency and sovereignty requirements. SurePath AI’s\nlightweight network-based deployment model reinforces this flexibility,\nrequiring no changes to existing application architectures.\n\nHeightened visibility is increasingly critical as AI agents proliferate.\nF5’s 2026 SOAS Report states 98% of organizations are preparing for agentic\nAI, but the speed of agent adoption is outpacing the controls designed to\nmanage it. When agents can authenticate, call tools, access data, and take\nactions autonomously, the blast radius of a single misconfiguration or exploit\ngrows exponentially.\n\nSupporting resources\n\n\n * F5 AI Security Platform – Details\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fai-security-platform&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+AI+Security+Platform+%26%238211%3B+Details&index=6&md5=7cf497e227137890fce289673ddff3b7)\n\n * The F5 AI Security Platform: Eliminating the guesswork from AI security – F5\nblog\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcompany%2Fblog%2Fthe-f5-ai-security-platform-eliminating-the-guesswork-from-ai-security&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=The+F5+AI+Security+Platform%3A+Eliminating+the+guesswork+from+AI+security+%26%238211%3B+F5+blog&index=7&md5=6bc09a414f87f28a361624318f1bc94d)\n\n * AI Summit: Accelerate AI adoption – F5 virtual event\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fai-virtual-summit-2026&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=AI+Summit%3A+Accelerate+AI+adoption+%26%238211%3B+F5+virtual+event&index=8&md5=6de85c2247c80ab7b5bfdb00c8509ba8)\n\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=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=f5.com&index=9&md5=f59217bc4698f7c2e8d9053db80ff6cf)\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=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=f5.com%2Flabs&index=10&md5=a7949a38ec6a19635580657b96cd4f5b)\n\nFollow to learn more about F5, our partners, and technologies:\n\nBlog\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcompany%2Fblog&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=Blog&index=11&md5=b72897534dab550ba8e09bee97a17737)\n| LinkedIn\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Ff5%2F&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=LinkedIn&index=12&md5=1178276432f6b07127a7032fae52609c)\n| X\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Ff5&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=X&index=13&md5=3391571947aced4e0308c3f94e3ef462)\n| YouTube\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40F5_inc&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=YouTube&index=14&md5=497ff614abfbe0a9e1ae2466910f6acd)\n| Instagram\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ff5.global%2F&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=Instagram&index=15&md5=72b92e36f2bcfcf0e078cd936ae0ab24)\n| Facebook\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ff5incorporated&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=Facebook&index=16&md5=d81202483644fd95d91fd32e5adc1580)\n\nF5 and SurePath AI are trademarks, service marks, or tradenames of F5, Inc. or\nits affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company\nnames herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260622960969/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260622960969/en/)\n\nDan Sorensen\n\nF5\n\n(650) 228-4842\n\nd.sorensen@f5.com \n(mailto:d.sorensen@f5.com) \n\n\nHolly Lancaster\n\nWe. Communications\n\n(415) 547-7054\n\nhlancaster@wecommunications.com (mailto:hlancaster@wecommunications.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBwbRLJVKa","title":"F5 Launches AI Security Platform to Put Security Leaders in Control of Enterprise AI Risk","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"FFIV","created":"2026-06-22T13:00:01.988Z","tickers":["FFIV"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"F5 Launches AI Security Platform to Put Security Leaders in Control of\nEnterprise AI Risk\n\nF5 acquires SurePath AI to enhance new AI Security Platform, tackle shadow AI\nrisks, and deliver continuous visibility, governance, and protection for\nenterprise AI\n\nF5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and\nAPI, today introduced the F5 AI Security Platform\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fai-security-platform&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+AI+Security+Platform&index=1&md5=215eb7f45b9af01906442ac479d86bb4)\nto give CISOs continuous visibility, governance, and protection across\nenterprise AI applications, models, agents, and the APIs connecting them. F5\nalso announced the acquisition of SurePath AI, a pioneer in network-based AI\ndiscovery, intent classification, and shadow AI detection, as a key component\nin the launch of the new F5 AI Security Platform to safeguard enterprise AI\ndeployments.\n\nThrough a continuous, adaptive loop approach to governing, discovering,\ntesting, and protecting enterprise AI workloads, the new platform is designed\nto extend F5’s Application Delivery and Security Platform\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Ff5-application-delivery-and-security-platform&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5%26%238217%3Bs+Application+Delivery+and+Security+Platform&index=2&md5=de807f741e436c045efa8886de678a7f)\n(ADSP) strategy to enterprise AI. As a global cybersecurity leader, F5\nrecognized the AI deployment realities of large enterprises, building the F5\nAI Security Platform to support on-premises, air-gapped, private cloud,\nhybrid, and public cloud environments. This is intended to give organizations\ngreater control over AI security where data residency, sovereignty, and\noperational requirements are non-negotiable.\n\nAI systems now operate with more access, autonomy, and speed than even the\nmost over-privileged human users, creating new risks for security teams and\nbusiness leaders. A prompt injection, data leak, or agent acting beyond its\nauthorized scope can expose sensitive information, disrupt operations, and\nerode customer trust.\n\nAt the same time, employees are adopting unauthorized tools and unsanctioned\nintegrations, creating shadow AI footprints that most security teams cannot\nsee, let alone govern. According to F5’s 2026 State of Application Strategy\n(SOAS) Report\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fresources%2Freports%2Fstate-of-application-strategy-report&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5%26%238217%3Bs+2026+State+of+Application+Strategy+%28SOAS%29+Report&index=3&md5=4376ef940fd1e61ab66b9e363a88b8b0)\n, 88% of organizations report at least one AI-related operational or security\nchallenge.\n\n“Most AI security today is a wrapper around a chatbot. That is not\nsecurity,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer, F5. “Enterprises run\nAI inside regulated networks, behind APIs, and across agents that authenticate\nand act on their own. The F5 AI Security Platform gives CISOs and security\nleaders what they have been missing: continuous control over every model,\nagent, and API, wherever the AI runs, delivered on the same F5 platform that\nhas secured and delivered enterprise applications for three decades.”\n\nSurePath AI: Closing the AI visibility gap\n\nThe addition of SurePath AI powers the F5 AI Security Platform’s approach to\nnetwork-based AI discovery, identifying AI usage across the enterprise,\nincluding shadow AI, without requiring direct application integrations. With\nfrictionless deployment through network redirects and out-of-band analysis,\nSurePath AI gives security teams a unified visibility layer that detects\nunauthorized AI activity, classifies the intent behind each workflow, and\ncontinuously traces agent tool calls and MCP server connections. This\nvisibility feeds directly into the F5 AI Security Platform, informing the\nrisks to be tested by F5 AI Red Team\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fai-red-team&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+AI+Red+Team&index=4&md5=63956f86c8e0f02944a6735b4be3f6a2)\nand mitigated by F5 AI Guardrails\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fai-guardrails&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+AI+Guardrails&index=5&md5=c790eaa3425c8babdc9aad1ddc4e28e6)\n.\n\nDelivering a continuous cycle of protection\n\nThe F5 AI Security Platform addresses AI risk through four integrated pillars\nand an overarching observability layer that creates a persistent security\nlifecycle rather than a one-time compliance exercise. Features include:\n\n\n * AI governance: Translate specific risk tolerances, privacy requirements, and\nregulatory obligations into enforceable boundaries for AI prompts, outputs,\ntool use, and data access.\n\n * AI discovery: Gain continuous visibility into every AI application, agent, and\nMCP tool call running across the enterprise, whether sanctioned or not. The\nplatform classifies activity by use case and intent, so teams know not just\nwhat is running but why. SurePath AI’s network-based discovery does this\npassively, with no application-level integration required.