In response to the current threat landscape, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity have collaborated to provide free cybersecurity to vulnerable industries. To effectively safeguard against cyber attacks, businesses should consider implementing remote monitoring solutions to detect and respond to potential threats in real-time.
This initiative aims to help organizations fighting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, by providing them with essential tools to protect their infrastructure and data.
This article will provide an overview of the initiative and the services provided.
Overview of the Initiative
In response to the recent surge in malicious cyber activities, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity have joined forces to provide enhanced cyber security for vulnerable industries. This initiative brings together three leading cybersecurity companies to offer free end-to-end protection for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across key industries struggling with increasingly complex cyber threats.
Organizations from industries such as healthcare, government, financial services and education can benefit from this initiative which provides a wide range of tools and resources including access to fraud mitigation services, performance monitoring tools and web analytics. Additionally, with the availability of Cloudflare’s global network infrastructure combined with CrowdStrike’s endpoint security solutions and Ping Identity’s identity access management platform, the three companies will provide customers faster response times, increased visibility into threats and improved user authentication experiences.
This multi-layered approach minimizes risk exposure while protecting against advanced threats. The unified offering is an integrated resource management layer that powers real time intelligence to support critical IT security functions such as bot detection, identity verification and fraud prevention across any cloud platform. As part of their commitment to protecting vulnerable sectors globally, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike & Ping Identity have pledged
to make it easier for SMBs in these industries to obtain the support they need via this innovative solution.
Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a leading cloud security provider and cyber-security platform for protecting web assets from malicious threats, including DDoS attacks. It leverages its proprietary technology to bring a comprehensive suite of security, performance, and reliability features to organizations of all sizes.
From its network of global data centers, Cloudflare can provide real-time, on-the-fly protection for webpages and other web assets, shielding users from threats, including malicious activity, distortion campaigns, and DDoS attacks.
Overview of Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a leading cybersecurity company that provides its customers with reliable, secure, and differentiated cloud-based solutions designed to protect the connected world. Cloudflare’s services include data protection, web traffic management, and web application firewall offerings that help customers protect their web assets from malicious attacks. In addition, they provide free and low cost access to sensitive industries such as education, non-profits, health care providers and religious institutions by giving them access to their security services at no charge.
The company also offers certified products such as Cloudflare CrowdStrike and Ping Identity to enhance an organization’s security posture and overall efficiency. This includes tools that monitor internet activity for suspicious behavior, prevent data leakage by allowing administrators to impose granular access policies on cloud resources; or detect unusual application behaviors in real time – all while operating within the framework of existing systems and regulations.
Secure online experiences are supplemented with educational materials such as blog posts and videos that guide users through topics related to enterprise security standards like SOC 2 or GDPR compliance. Additionally, developers can develop secure applications using the available APIs or SDKs, backed by secure infrastructure built on open source technology frameworks such as Go CDN and Kubernetes.
Benefits of Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a leading content delivery network, providing efficient and secure web and mobile application content delivery. By aggregating traffic on the largest globally distributed network, Cloudflare provides performance benefits such as faster load times and superior uptime.
Cloudflare also provides critical security benefits such as protection from malicious Internet traffic, mitigation of Denial of Service attacks, encryption of incoming and outgoing data via SSL/TLS, filtering of malicious IP addresses, use of multiple algorithms to identify malware, monitoring for suspicious activity in real-time as well as web application firewalls.
Cloudflare also offers advanced features such as rate-limiting, HTTP/2 and SPDY support for optimized web performance, domain name system (DNS) filtering to block malicious domains, and domain name system over TLS/SSL support for unparalleled security. This comprehensive set of features enables customers to focus on their core business while making their digital presence safer and faster.
By leveraging Cloudflare’s solutions to protect vulnerable industries from cyber threats, they can benefit from improved online performance while ensuring the security of their data.
CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike is a leading cybersecurity technology company that provides cloud-native endpoint security, threat intelligence, and incident response services. Recently, CrowdStrike has partnered with Cloudflare and Ping Identity to offer free cybersecurity services to vulnerable industries. This partnership is a testament to the company’s dedication to providing customers with the best tools to protect their operations.
Let’s take a closer look at CrowdStrike and their products.
Overview of CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike Inc. is a security technology company specializing in cloud-based endpoint security solutions for businesses, organizations and government agencies worldwide. Founded in 2011 by veterans of McAfee and Google, CrowdStrike has rapidly become a leader in cloud-native endpoint protection, threat intelligence and response solutions. The company focuses on next-generation antimalware technology designed to detect, prevent and respond more effectively to sophisticated cyberattacks across cloud, mobile and traditional environments.
CrowdStrike’s patent-pending Falcon Platform provides industry-leading prevention capabilities, including industry-leading detection accuracy through its global threat intelligence network. CrowdStrike’s platform also has broad management capabilities that help organizations protect their endpoints efficiently, reduce complexity through “one pane of glass” monitoring, integrate accurately with current IT operations processes; and increase visibility into their endpoint infrastructure with simple reporting.
With the recent announcement of Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity joining forces to provide free cybersecurity services to smaller businesses in vulnerable industries around the world who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid 19 , CrowdStrike has taken a lead role to help ensure businesses remain secure during this difficult period for the global economy. With its Falcon Complete offering, businesses will now be able to leverage an out of box solution for endpoint security that includes superior protection against advanced threats; integrated 24/7 managed threat monitoring; rapid response incident investigations when breaches occur; remediation guidelines tailored to specific breach scenarios; as well as comprehensive reporting features.
