Secure third-party access with Cloudflare
Give external users a first-class experience, with fast, safe access to applications and infrastructure
Providing internal access to contractors, partners, and other external users can create security risks and management headaches. Learn how Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud makes connecting third-party users to key apps and infrastructure secure and simple.
THE CLOUDFLARE DIFFERENCE
Avoid privilege creep
Protect critical resources and sensitive data by implementing least privilege access for external users based on zero trust principles.
Onboard and offboard faster
Avoid setting up VPN access or shipping out corporate devices. Now external users can authenticate with unmanaged devices through a simple, browser-based access flow.
Streamline management
Cut the time and costs of access management. Support for multiple identity providers enables you to provide third-party user access without provisioning corporate identities for single sign-on (SSO).
Manage third-party access confidently with granular security policies
Cloudflare's Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) service provides frictionless access for third-party users — with data controls all through the browser. You can enforce least privilege access for web apps and infrastructure (like RDP servers) without additional management overhead.
Multiple identity sources
Avoid onboarding external users to your centralized identity provider. With ZTNA, you can use multiple sources of identity to grant user access for every app.
Existing identities
Enable contractors to bring existing identities from LinkedIn, GitHub, Google, or other providers for a seamless login experience.
Clientless access
Simplify onboarding by avoiding endpoint software. Cloudflare’s reverse proxy offers secure clientless access to web apps and in-browser terminals, even on unmanaged devices.
Data protection
Enhance your third-party access implementation by adding clientless remote browser isolation (RBI) and data loss prevention (DLP) to further prevent risks of data exfiltration.
The Canva graphic design platform is used by tens of millions of people worldwide. As the company has hired more employees and outsourced more work to third-party developers, IT managers needed a better way to authenticate users and track app usage.
Canva adopted Cloudflare Access to provide secure access to internal apps. The company has improved security, eliminated the inefficient use of shared passwords, and avoided development of an internal identity and access management system. Cloudflare Access has made employee and contractor onboarding and offboarding easier and more secure.
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WHY CLOUDFLARE
Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud simplifies third-party access
Cloudflare’s unified platform of cloud-native services facilitates secure access to internal resources for external users without adding management burdens.
Simpler implementation
Add new apps and users quickly with unified management, flexible on-ramps, and intuitive automation through API and Terraform.
End user experience
Deliver consistent, low-latency performance everywhere, with security services designed to run in all Cloudflare data centers.
Agile architecture
Enhance your SASE implementation more efficiently with one control plane and composable, cloud-native services that you can deploy in any order.
Converged protection
Consolidate existing point solutions for public and private traffic, and accelerate your efforts to modernize security and networking.
