Cloudflare, Inc., the security, performance and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, partnered with CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. , an enabler in cloud-delivered protection for endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data.
Cloudflare Integrates its Zero Trust Platform with CrowdStrike Falcon Zero Trust Assessment (ZTA), which provides joint customers with simple and effective controls to ensure employees have secure access to applications regardless of their work location. Through this integration, Cloudflare and CrowdStrike are bringing together best-in-class technologies to deliver industry-leading Zero Trust capabilities to mutual customers.
“Every business needs to protect users and teams, no matter where they are or how they work,” comments John Graham-Cumming, chief technology officer at Cloudflare. “Cloudflare’s Zero Trust platform offers comprehensive protection for organizations of all sizes. Now, we’re making it even easier for joint Cloudflare and CrowdStrike customers to take advantage of the new combined security capabilities for the connected, anywhere workplace today.”
According to a study commissioned in October 2020 and conducted by Forrester Consulting, 76% of organizations are struggling to move to a Zero Trust security posture due to complex user access requirements. Employees continue to work from anywhere, and organizations must continue to navigate the shift to a hybrid way of working, and as security teams move away from a traditional security architecture and toward a modern Zero Trust approach. Together, Cloudflare and CrowdStrike are working to make it easier for IT teams to adopt Zero Trust solutions. With this expanded partnership, joint customers can now:
Enable secure access authorization to applications from any endpoint, regardless of the user’s location: Cloudflare Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Cloudflare Secure Web Gateway (SWG) now integrate directly with CrowdStrike’s real-time device location assessments – Falcon ZTA – to provide the Strengthen the Zero Trust position of mutual customers.
Identify and mitigate threats with unparalleled threat intelligence: Part of CrowdStrike’s CrowdXDR Alliance, Cloudflare combines the insights of Cloud’s global network, which spans more than 250 cities and blocks an average of 86 billion cyberthreats per day, with CrowdStrike’s endpoint data to deliver mutual customers to help identify and stop cyber attacks.
Improve Visibility with Logs: Cloudflare and CrowdStrike will drive their log integration, allowing customers to connect their Cloudflare logs to CrowdStrike’s EDR telemetry to quickly discover and mitigate sophisticated threats.
Get fast support in attack situations: CrowdStrike is a Cloudflare incident response partner. In the event of an incident or attack, CrowdStrike works with Cloudflare to help bring customers’ web materials and networks back online.
” The CrowdStrike Falcon platform secures customers with verified access controls, helping customers reduce their attack surface and simplify, enable, and accelerate their Zero Trust journey,” said Michael Sentonas, chief technology officer at CrowdStrike. ” By expanding our partnership with Cloudflare, we’re making it easier for our mutual customers to strengthen their Zero Trust security posture across all endpoints and across their enterprise network.”
