Cloudflare Zero Trust & WAF Deployment
Confidential Professional Services
Context
A professional services firm with customer-facing applications requiring robust protection against OWASP threats, DDoS attacks, and bot traffic without impacting legitimate user experience.
Challenge
Implement comprehensive application security while maintaining performance, simplifying publishing workflows, and enabling rapid onboarding of additional applications.
Approach
Deployed Cloudflare Access with device posture checks, WAF managed rules with custom rate limiting, and secure application exposure via Cloudflare Tunnels.
Delivery
Phased deployment covering Access configuration, WAF policy implementation, tunnel setup, and operational handover with automated deployment patterns.
Outcomes
Measurable risk reduction
Modern edge-based controls providing comprehensive threat protection
Improved availability
Simplified publishing workflows and enhanced threat visibility
Rapid app onboarding
Repeatable patterns enabling new applications to be protected in hours, not weeks
Legacy & Sustainability
Repeatable deployment patterns automated via Terraform and Cloudflare API.
Stack
Timeline
8 weeks
What's Next
Established patterns now used for all new application deployments. Expanding to additional security capabilities.
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