Reasons Why the Public Sector Turns to F5

Despite financial pressures and evolving societal needs, the public sector is leveraging technology and talent to turn challenges into opportunities.

Meanwhile, the numbers of APIs and AI applications including AI applications are constantly evolving and has become the threats to public sector and national critical infrastructures.

According to F5's 2025 State of Application Strategy Report, "94% of organizations deploy applications across multiple environments, resulting in operational inefficiencies and challenges in consistently securing APIs and microservices."

As public sector organizations go increasingly digital, cybersecurity is more important than ever. Public sector agencies are a favorite target of criminal organizations, often for the personally identifiable information they hold. And they must constantly defend themselves from a wide range of increasingly sophisticated threats-from state-sponsored cyber warfare to power supply interruptions to AI related attacks.

To protect their digital operations from emerging cyberthreats while meeting the need for digital services, many governments across the globe are modernizing their application infrastructures. For example, the U.S. government has invested more than $1.05 billion in cybersecurity and digitization projects across 34 federal agencies through the Technology Modernization Fund established by Congress. In 2025, worldwide government and public sector IT spending is projected to be significant, with total of $5.61 trillion. This is a 9.8% increase from a year before.

As public sector institutions invest in their IT architectures, many are turning to F5 to power and protect the digital experiences their employees and constituents depend upon. So why does the public sector-including all 15 executive departments of the U.S. Cabinet-rely on F5? Here are four reasons: