Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

In cybersecurity, it's an arms race. Stephanie Cohen explained why financial services are prime targets and why strong partnerships are the real armor. Banks are one of the most attacked sectors on the planet. It's not just money at stake; it's entire economies. And here’s the kicker: You're only as strong as your weakest link. Ready to rethink your cybersecurity strategy? Dive into the latest episode of The Connectivity Cloud Podcast.

We break down Cloudflare’s Q1 2025 DDoS Threat Report, showing a 358% year-over-year increase in DDoS attacks. Omer Yoachimik, Senior Product Manager for DDoS at Cloudflare, unpacks it all in the full video.

In this week’s episode, we talk about DDoS attacks and their sharp rise in recent months. We also start with a quick look at some Internet trends tied to the announcement of the new pope. To guide us through the world of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, host João Tomé is joined by our DDoS expert, Omer Yoachimik.

A year on from the publication of our inaugural cybersecurity survey in 2023, it is remarkable to see how many of the same issues continue to impact the work of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) in the region. In the 2024 edition of the Cloudflare study, we continued to build a better understanding of the threat landscape facing CISOs and their teams across Asia Pacific; with interviews we conducted among almost 4,000 cybersecurity professionals from 14 markets across the region.

Discover how Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall (WAF) can safeguard your website against malicious threats.

In this week's episode, we talk about Internet disruptions — focusing on the recent major power and Internet blackout, while also reviewing the broader Internet disruptions of Q1 2025. Host João Tomé shares his firsthand experience during the blackout in Lisbon, Portugal, and how an old battery-powered FM radio came to the rescue. He’s joined by David Belson, Head of Data Insights at Cloudflare.

Clip of the show/podcast with Sunil Pai. About Cloudflare's ecosystem for developers and how most people don't realize that AI and agents are ready to make a difference. Sunil is the founder of PartyKit (an open source deployment platform for AI agents), acquired by Cloudflare in 2024. And he’s a Principal Systems Engineer that is building AI agents at Cloudflare.

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