Why we are acquiring Area 1

What this post added

This post announces the acquisition of Area 1 Security, marking a significant expansion of Cloudflare's threat management capabilities into email security. It highlights the historical importance of email as a threat vector, the limitations of existing email security solutions, and Cloudflare's own experience using Area 1's technology. The acquisition is positioned as a key step towards a comprehensive Zero Trust security platform, integrating email threat data with Cloudflare's global network intelligence to proactively combat phishing and other email-borne attacks.