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F5 Named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide WAAP Platforms for the Second Time<\/b><\/p>\n

IDC MarketScape notes F5\u2019s key strengths including AI-powered WAF with a measurable efficacy gain, breadth of AI security options, and AI assistance and programmability<\/i><\/p>\n

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nF5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide WAAP Platforms 2026 Vendor Assessment (US54130626, September 2026)\u00b9. This marks the second time F5 has been recognized as a Leader, including the prior assessment in 2024.<\/p>\n

\nOrganizations today face frontier AI threats and autonomous agentic attacks. Autonomous AI models can scan, discover, and exploit vulnerabilities at machine speed. With the vulnerability exploit window now inverting to negative 7 days, attacks routinely begin before a software vendor even releases a patch. The proliferation of shadow AI and zombie APIs introduces exposure to new risks and the possibility of data leakage. And CISOs must now deal with the long-term exposure of \u201charvest now, decrypt later\u201d quantum attacks. Security leaders need to defend every app, API, and AI model, everywhere, with consistent policy, less complexity, and AI-powered defenses. With capabilities like virtual patching<\/a>, F5\u2019s web application and API protection (WAAP) solution is built to help them reduce risk, strengthen resilience, and enforce policy\u2014wherever their apps and APIs run.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWe’ve entered an era where reactive defenses and traditional patch cycles simply can\u2019t keep up,\u201d said John Maddison, Chief Marketing Officer, F5. \u201cOrganizations trust F5 to protect what matters most and help them innovate with confidence. Being named a Leader once again in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for WAAP reflects our continued leadership and investment in AI-powered security. With capabilities to close the loop from proactive vulnerability discovery to automated virtual patching in minutes, we stop machine-speed attacks during runtime, buying development teams critical runway. The threat landscape will keep evolving, and so will we, as we help our customers defend every app, API, and AI model, wherever they run.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why we believe F5 was named as a Leader<\/b><\/p>\n

\nF5 is among the only security providers delivering an application delivery and security platform purpose-built to secure modern applications, APIs, and AI\u2014from development through runtime, across any environment. F5\u2019s enterprise WAAP solution, delivered as part of the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform<\/a> (ADSP), converges web application firewall (WAF), API security, bot defense, and DDoS mitigation capabilities to reduce gaps and tool sprawl wherever apps and APIs live.<\/p>\n

\nIn its assessment, IDC MarketScape noted several of F5\u2019s key strengths, including:<\/p>\n