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The Cloudflare External Advantage Bundle provides an integrated set of cloud-native security, performance, and Zero Trust networking services delivered from Cloudflare's global network. This bundle is designed for public sector organisations requiring enterprise-grade protection and acceleration for externally-facing web applications and APIs, combined with modern secure access for employees and contractors.

Features and benefits

- Web Application Firewall (WAF): Managed rule sets, custom rules, and OWASP Core Rule Set protection for all configured domains. - DDoS Mitigation: Always-on, unmetered Layer 7 DDoS protection with automatic detection and mitigation. - Bot Management: Detection and mitigation of automated threats (subject to Cloudflare Bot Management availability at the contracted tier). - Zero Trust Network Access: Identity-aware access to internal and SaaS applications; DNS filtering, HTTP filtering, and device posture policies for 50 users.

Performance

- Global Content Delivery Network (CDN): Static and dynamic content caching from 330+ cities in 120+ countries.

- Intelligent Routing: Cloudflare Argo Smart Routing to reduce latency and packet loss. - Load Balancing: Geographically distributed traffic steering with automatic failover, health checks, and latency-based routing.

Reliability and availability

- Uptime SLA: 99.99% uptime for CDN/WAF services; 99.9% for Zero Trust services (per Cloudflare standard Enterprise SLA). - Redundancy: No single point of failure; all services operate across Cloudflare's anycast network.

2 + 1 contract procured via G Cloud 14 (Direct Award).

Additional information: Cloudflare, Inc. Framework call-off.