The 2024 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review is our fifth annual review of Internet trends and patterns observed throughout the year at both a global and country/region level across a variety of metrics. In this year’s review, we have added several new traffic, adoption, connectivity, and email security metrics, as well as the ability to […]
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What’s new in Cloudflare: Account Owned Tokens and Zaraz Automated Actions
In October 2024, we started publishing roundup blog posts to share the latest features and updates from our teams. Today, we are announcing general availability for Account Owned Tokens, which allow organizations to improve access control for their Cloudflare services. Additionally, we are launching Zaraz Automated Actions, which is a new feature designed to streamline […]
Cloudflare acquires Kivera to add simple, preventive cloud security to Cloudflare One
We’re excited to announce that Kivera, a cloud security, data protection, and compliance company, has joined Cloudflare. This acquisition extends our SASE portfolio to incorporate inline cloud app controls, empowering Cloudflare One customers with preventative security controls for all their cloud services. In today’s digital landscape, cloud services and SaaS (software as a service) apps […]
Enhance your website's security with Cloudflare’s free security.txt generator
A story of security and simplicity Meet Georgia, a diligent website administrator at a growing e-commerce company. Every day, Georgia juggles multiple tasks, from managing server uptime to ensuring customer data security. One morning, Georgia receives an email from a security researcher who discovered a potential vulnerability on the website. The researcher struggled to find […]
Unraveling Authentication and Authorization in Web Security
Authentication and authorization – they sound alike, often get used interchangeably, and are absolutely crucial for web application security. But let’s be real, getting them right can sometimes feel like navigating a maze. Don’t worry, we’ll break down these concepts, highlight common vulnerabilities, and arm you with best practices to keep your applications secure. Authentication […]
How Cloudflare auto-mitigated world record 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack
Since early September, Cloudflare’s DDoS protection systems have been combating a month-long campaign of hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks. Cloudflare’s defenses mitigated over one hundred hyper-volumetric L3/4 DDoS attacks throughout the month, with many exceeding 2 billion packets per second (Bpps) and 3 terabits per second (Tbps). The largest attack peaked 3.8 Tbps — the largest […]
Wrapping up another Birthday Week celebration
2024 marks Cloudflare’s 14th birthday. Birthday Week each year is packed with major announcements and the release of innovative new offerings, all focused on giving back to our customers and the broader Internet community. Birthday Week has become a proud tradition at Cloudflare and our culture, to not just stay true to our mission, but […]
Advancing cybersecurity: Cloudflare implements a new bug bounty VIP program as part of CISA Pledge commitment
As our digital world becomes increasingly more complex, the importance of cybersecurity grows ever more critical. As a result, Cloudflare is proud to promote our commitment to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ‘Secure by Design’ pledge. The commitment is built around seven security goals, aimed at enhancing the safety of our products and […]
AI Everywhere with the WAF Rule Builder Assistant, Cloudflare Radar AI Insights, and updated AI bot protection
The continued growth of AI has fundamentally changed the Internet over the past 24 months. AI is increasingly ubiquitous, and Cloudflare is leaning into the new opportunities and challenges it presents in a big way. This year for Cloudflare’s birthday, we’ve extended our AI Assistant capabilities to help you build new WAF rules, added AI […]
Cloudflare partners with Internet Service Providers and network equipment providers to deliver a safer browsing experience to millions of homes
A committed journey of privacy and security In 2018, Cloudflare announced 1.1.1.1, one of the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS services. 1.1.1.1 was the first consumer product Cloudflare ever launched, focused on reaching a wider audience. This service was designed to be fast and private, and does not retain information that would identify who is making […]
