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June 2024

How Cloudflare accelerates digital modernization efforts

You need to accelerate digital modernization to stay competitive, but complex tech stacks limit your modernization initiatives. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud simplifies management and new tech adoption across networks, web apps, security, and development, making it easier to embrace a wide range of digital services.

What is a CDN (Content Delivery Network) and How does a CDN Work?

In this video, we explain what a Content Delivery Network (CDN) is and how it works to improve your website’s performance. If you've ever experienced a slow website, you know how frustrating it can be for both you and your visitors. A slow website can lead to losing customers and lower rankings on search result pages. That's where a CDN comes in. A CDN improves your website's loading times by serving content from the server closest to your visitors. By caching content at various data centers, a CDN reduces the distance data must travel, leading to faster load times and lower bandwidth costs.

What is a DNS (Domain Name System) and How Does a DNS Work?

Explore the essential role of DNS (Domain Name System) in the internet ecosystem with this detailed video. Whether you're navigating the web or managing websites, understanding DNS is vital for optimizing website loading speeds and bolstering cybersecurity.. In this video, we cover: Whether you're a beginner curious about internet infrastructure or a tech enthusiast seeking deeper insights, join us as we unravel the mechanics of DNS. This video provides invaluable knowledge to empower you in navigating the digital world effectively.

Deep Dive into Application Security: Understanding Firewalls, Malware, and APIs

In this week’s episode, we explore how Cloudflare handles application security, current trends, vulnerabilities, and future expectations. Host João Tomé is joined by Michael Tremante, Director of Product from our Application Security team. We discuss the evolution of application security and its increasing relevance today. We also go into specific use cases, covering firewall security, malware, supply chain risks, and the critical task of monitoring various vulnerabilities, including zero-day threats.

What is Cloudforce One. How we thwarted FlyingYeti's campaign targeting Ukraine

In this week’s episode, we have a segment about how we thwarted a threat campaign targeting Ukraine and explain what our team, Cloudforce One, does. Host João Tomé is joined by Blake Darché, Head of Cloudforce One. First, we discuss how Cloudforce One employed proactive defense measures to successfully prevent Russia-aligned threat actor FlyingYeti from launching their latest phishing campaign targeting Ukraine.

Celebrating 10 years of Project Galileo (with Alissa Starzak)

Alissa Starzak, Global Head of Policy at Cloudflare, about our Project Galileo that is celebrating 10 years. In June 2014, Cloudflare launched Project Galileo, a program which today provides security services, at no cost, to more than 2,600 independent journalists and nonprofit organizations around the world supporting human rights, democracy, and local communities.

Celebrating 10 years of Project Galileo

One of the great benefits of the Internet has been its ability to empower activists and journalists in repressive societies to organize, communicate, and simply find each other. Ten years ago today, Cloudflare launched Project Galileo, a program which today provides security services, at no cost, to more than 2,600 independent journalists and nonprofit organizations around the world supporting human rights, democracy, and local communities.

Alissa Starzak on Internet regulation, elections, and Project Galileo's decade

In this week’s episode, we feature a segment all about policy, Internet regulation, and the 10th anniversary of our Project Galileo. Host João Tomé is joined by Alissa Starzak, Global Head of Policy at Cloudflare, to discuss policy and regulation in 2024. This conversation was recorded in early May 2024 in our San Francisco office. We begin with Alissa’s impressive background, from the private sector to the CIA, the US Army, and then Cloudflare.