Writing & Research
Blog posts, research reports, product briefs, whitepapers, and compliance content — built to move security buyers from awareness to action.
Blog Posts
AI Security for Apps is now generally available
GA announcement for Cloudflare's AI Security for Apps — covering AI endpoint discovery (free across all plans), custom topic detection, and prompt extraction. The launch post for the Q1 2026 go-to-market I led.
Application Security Report: 2024 Update
Analysis of global traffic data showing mitigated traffic averaging 7% of all HTTP requests, CVEs being exploited as fast as 22 minutes after disclosure, and 93% of automated traffic being unverified bots.
De-risking the AI rollout
Six essential practices for securing LLM-powered applications — covering governance, model-agnostic protection, inline defenses, and monitoring — without slowing development velocity.
State of Application Security
Report on three critical app security trends: outdated API protections, rising supply chain risk from third-party code, and bot traffic impacting online revenue.
Info tech modernization matters
Perspectives on how IT modernization connects to security posture and business outcomes for enterprise teams navigating cloud and hybrid architectures.
Varonis Adds Secrets Discovery for On-Prem and Cloud Data Stores
Product launch announcement for Varonis's expanded data classification capabilities — scanning on-prem and cloud environments for exposed passwords, API keys, and tokens using advanced pattern matching and algorithmic verification.
Protection against the Apache Log4j2 Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)
Rapid-response post covering how F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF, NGINX App Protect, and Volterra WAF mitigate the critical Log4Shell RCE vulnerability — published within days of initial disclosure.
Research Reports
State of Application Security 2024
Annual Cloudflare research report analyzing web application and API security trends. Uncovers threat vectors, protection mechanisms, and industry benchmarks using first-party analysis of Cloudflare's global network data.
State of Application Security 2023
Annual Cloudflare research report analyzing web application and API security trends. Uncovers threat vectors, protection mechanisms, and industry benchmarks using first-party analysis of Cloudflare's global network data.
Product Briefs & Solution Briefs
Cloudflare AI Security Suite — Solution Brief
Core customer-facing brief for the Cloudflare AI Security Suite, positioning AI-specific threat protection for organizations deploying LLM-powered applications.
Cloudflare Application Security — Solution Brief
Comprehensive brief covering Cloudflare's application security portfolio including WAF, DDoS protection, bot management, and API security.
Cloudflare Web Application Firewall — Product Brief
Product brief for Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall — supporting the Forrester WAF Wave #1 ranking and competitive positioning against Akamai and Imperva.
Cloudflare Page Shield — Product Brief
Solution brief for Cloudflare Page Shield, covering client-side JavaScript protection and supply chain attack prevention for web applications.
Cloudflare Application Services Pricing and Packaging Brief
External packaging and pricing brief for Cloudflare's application security products — created as part of the Q1 2026 AI Security Suite launch.
PCI 4.0 Client-Side Risk Assessment — Solution Brief
Positioning Cloudflare's client-side security tools in the context of PCI DSS 4.0 compliance requirements for payment page protection.
Modernize Apps with Cloudflare — Solution Brief
Brief covering Cloudflare's app modernization offerings for organizations migrating legacy infrastructure to cloud-native architectures.
Cloudflare for SaaS — Product Brief
Product brief for Cloudflare's SaaS platform offering, enabling SaaS companies to deliver security and performance features to their customers via custom domains.
F5 SSL Orchestrator — Product Brief
Technical brief for F5's SSL/TLS orchestration solution, enabling encrypted traffic inspection without performance degradation — the product at the center of the ransomware defense campaign.
Whitepapers & Ebooks
Modernize Security for AI
Ebook covering how security teams must evolve their approach to protect AI-powered applications and the sensitive data they expose.
5 Key Considerations for Modernizing Your Apps and Building for What's Next
Whitepaper guiding enterprise teams through the strategic and technical decisions involved in modernizing legacy applications for cloud and hybrid environments.
Maximize the Power of TLS While Minimizing Your Overhead
Technical whitepaper on TLS inspection performance — the business case and architecture for organizations needing encrypted traffic visibility without latency penalties.
Sample Cloudflare API Risk Assessment Report
Sample output from Cloudflare's API Risk Assessment service, showing how organizations can identify shadow APIs, sensitive data exposure, and misconfigured endpoints.
Remediating Risk and Securing Data in Shared DoD Microsoft 365 Tenants
Whitepaper targeting defense and public sector organizations navigating data security compliance in shared Microsoft 365 environments under DoD requirements.
Compliance Mappings
PCI DSS 4.0 Technical Compliance Mapping
Detailed mapping of Cloudflare's products to PCI DSS 4.0 requirements — a technical sales tool for security and compliance teams evaluating Cloudflare for payment data protection.
How Varonis Helps with NIST SP 800-53
Compliance mapping showing how Varonis's data security platform aligns to NIST 800-53 controls — targeting federal agencies and regulated enterprises.
US Data Protection and Privacy
Whitepaper mapping Varonis capabilities to US state and federal data protection and privacy regulations for legal, compliance, and security audiences.
Technical Documentation
BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Monitoring and Reports
End-to-end product documentation for F5's BIG-IQ platform, helping network and security administrators centrally manage their BIG-IP device fleet. Covers health monitoring, statistics collection, security event reporting, DDoS tracking, firewall policy management, and audit logging.
Press Releases
New Cloudflare Report Shows Organizations Struggle with Outdated Security
Press release accompanying the Application Security Trends research report, highlighting how legacy security tools leave organizations exposed to modern threat vectors.
Cloudflare Partners with Wiz to Secure the Global AI Attack Surface
Partnership announcement positioning Cloudflare and Wiz as a joint solution for organizations securing AI applications from infrastructure to the network edge.
Cloudflare Integrates Services with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Partnership announcement for OCI integration, expanding Cloudflare's reach for enterprise customers running workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.