Cloudflare Expands Relationship with Microsoft, Makes Industry Leading Zero Trust Security Tools Easier than Ever to Deploy
New
integrations between Cloudflare One and Microsoft Azure Active Directory will
help businesses deploy seamless Zero Trust security without changing a line of
code
India, 13th January, 2023 — Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the security, performance,
and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced an
expansion of its relationship with Microsoft to help customers easily deploy,
automate, and enhance their organization’s Zero Trust security.
Working
from anywhere is more common than ever, and critical applications have moved to
the cloud—no longer residing inside an office protected by a secure perimeter.
This fundamental shift in where and how people work has caused enterprises to
rethink legacy tools and abandon the traditional castle-and-moat approach to
security, looking towards Zero Trust instead. As CIOs continue to navigate this
paradigm shift, Cloudflare has developed a new set of integrations with
Microsoft to help organizations on this journey. Now, mutual customers can
seamlessly deploy Zero Trust security tools in minutes, with no complex code
changes, and add industry-first features, such as Cloudflare’s Remote Browser
Isolation technology.
"When
I speak with CIOs, I continue to hear that their number one concern remains
security, closely followed by adapting to the new hybrid world,” said Matthew Prince, CEO and co-founder at
Cloudflare. “We want to make it easier than ever for IT leaders to deploy
Zero Trust security across the enterprise and keep users safe wherever they are
working from. I’m thrilled that we are deepening our integration with Microsoft
so we can help our joint customers easily deploy Zero Trust security across
some of the most used applications in the workplace.”
Through
these new integrations, Cloudflare now provides a comprehensive identity driven
approach to protect applications, users, devices and networks from attacks.
These integrations pair Microsoft Identity solutions and Cloudflare network
security tools to create a quality Zero Trust offering.
“A
cloud-native zero trust security model has become an absolute necessity as
enterprises continue to adopt a cloud-first strategy” said Joy Chik, President, Identity and Network Access, Microsoft. “Cloudflare
has developed robust product integrations with Microsoft to help security and
IT leaders prevent attacks proactively, dynamically control policy and risk,
and increase automation in alignment with zero trust best practices.”
Cloudflare
and Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) customers can now:
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Deploy Zero Trust Security without changing
one line of code: Now
joint customers can choose to define specific rules in either Azure AD or in
Cloudflare Access i.e. which users can access specific applications based on
various factors such as user risk level, device platform, location, etc. and
enforce across both products without changing a line of code.
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Isolate high-risk users automatically with
industry leading browser isolation technology: By integrating Cloudflare’s Remote
Browser Isolation with Azure AD, high-risk users, such as temporary employees,
are contained proactively in a remote browser session for added security.
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Save IT teams hundreds of hours of manual
work: Cloudflare Access will
use the System for Cross-Domain Identity Management (SCIM) to directly
integrate with Azure AD. Groups are automatically synced across Cloudflare and
Azure Active Directory platforms and groups, saving hundreds of hours of manual
work from IT teams.
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Keep sensitive Government data off of the
public Internet: By
connecting Azure Government Cloud to Cloudflare’s global network via the Secure Hybrid Access (SHA) program, Government customers (‘GCC’) will be
able to keep sensitive traffic secure by staying off of the public Internet.
Additionally, Government customers (‘GCC’) will be able to define and enforce
granular rules defining who can access what using the joint solution from the
dashboard without any code changes.
Cloudflare
has worked with Microsoft since 2018 to provide mutual customers with an
improved Internet experience by securing web applications and safeguarding
employees with identity and device protections. Cloudflare’s deep integrations
across Microsoft 365 and Azure have supported many of the largest Fortune 500
companies on their Zero Trust journey, enabling customers to simply and easily
support their security and performance needs. Most recently, Microsoft named Cloudflare the winner of its Security Software Innovator
of the Year award.
To
learn more about Cloudflare’s integration with Microsoft, check out the
resources below:
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Joint reference architecture
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Docs: Enable SCIM on the Zero Trust dashboard
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Docs: Use multiple Azure AD Conditional Access Policies with Access
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Docs: Isolate Azure AD risky users
About Cloudflare Cloudflare, Inc. (www.cloudflare.com / @cloudflareis on a mission to help build a better
Internet. Cloudflare’s suite of products protect and accelerate any Internet
application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a
line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic
routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every
request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a
decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was awarded by Reuters Events
for Global Responsible Business in 2020, named to Fast Company's Most
Innovative Companies in 2021, and ranked among Newsweek's Top 100 Most Loved
Workplaces in 2022.