F5 partners with Insicon Cyber in Australia and New Zealand
Insicon Cyber is an F5 Partner in Australia and New Zealand
Insicon Cyber is proud to partner with F5, the global leader in application delivery and security. This partnership brings together F5's industry-defining technology and Insicon Cyber's deep trans-Tasman advisory and managed security expertise to help Australian and New Zealand organisations protect their most critical applications and APIs in today's complex, AI-driven threat environment.
As organisations across Australia and New Zealand accelerate their hybrid multi-cloud strategies, the attack surface expands in step. F5's unified Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP), combined with Insicon Cyber's managed security services and compliance advisory, gives ANZ businesses a comprehensive, intelligence-driven defence that spans every environment where their apps operate.
The Platform
F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)
In 2025, F5 launched the Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP): the industry's only platform that fully converges high-performance load balancing and traffic management with advanced application and API security. Designed for hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, the ADSP supports Australian and New Zealand enterprises managing distributed application environments across on-premises data centres, public cloud, and the network edge.
F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report found that 94% of organisations deploy applications across multiple environments, and 96% are currently deploying AI models. The ADSP directly addresses the complexity and security risk that follows.
BIG-IP
F5's flagship platform for application delivery, web application firewall (WAF), DDoS protection, encrypted traffic inspection, and load balancing. Available as hardware, software, and virtual appliances across on-premises and cloud environments.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services
A SaaS-based platform enabling organisations to deploy, secure, and manage applications across data centres, multi-cloud, and edge locations from a single console, with consistent policy enforcement across all environments.
AI Security (F5 AI Guardrails)
Following F5's acquisition of CalypsoAI, the ADSP now includes AI Guardrails and AI Red Team capabilities, providing runtime AI security, adaptive guardrails, red teaming at scale, and inference-layer defences for generative and agentic AI workloads.
Web Application & API Protection (WAAP)
A multi-layered SaaS solution combining web application firewall (WAF), DDoS mitigation, bot defence, and API protection. Delivers signature and behaviour-based threat detection aligned with OWASP Top 10 risks.
Bot Defence
Unified telemetry, network intelligence, and AI/ML combine with human analysis to identify and neutralise sophisticated automated threats including credential stuffing, account takeover, and fraud.
API Security
Automatic API discovery, continuous monitoring, and enforcement to detect and block OWASP API Top 10 threats, prevent sensitive data leakage, and protect against API-specific fraud and business logic abuse.
Why Application Security Matters Now
The ANZ Threat Reality in 2025
Australian and New Zealand organisations are managing an unprecedented volume of applications, APIs, and AI workloads. According to F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report, the scale of exposure continues to grow. These findings align directly with threats identified in the Australian Signals Directorate's Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-25 and the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre's 2025 report.
The Partnership
How Insicon Cyber Delivers F5 Technology Across Australia and New Zealand
Insicon Cyber's partnership with F5 extends beyond reselling technology. We integrate F5's platform into our managed security services, compliance advisory, and Security Operations Centre (SOC) to deliver continuous, adaptive protection for Australian and New Zealand clients. Our trans-Tasman team holds the expertise to design, deploy, and manage F5 solutions across complex hybrid environments, ensuring organisations remain compliant and resilient.
"Together, Insicon Cyber and F5 are committed to protecting every app and API that Australian and New Zealand organisations depend on, from the boardroom to the cloud edge."
- Managed F5 ADSP deployment, configuration, and ongoing management for ANZ enterprises
- Integration of F5 WAAP and BIG-IP into Insicon Cyber's 24/7 Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service
- API security programme design and managed monitoring, including continuous OWASP API Top 10 coverage
- AI security architecture and F5 AI Guardrails deployment for organisations adopting generative and agentic AI in Australia and New Zealand
- Compliance advisory connecting F5 capabilities to Australia's Essential Eight Maturity Model, SOCI Act obligations, Australian Privacy Act requirements, and New Zealand's NZISM and Privacy Act 2020
- Tabletop and simulation exercises incorporating application and API threat scenarios relevant to the ANZ threat landscape
- CISO-as-a-Service (CISOaaS) advisory leveraging F5 threat intelligence and ADSP telemetry to inform executive decision-making
- Strategic roadmap advisory to guide organisations from legacy WAF and VPN-dependent architectures toward modern, distributed app security models
Regulatory Alignment
F5 and ANZ Compliance Requirements
F5's Application Delivery and Security Platform supports a range of built-in compliance controls and reporting capabilities. Insicon Cyber maps these directly to the regulatory obligations facing Australian and New Zealand organisations, ensuring technology deployments contribute to demonstrable compliance outcomes.
🇦🇺 Australia
- Essential Eight Maturity Model (ACSC) - application control and patch management alignment
- Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act - application resilience and availability obligations
- Australian Privacy Act 1988 - data protection for apps processing personal information
- APRA CPS 234 - cyber security controls for financial services application environments
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 - information security management aligned with F5 controls
- ASD Cyber Threat Report guidance for web-facing application hardening
🇳🇿 New Zealand
- NZ Information Security Manual (NZISM) - application security and network controls
- Privacy Act 2020 - personal data protection for cloud and distributed applications
- GCSB and NCSC guidance on application security for government and critical infrastructure
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) technology risk guidance for financial services
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 - information security framework supported by F5 platform controls
- NZ critical infrastructure protection requirements for API and application availability
Industry Recognition
F5 is Recognised Across the Security Industry
F5's platform has earned independent recognition from leading analyst and research firms for its application security and delivery capabilities.
Featured in Enterprise Management Associates' 2025 Vendor Vision Report as a "must-see" solution for application delivery and security, recognised for its "significant advancement in addressing contemporary application security challenges."
Recognised as a Market Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Web Application and API Protection (WAAP), demonstrating global reach and exceptional overall strength in the application security market.
F5 ADSP is the industry's only platform to fully converge high-performance load balancing and traffic management with advanced application and API security capabilities in a single, unified offering.
Following the acquisition of CalypsoAI in 2025, F5 ADSP now delivers enterprise-grade AI security across the full AI deployment lifecycle, including F5 AI Guardrails and F5 AI Red Team capabilities for generative and agentic AI environments.
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