Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Cybercriminals don't care about borders. So why do we have 12 different regulatory frameworks for the same threat? Olivier Busolini, Group Head of Information Security at Mashreq Bank, voiced the frustration every global CISO feels: "In every country, I have 12 countries at Mashreq. In every country, there is a slightly different or sometimes vastly different requirement that I have to abide to.".

In this special Year in Review episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by David Belson to break down the Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review. Together, they explore what Cloudflare’s global network reveals about how the Internet evolved over the past year — from the rapid rise of AI crawlers and agent traffic, to record-breaking DDoS attacks, the spread of post-quantum encryption, and the growing impact of government-directed shutdowns and outages.

See how Cloudflare One helps you manage the security posture of GenAI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. This demo highlights: API integrations: Available for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and most popular SaaS apps 0:18 Posture findings: Scan for misconfigurations, unauthorized activity, and other security issues 0:50 Shadow AI discovery: Find what third-party AI apps access your SaaS tools 1:15.

See how Cloudflare One helps protect sensitive data when users interact with generative AI apps. This demo highlights secure access service edge (SASE) capabilities including: Data loss prevention (DLP) detections for sensitive content (e.g., PII, source code, financials) 0:22 Detections for data at rest in AI tools like ChatGPT 1:00 Guardrails for user prompts based on intent / topic to block jailbreak attempts, code abuse, PII requests, and other risky behavior 2:12.

See how Cloudflare One helps restore visibility and controls over unsanctioned use of AI tools. This demo highlights secure access service edge (SASE) capabilities including: Shadow AI reporting: Analyze how AI apps are used across your environment 0:10 Application confidence scores: Evaluate the risks posed by specific AI apps 1:10 Access controls: Allow, block, redirect, isolate, and more based on an app’s approval status 1:45.

See how Cloudflare One simplifies access controls across both generative AI and agentic AI communication — all from one unified secure access service edge (SASE) dashboard. This demo highlights: Securing human-to-AI connections by as blocking or redirecting from unapproved tools and isolating AI apps to protect data (0:09) Streamlining access to MCP servers for AI-to-resource connections via Cloudflare’s MCP server portals (1:10)

In this clip from This Week in NET, Systems Engineer Steve James gives a hands-on demo of a real-time multiplayer chess game running inside ChatGPT, built with the Agents SDK and Cloudflare Workers. Beyond the demo, we talk about what developers can build today with AI agents — and why, given the pace of innovation, it’s genuinely hard to predict what applications and experiences will emerge in 2026.

In this special compilation episode of The Connectivity Cloud Podcast with Cloudflare, Lia Kazandzhieva, Marketing Campaign Manager at Cloudflare revisits the most impactful conversations from 2025 with leading CISOs and security experts to distill the lessons that will define 2026 and beyond. What You'll Learn.

In this episode of This Week in NET, we talk with Daniele Molteni, Director of Product Management for Cloudflare’s WAF, about how Cloudflare responded within hours to a newly disclosed React Server Components vulnerability — deploying global protection before the public advisory was even released.