The perimeter isn’t where you left it. Agents are on the move, APIs are on fire, and your infrastructure is about as ready for this as a fax machine is for a DDoS. In this week's episode of Pop Goes the Stack, #F5's Lori MacVittie, Joel Moses, and Field CISO, Chuck Herrin, are talking guardrails—real ones—for the age of #agenticAI. Because while your dashboards were busy sipping metrics, the vendors got serious. Recent product launches show a clear pivot toward #AI-specific defenses and infrastructure support like: an AI firewall, AI runtime protection, semantic observability, and AI policy and rule generation. Turns out, stateless APIs weren’t built for recursive agents with infinite retries and zero chill. If your architecture still thinks AI means ‘autocomplete,’ you’re going to want to tune in for actionable steps to stay ahead in an AI-dominated future. It’s not just about security. It’s survival. Let’s go. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to Pop Goes the Stack 00:48 Guardrails for Agentic AI 01:38 The Perimeter Debate 04:40 AI's Role in Modern Threats 06:02 The Role of Context in Security 09:09 Agentic AI's Impact: Attackers 12:52 Agentic AI's Impact: Defenders 17:28 Security Industry's Response to AI Threats 21:57 Key Actionable Takeaways Learn how you can stay ahead of the curve and keep your stack whole with additional insights on app security, multicloud, AI, and emerging tech: https://go.f5.net/p5foerh3 More about F5: https://go.f5.net/w12scivz Read our blog: https://go.f5.net/tm6zxz2s Follow us on LinkedIn: https://go.f5.net/h7wgz971

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