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Security — Cloudflare’s investigation of the January 2022 Okta compromise

Cloudflare’s investigation of the January 2022 Okta compromise

Today at 03:30 UTC we learnt of a compromise of Okta. We use Okta internally for employee identity as part of our authentication stack. We have investigated this compromise carefully and do not believe we have been compromised as a result

JGJohn Graham Cumming, Lucas FerreiraJohn Graham Cumming, Lucas Ferreira·March 22, 2022Security
Engineering — Get updates on the health of your origin where you need them

Get updates on the health of your origin where you need them

We are thrilled to announce Health Checks availability within Cloudflare’s centralized Notification tab, available to all Pro, Business, and Enterprise customers. Now, you can get critical alerts on the health of your origin without checking your inbox!

DADarius, ArielleDarius, Arielle·March 22, 2022Engineering
Engineering — Improving your GitHub feed

Improving your GitHub feed

Today, we are rolling out a new beta version of GitHub’s home feed, making it easier to discover projects, developers and more across GitHub.

BWBruce WilliamsBruce Williams·March 22, 2022Engineering
Distributed — Introducing the GHES repository cache

Introducing the GHES repository cache

If you’re a GHES customer with heavy read traffic on your monorepo, check out the repository cache, especially if you have CI workloads distributed around the world.

MCMatt CooperMatt Cooper·March 22, 2022Distributed
Networking — Using Cloudflare One to Secure IoT devices

Using Cloudflare One to Secure IoT devices

We asked ourselves: can we use our own products to secure IoT devices themselves — even on the same network as production systems? Using Cloudflare One, the answer is yes.

MDMolly, Derek ChamorroMolly, Derek Chamorro·March 18, 2022Networking
Security — Commitment to Customer Security

Commitment to Customer Security

Cloudflare has been hooked on securing customers globally since its inception. Our services protect customer traffic and data as well as our own, and we are continuously improving and expanding those services to respond to the changing threat landscape of the Internet

LMLing, Matt GallagherLing, Matt Gallagher·March 18, 2022Security
Networking — A bridge to Zero Trust

A bridge to Zero Trust

Today, we’re excited to announce the ability to route traffic from user devices with our lightweight roaming agent (WARP) installed to any network connected with our Magic IP-layer tunnels

AAnnikaAnnika·March 18, 2022Networking