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Cloudflare Gateway
Internet-native Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
- Defend against ransomware, phishing, and other threats for faster, safer Internet browsing
- Reduce cyber risk by tapping into Cloudflare's massive Internet traffic visibility and threat intelligence pool
- Build custom HTTP, DNS, and network filtering policies across remote and office users
Accelerate Internet access
Improve team productivity by enforcing security closer to end users. No more backhauling user requests to centralized scrubbing centers for inspections.
Block threats, known and unknown
Reduce cyber risk by blocking access to known bad, risky, or unwanted destinations identified via Cloudflare’s unique visibility across Internet traffic.
Monitor traffic across your network
Improve tech efficiency by stacking in-line Zero Trust services and providing holistic visiblity into your Internet traffic across users, devices, and locations.
Cloudflare is the only new vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SSE
Cloudflare has been recognized in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE) report. We believe our recognition validates our commitment to continue advancing our Zero Trust platform to help secure hybrid work.
Cloudflare named a "Leader" in 2023 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for SASE
Through its 2023 SASE market analysis, KuppingerCole Analysts AG cited several Cloudflare strengths such as our large globally distributed presence and sophisticated traffic acceleration, massive backbone capacity, 100% uptime guarantee, and innovative Remote Browser Isolation.
Cloudflare named a "Leader" in 2023 IDC MarketScape for NESaaS
Cloudflare has been positioned as a "Leader" in the 2023 IDC MarketScape for Network Edge Security as a Service (NESaaS), similar to Security Service Edge (SSE). IDC cites Cloudflare's "extensive enterprise security functionality with a focus on simplicity."
Top use cases for Gateway
- Protect against phishing and ransomware - Thwart attacks with proactive filtering and inspection policies across comprehensive security categories.
- Secure distributed remote offices - Protect office users first with DNS filtering and later, more comprehensive inspections across all locations.
- Upgrade struggling SWG hardware - Send L4-L7 traffic through Cloudflare's global network and replace legacy appliances that fail to scale.
Tackle Zero Trust one step at a time
Easy setup and management
Streamline policy building and auditing security or compliance incidents with predefined security, content, and application-based categories.
Massive threat intelligence
Leverage the power of Cloudflare's DNS and HTTP telemetry and threat detection models to help stay protected from even emerging threats.
Faster, better end user experience
Cloudflare's single-pass inspection is >50% faster than other SWG alternatives. Faster, unintrusive protection without any performance tradeoffs.
How it works
- Securely route traffic from individual devices or branch routers to Cloudflare
- Inspect traffic against massive threat intelligence and customized filtering
- Apply other in-line services like data loss prevention or remote browser isolation for additional controls to protect your organization's exposure to the open Internet
Helping organizations worldwide progress towards Zero Trust
Tackle Zero Trust one step at a time
Additional resources
Securing distributed workplaces
Modernize branch office security with approachable initial steps like location-based DNS filtering.
Simpler, more effective threat defense
Learn about Cloudflare's broad threat intelligence from our network data and ecosystem.
Fortune 500 telco secures 100,000 hybrid workers
Read how this company massively scaled their secure access and DNS filtering implementation.
Cloudflare Zero Trust for managed service providers
See how our tenant platform supports parent-child policy requirements for Managed Service Providers (MSPs).