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F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Score9.1 out of 10

48 Reviews and Ratings

What is F5 Distributed Cloud API Security?

A solution that discovers, controls, and mitigates threats to APIs Using machine learning.

F5® Distributed Cloud API Security is a solution to manage APIs across any data center or cloud using a simple and scalable architecture. It helps drive business velocity by enabling automated API deployments and management, while also protecting against API-specific threats.

Distributed Cloud API Security—part of the F5® Distributed Cloud Web App & API Protection (WAAP) solution—delivers advanced security controls in a SaaS-based solution to reduce tool sprawl and architectural complexity. Using advanced analytics on the data collected across users on its multi-tenant platform, Distributed Cloud API Security identifies behavioral anomalies and automatically updates to mitigate threats from users as well as internal apps.

Its discovery and insights leverage machine learning (ML), to block API attacks in real time and eliminate vulnerabilities at their source. A SaaS-based portal will manage and provide threat analytics, forensics, and troubleshooting for the user's application. Detect and block Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) API Top 10 attacks in real time by using automatic detection at the development and production layers.

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What is F5 Distributed Cloud API Security?
F5's Distributed Cloud API Security provides discovery and deep insights from use of AI/ML. It can be used to block API attacks in real time and eliminate vulnerabilities at their source. The SaaS-based portal enables users to manage and go deep for threat analytics, forensics, and troubleshooting of modern applications.
What are F5 Distributed Cloud API Security's top competitors?
Salt Security API Protection Platform, Noname Security, and Cequence Security are common alternatives for F5 Distributed Cloud API Security.
What is F5 Distributed Cloud API Security's best feature?
Reviewers rate Denial of Service (DoS) Protection, Security Notification and Alerts, and API Key Management highest, with a score of 9.2.