Cloudflare has unveiled its first cloud-native, quantum-safe, zero-trust solution.
Takeaway Points
- Cloudflare has unveiled its first cloud-native, quantum-safe, zero-trust solution.
- It will be available immediately.
- By mid-2025, the company will expand the support to include all IP protocols across most corporate applications and devices.
- Cloudflare, Inc. is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to help build a better Internet.
Cloudflare’s First Cloud-Native Quantum
Cloudflare, Inc., the leading connectivity cloud company, said on Monday that it is expanding end-to-end support for post-quantum cryptography to its Zero Trust Network Access solution. Available immediately, organizations can securely route communications from web browsers to corporate web applications to gain immediate, end-to-end quantum-safe connectivity.
The company said that by mid-2025, it will expand the support to include all IP protocols across most corporate applications and devices. With this, organizations will be able to depend on Cloudflare to change their Internet communications between users, devices, and applications to post-quantum cryptography without the complexity of individually upgrading each corporate application or system.
Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO at Cloudflare, commented, “Cloudflare has long committed to making post-quantum security the new baseline for Internet security, delivering it to all customers so we can bolster defenses against future quantum threats. Now, we’re offering that protection built directly into our Zero Trust solutions. We want every Cloudflare customer to have a clear path to quantum safety, and we are already working with some of the most innovative banks, ISPs, and governments around the world as they begin their journeys to quantum security. We will continue to make advanced cryptography accessible to everyone, at no cost, in all of our products.”
Tom Patterson, emerging technology security lead at Accenture, said, “The world has five years to replace vulnerable cryptography with post-quantum solutions. To meet this urgent client need, Accenture and Cloudflare offer a hybrid approach, enabling an iterative, low-risk migration while maintaining compatibility and cryptographic agility.”
Zero Trust Network Access
Cloudflare’s Zero Trust Platform will permit organizations to protect against “harvest-now decrypt later” attacks, enable corporate web applications with end-to-end quantum security, and deliver quantum safety for Internet traffic traveling to any corporate office, cloud environment, or datacenter, the company said in a statement.
NIST Announcement
According to the report, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) made a landmark announcement to stop using conventional cryptographic algorithms and to adopt post-quantum cryptography by 2030, as experts now evaluate that risks could arise in as little as five years.
About Cloudflare
Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company on a mission to help build a better Internet. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications, and networks faster and more secure everywhere while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business.
Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations—from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe.
