Integrating Cloudflare Gateway and Access

Cloudflare has introduced a new feature that allows users to set up their Access policies to require all user traffic to be filtered by Cloudflare Gateway, ensuring secure and centrally logged traffic for self-hosted and SaaS applications. This integration also enables the creation of rules determining which users can connect to specific parts of SaaS applications. The new feature addresses challenges such as malicious device activity before connecting to applications behind Access and data leaks from devices after reaching data behind Access. Additionally, it ensures that every connection to every application is logged, allowing organizations to audit employee usage of SaaS applications like Salesforce, Office 365, and Workday. The integration with Cloudflare Access prevents users from logging into a SaaS application without connecting through Gateway, ensuring data control rules are always enforced. This feature is available for Teams Standard or Enterprise plans, and documentation is provided to assist in getting started. A free plan allows testing of Gateway's DNS filtering and Access for up to 50 users at no cost.