Chris O’Rourke

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Introducing REACT: Why We Built an Elite Incident Response Team

Cloudforce One’s mission is to help defend the Internet. In Q2’25 alone, Cloudflare stopped an average of 190 billion cyber threats every single day. But real-world customer experiences showed us that stopping attacks at the edge isn’t always enough. We saw ransomware disrupt financial operations, data breaches cripple real estate firms, and misconfigurations cause major data losses.

In each case, the real damage occurred inside networks.

These internal breaches uncovered another problem: customers had to hand off incidents to separate internal teams for investigation and remediation. Those handoffs created delays and fractured the response. The result was a gap that attackers could exploit. Critical context collected at the edge didn’t reach the teams managing cleanup, and valuable time was lost. Closing this gap has become essential, and we recognized the need to take responsibility for providing customers with a more unified defense.

Today, Cloudforce One is launching a new suite of incident response and security services to help organizations prepare for and respond to breaches.

These services are delivered by Cloudforce One REACT (Respond, Evaluate, Assess, Consult Team), a group of seasoned responders and security veterans who investigate threats, hunt adversaries, and work closely with executive leadership to guide Continue reading