Application Security

Learn more about the tools Cloudflare offers to protect your website against malicious traffic and bad actors.

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1. Account security

   Make sure your zone’s basics are configured properly.

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   Contains 4 units

   1. Set-up 2FA
   2. Add and manage other members
   3. Review active sessions
   4. Review audit logs

2. Default traffic security

   As soon as you onboard your domain to Cloudflare, you are automatically protected. This module reviews what those protections are and why they are critical.

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   Contains 6 units

   1. DDoS Protection
   2. Security level
   3. Browser Integrity
   4. DNSSEC
   5. SSL / TLS
   6. Mutual TLS (mTLS)

3. Web Application Firewall

   Cloudflare’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) is used to protect websites from a wide variety of attack vectors. It analyzes characteristics from each request and takes action based on your domain configuration. In the next module, we will review Rate Limiting which is another product used to protect against potentially more sophisticated volumetric attacks.

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   Contains 2 units

   1. Managed Rules
   2. Custom rules

4. Rate Limiting

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   Contains 3 units

   1. Features
   2. Use cases
   3. Configurations

5. Lists

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   Contains 3 units

   1. Features
   2. Use cases
   3. Configurations

6. Security Center

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   Contains 2 units

   1. Security Insights
   2. Brand Protection