F5 Launches New Distributed Cloud Services PoP in Korea
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F5 announced on the 14th the launch of a new PoP for its distributed cloud services in Korea.
The new PoP is intended to directly respond to the growing cybersecurity threats in the country.
According to figures compiled by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), cybersecurity incident reports involving domestic companies totaled 2,383 in 2025, and DDoS incidents totaled 588.
F5 announced on the 14th the launch of a new PoP for its distributed cloud services in Korea. The new PoP is intended to directly respond to the growing cybersecurity threats in the country.
According to figures compiled by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), cybersecurity incident reports involving domestic companies totaled 2,383 in 2025. The number of reports in 2025 was up 26.3% from the previous year. Distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) totaled 588, and the number of DDoS incidents nearly doubled from a year earlier.
The F5 application delivery and security platform supports responses to attacks, including DDoS. The platform's features help strengthen enterprise security and support consistent protection across applications.
A dedicated redundant private backbone based on extensive peering and transit connections between the new PoP in Korea and the F5 PoP was presented as a foundation for delivering security and delivery functions closer to customer applications. Lee Hyung-wook, head of F5 Korea, said the new PoP in Korea makes it possible to deliver security and delivery functions closer to customer applications, helping reduce latency, improve resilience, and ensure consistent protection in increasingly distributed environments.
This connectivity structure consists of a dedicated network that directly connects and redundantly links multiple telecom networks. As a result, stable data transmission is possible even if one side fails, and the architecture allows latency-sensitive workloads to run closer to users.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services, which operate on this infrastructure, provide routing, load balancing, and multi-layer application security capabilities. They also support a globally distributed architecture while delivering consistent security across environments and integrated operational management.
Adam Judd, senior vice president for Asia Pacific, China, and Japan at F5, said the company's expansion of its global network in Korea helps customers meet data sovereignty requirements and regulatory obligations, while also supporting the delivery of secure, high-performance digital services. He added that the investment underscores a commitment to simplifying customer operations, while clearly signaling a direction that supports consistent security across the entire application estate and consistent connectivity across the entire application estate.
Source: IT DAILY · Kim Ho-jun
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