WitnessAI integrates with F5 for AI traffic visibility

WitnessAI has announced its support for integration with F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator to enhance visibility and control over encrypted generative AI traffic.

The integration enables customers to gain deep insights into enterprise AI traffic, complementing the existing capabilities of F5's BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator solution, which provides a means to manage and view encrypted application traffic comprehensively.

WitnessAI is designed to facilitate safe usage of AI by organisational employees, leveraging network connectivity to oversee, manage, and protect the usage of various AI applications. One of its core functions, Witness/OBSERVE, aims to eliminate what is known as "shadow AI" by cataloguing accessed AI applications, logging conversations, and assessing them for potential compliance risks.

The Witness/CONTROL aspect introduces activity guardrails that enforce corporate AI usage policies based on employee identity and the intended usage of AI tools. Together, these tools provide mechanisms for managing AI risk and governance to ensure secure usage.

By integrating with the BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator, WitnessAI offers a solution that is designed to deliver complete visibility, enforce policies, and ensure data protection for any AI application used by an employee. This integration secures data transmitted to third-party AI apps and aims to prevent harmful or misleading responses from these applications, thereby safeguarding users from misinformation.

Rick Caccia, CEO of WitnessAI, commented on the development, stating, "Accessing and managing encrypted application traffic is a challenge easily solved with F5 BIG-IP. WitnessAI enhances that visibility and management with awareness of AI destinations and analysis of conversations and risk. Together, we give customers the ability to see and protect any employee AI use."

Mike Rau, Senior Vice President of Technical Enterprise Strategy and Business Development at F5, highlighted the importance of the collaboration, saying, "The productivity benefits of GenAI are clear, and organisations are broadly adopting AI tools. F5's collaboration with WitnessAI will make it easier for joint customers to use AI safely and effectively."

WitnessAI's solution is currently deployed by global organisations to identify shadow AI, provide comprehensive visibility into user actions, and protect users and data from potential threats. Security and privacy professionals seeking a demonstration of WitnessAI can reach out to the company for further information.