\n\n * AI security testing: Stress-test AI systems against more than 140,000 attack\npatterns from the deepest AI threat database in the industry before those\nsystems reach production, converting findings directly into enforceable\ndefenses.\n\n * AI runtime protection: Define guardrails in plain language and deploy them at\nthe point of interaction, where the platform has demonstrated up to 98.2%\nsecurity efficacy in independent testing, blocking prompt injection, excessive\nagent autonomy, and data leakage.\n\n * AI observability: Provide a complete audit trail across every AI interaction\non the platform, maintaining the accountability and traceability that\nregulated industries require.\n\nThe flexibility to deploy anywhere without compromise\n\nWith this new solution, F5 uniquely combines AI security capabilities with\nflexible deployment options, enabling enterprises to operate across\non-premises, air-gapped, private cloud, hybrid, and public cloud deployments.\nThis is especially valuable to CISOs in highly regulated industries with\nexacting data residency and sovereignty requirements. SurePath AI’s\nlightweight network-based deployment model reinforces this flexibility,\nrequiring no changes to existing application architectures.\n\nHeightened visibility is increasingly critical as AI agents proliferate.\nF5’s 2026 SOAS Report states 98% of organizations are preparing for agentic\nAI, but the speed of agent adoption is outpacing the controls designed to\nmanage it. When agents can authenticate, call tools, access data, and take\nactions autonomously, the blast radius of a single misconfiguration or exploit\ngrows exponentially.\n\nSupporting resources\n\n\n * F5 AI Security Platform – Details\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fproducts%2Fai-security-platform&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=F5+AI+Security+Platform+%26%238211%3B+Details&index=6&md5=7cf497e227137890fce289673ddff3b7)\n\n * The F5 AI Security Platform: Eliminating the guesswork from AI security – F5\nblog\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcompany%2Fblog%2Fthe-f5-ai-security-platform-eliminating-the-guesswork-from-ai-security&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=The+F5+AI+Security+Platform%3A+Eliminating+the+guesswork+from+AI+security+%26%238211%3B+F5+blog&index=7&md5=6bc09a414f87f28a361624318f1bc94d)\n\n * AI Summit: Accelerate AI adoption – F5 virtual event\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fai-virtual-summit-2026&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=AI+Summit%3A+Accelerate+AI+adoption+%26%238211%3B+F5+virtual+event&index=8&md5=6de85c2247c80ab7b5bfdb00c8509ba8)\n\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=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=f5.com&index=9&md5=f59217bc4698f7c2e8d9053db80ff6cf)\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=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=f5.com%2Flabs&index=10&md5=a7949a38ec6a19635580657b96cd4f5b)\n\nFollow to learn more about F5, our partners, and technologies:\n\nBlog\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f5.com%2Fcompany%2Fblog&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=Blog&index=11&md5=b72897534dab550ba8e09bee97a17737)\n| LinkedIn\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Ff5%2F&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=LinkedIn&index=12&md5=1178276432f6b07127a7032fae52609c)\n| X\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Ff5&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=X&index=13&md5=3391571947aced4e0308c3f94e3ef462)\n| YouTube\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40F5_inc&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=YouTube&index=14&md5=497ff614abfbe0a9e1ae2466910f6acd)\n| Instagram\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ff5.global%2F&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=Instagram&index=15&md5=72b92e36f2bcfcf0e078cd936ae0ab24)\n| Facebook\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ff5incorporated&esheet=54557798&newsitemid=20260622960969&lan=en-US&anchor=Facebook&index=16&md5=d81202483644fd95d91fd32e5adc1580)\n\nF5 and SurePath AI are trademarks, service marks, or tradenames of F5, Inc. or\nits affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company\nnames herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260622960969/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260622960969/en/)\n\nDan Sorensen\n\nF5\n\n(650) 228-4842\n\nd.sorensen@f5.com \n(mailto:d.sorensen@f5.com) \n\n\nHolly Lancaster\n\nWe. 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