F5 announced two new products for AI runtime security, F5 AI Guardrails and F5 AI Red Team, both now generally available.
The company positioned this release as part of a broader approach to testing and runtime protection for enterprise AI deployments. F5 also said these products expand its application delivery and security platform.
“Traditional corporate governance cannot keep up with the speed of AI,” said Kunal Anand, F5 Chief Product Officer. “Delayed policy implementation leads to data leaks and unpredictable model behavior. Organizations need defenses that are as dynamic as the models themselves. F5 AI Guardrails protects traffic in real time, turning black boxes into transparent systems. Meanwhile, F5 AI Red Team proactively discovers vulnerabilities before they reach production. This allows organizations to stop fearing risk and start shipping apps and features with confidence.”
F5 structured its announcement around the increased use of AI in customer-facing services, internal workflows, and riskier decision-making. The company said businesses face a variety of threats and operational risks. They cite adversarial manipulation of models, data leakage, unpredictable user interactions, and increased compliance obligations.
runtime control
According to the company, F5 AI Guardrails provides runtime security controls for AI models, applications, and AI agents. F5 described this as model agnostic and said it can apply consistent policy enforcement across different clouds and deployments.
F5 said the product is aimed at addressing threats such as prompt injection and jailbreak attacks. It also said the product can prevent sensitive data from being leaked and enforce corporate and regulatory obligations. The company cited GDPR and EU AI laws as examples.
F5 also focuses on observability and auditability features within AI guardrails. The company says these features provide visibility into AI inputs and outputs, allowing teams to explore the results and reasoning behind the model’s behavior. F5 explained that this transparency is essential for governance and compliance in regulated industries.
adversarial test
The F5 AI Red Team focuses on automated adversarial testing, and the company says it simulates both common and specialized threat vectors while extending testing across a variety of deployments.
The company also highlighted the AI vulnerability database associated with this product. F5 says this database is updated with more than 10,000 new attack techniques each month as threats evolve.
F5 says the AI Red Team is identifying places where models can produce dangerous or unpredictable output. He also said that the findings will be fed back into AI guardrail policy. The company described this combined workflow as a continuous feedback loop that ties together proactive testing and adaptive policy enforcement.
Positioning the platform
F5 said the two products will integrate with existing security controls already in use by many companies. The company cites API security, web application firewall, and DDoS protection as essential components of its broader stack. F5 noted that this approach protects AI systems alongside existing applications and reduces dependence on disparate point products.
F5 also said the new tools meet customer requirements for deployment flexibility and protection across a variety of models. Organizations can customize their security policies and adapt them in real time.
The company says both products are already being deployed by Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries. He cited highly regulated financial services and healthcare institutions as examples.
F5 has confirmed that F5 AI Guardrails and F5 AI Red Teaming are immediately available as part of the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform.
