F5 has expanded its support for the AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience (ARMOR), a comprehensive AI security framework developed by World Wide Technology (WWT). Notably, WWT built the vendor-agnostic framework in collaboration with NVIDIA, combining real-world deployment expertise with advanced AI capabilities to strengthen operational resilience.

As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, they simultaneously face a rapidly expanding attack surface. Hybrid AI platforms continuously move data across environments, APIs, and emerging connection points. Consequently, organizations require a structured, end-to-end security approach. ARMOR addresses this challenge by securing AI deployments at every stage from development to runtime while integrating directly with F5’s Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP).

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Importantly, ARMOR introduces a modular cybersecurity architecture that WWT delivers to enterprises dealing with increasingly frequent and sophisticated cyber threats. The framework enhances AI-powered threat detection, mitigation, and visibility. At the same time, F5’s ADSP ensures secure workload deployment and seamless access across multicloud ecosystems.

“For organizations of any size, ARMOR provides a scalable framework that can be continuously refined as new partners and technologies join the ecosystem,” said Istvan Berko, Global Head of AI Cyber and Innovation at WWT. “By embedding security from chip-to-cloud and aligning with industry organizations and compliance mandates, ARMOR articulates an end-to-end AI security approach that provides comprehensive coverage over key IT domains.”

To deliver comprehensive protection, ARMOR operates across six core domains, supported by an overarching Cyber Resilience strategy.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

First, ARMOR aligns AI initiatives with regulatory, ethical, and policy standards. F5 AI Guardrails acts as a secure proxy for AI traffic, inspecting prompts and responses to prevent data leakage, block prompt injection, and mitigate targeted AI attacks. Additionally, observability features such as watermarking enhance compliance tracking and audit readiness.

Secure AI Operations

Next, the framework shifts organizations from reactive defense to proactive security strategies. F5’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions reduce false positives, deliver predictive insights, and automate incident response workflows. Furthermore, OpenTelemetry-compatible capabilities across ADSP enhance visibility and interoperability across AI workloads.

Model Protection

ARMOR also strengthens model security through layered defenses, including runtime protection, lifecycle traceability, and automated adversarial testing. F5 AI Red Team works alongside AI Guardrails to defend against jailbreak attempts, data exfiltration, and model manipulation, while enabling advanced analytics and risk benchmarking.

Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

In addition, ARMOR reinforces secure coding practices and AI model scanning. F5’s XOps overlay integrates scanners, orchestration, automation, and AI assistants across its portfolio. As a result, organizations maintain a single source of truth while accelerating secure development without sacrificing agility.

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Infrastructure Security

Moreover, F5 supports scalable identity and cryptographic protections for AI and high-performance computing environments. With post-quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness and solutions like F5 Distributed Cloud Services and BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes, enterprises gain enhanced ingress/egress control, load balancing, and network security.

Data Protection

Finally, ARMOR outlines AI-specific data protection strategies. F5 ADSP standardizes control plane security, while BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager ensures secure transport between models and agents. The recent release of BIG-IP v21.0, featuring pre-configured S3 profiles, further optimizes AI storage performance and efficiency.

At its foundation, Cyber Resilience ties all domains together through zero trust principles, defense-in-depth strategies, and recovery planning. This integrated approach ensures organizations can prepare for, respond to, and recover from evolving threats.

“AI’s ascension and integration into every element of modern business have transformed what application, API, and infrastructure security should look like,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer at F5. “Together with companies like WWT, F5 is focused on helping CISOs and security teams implement game-changing AI capabilities while simultaneously addressing corresponding shifts in overall threat, compliance, and data sovereignty landscapes.”

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