Additionally , this package also includes two applications from Ping Identity – Single Sign On (SSO) , which will provide authentication generation , provisioning and multi factor authentication, as well as an identity bridge tool which connects heterogeneous identity systems quickly across an organization’s infrastructure ensuring all access points are secure against potential threats.
Benefits of CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike, a cloud-base security provider, is joining forces with Cloudflare, Ping Identity and other industry leaders to provide an integrated, cost-free cybersecurity package to all vulnerable industries affected by the recent pandemic. This solution will offer unprecedented protection to business and government organizations against malicious cyber threats.
With CrowdStrike’s Suite of Falcon intelligence products, users can confidently protect their networks in real time with powerful threat visibility, containment and investigation capabilities. As a leader in the cloud-based endpoint protection space, CrowdStrike provides industry leading anti-virus and advanced malware detection technology to its users, ensuring visibility even across remote systems. This is especially important as more employees work from home or anywhere worldwide.
Integrating Cloudflare’s web security solutions within this free cybersecurity package will also provide its users with an extra layer of protection for their websites or applications from DDOS attacks and malicious bots for a fully secure digital network perimeter. In addition to the free cloud resource provisioning features offered by Cloudflare that can be used for caching content on popular web properties such as retail stores or marketplaces during peak shopping seasons, organizations can quickly scale operations without worrying about security risks associated with additional workloads.
Finally, Ping Identity’s products offer enhanced identity management solutions such as Single Sign-On (SSO) technology which enables employees access securely protected resources across organizational boundaries using unified user accounts that control access regardless of where they are located. Moreover, customers utilizing this solution will benefit from comprehensive governance policies that ensure efficient handling of user identities in an ever changing landscape.
The free cybersecurity package offered by these industry leaders enables companies working through these difficult times to confidently strengthen their digital defenses against malicious attackers while efficiently managing identity data regardless of location or device type used by its staff members.
Ping Identity
Ping Identity is a cybersecurity provider that provides secure access to sensitive applications, data and APIs. The company offers a range of products, including single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and adaptive authentication. It provides secure access for public sector, financial services, healthcare, education, and enterprise businesses.
Ping Identity is now help providing free cybersecurity to vulnerable industries needing protection, alongside Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and more.
Overview of Ping Identity
Ping Identity is a leading identity management and authentication solution provider that helps organizations securely access applications across their digital landscape while protecting user identities. It offers a full suite of cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solutions to help protect both the data and the end users accessing it. In addition, companies can use Ping Identity’s security technology to secure their networks and ensure the safety of their customers’ data.
Ping Identity’s platform provides single sign-on (SSO) for cloud, on-premises, and mobile devices applications. It also enables users to securely authenticate into corporate resources via two factor authentication, supports self-service password resets, geolocation services, SAML assertions for third party apps, and an integrated identity platform with automated compliance reporting.
Additionally, Ping Identity provides security analytics, risk profiling, and machine learning to detect unexpected changes or malicious behavior within its system.
The company works with Cloudflare and CrowdStrike to provide businesses in vulnerable industries with free cyber security support during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This often includes additional protection against malicious bots or suspicious activities that could threaten web infrastructure or applications.
Benefits of Ping Identity
Ping Identity offers a cloud-based identity and access management solution platform designed to simplify the configuration, startup, and ongoing management and monitoring of an online service’s user authentication, authorization, access control and security policies. By choosing Ping Identity, customers get single sign-on access to Cloudflare services which can help them extend their existing user authentication infrastructure quickly and securely.
Ping Identity is designed to provide organizations with several essential benefits regarding online security. These include offering the end-users a secure experience without making them jump through tedious hoops before they can gain access. It also helps organizations protect their business against computer breaches by using sophisticated measures such as adaptive authentication for extra security during account access. Furthermore, Ping Identity reduces the risk of unauthorized access by controlling who has privileged account rights within an organization’s production environment. Finally, by providing comprehensive analytic dashboards for administrators and adaptable best practice policies for easy deployment, Ping Identity allows organizations to protect sensitive information from potential data breaches or misuse without compromising daily operations or business productivity.
Ping Identity also offers its customers maximum control over who has privileged credentials in production environments through setting up user accounts and roles quickly while allowing those details to be tailored easily depending on need or change in users or requirements. As a result, customers will enjoy scalability, flexibility, reduced costs all while taking advantage of simplified architecture and unified task automation within Remote Computing Interface (RCI) protocol which saves time considerably when it comes to integrating with new applications – thus ensuring business continuity even during times of rapid expansion or changes in personnel or situations. Ping Identity is especially beneficial for non-profit institutions with limited resources yet still desire enterprise quality security infrastructure.
Eligibility
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity have come together to provide free cybersecurity to vulnerable industries. These companies provide free services to those in the food, education, healthcare and non-profit sectors.
If you are interested in the free cybersecurity services, you must meet the eligibility requirements. This section will outline the eligibility criteria for the free services.
Eligible Industries
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity have announced a joint initiative to provide free cybersecurity services to vulnerable industries including healthcare organizations, churches, political campaigns and non-profits affected by the unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ineligible Industries The following list outlines the industries which do not qualify for this program: -Government entities or universities at any level -For-profit businesses or commercial entities -Anyone located outside of North America (Canada and USA)
