CloudFlare chooses the company for security component of customer's cloud based deployments.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that CloudFlare, a web service performance and security solution provider, has implemented its SSL technology to secure its cloud offerings. The company avers that the newly formed partnership will allow CloudFlare's customers to easily obtain, install, and activate SSL security to secure and authenticate web applications via its cloud based environment.
It states that CloudFlare offers a comprehensive performance and security solution that protects websites from malicious online behavior. Its unique system contributes data back to the larger pool enabling it to stay up-to-date on new threats. CloudFlare launched to the public at this week annual TechCrunch Disrupt Conference, customers will be able to activate the GlobalSign SSL technology as a Pro feature alongside other premium features available as part of CloudFlare's web performance and security offerings.
The company explains that CloudFlare required a credible provider of SSL security that supported the distinct needs of web applications running in the cloud. After evaluating various providers, CloudFlare selected it due to its cloud licensing model, deployment web services, and certificate options that could support and deliver on-demand security to virtualized environments, and offer a pay per usage structure to meet CloudFlare's customer model.
It further explains that the company's SSL security solutions for the cloud are designed for cloud hosting, application, and storage providers and enable SSL Certificates to easily be integrated as a value add option into any product range. Traditional SSL solutions and licensing models often do not fit with the virtualized environment and pay per usage pricing model of cloud deployments. The company has developed a number of technologies and business models to better suit cloud requirements including unlimited certificate issuance, unlimited server licensing, on demand APIs, multi-domain SSL, and much more.
"We are thrilled to welcome on board CloudFlare as one of GlobalSign's first partners to utilize our expanded SSL solutions tailored for the cloud," said Steve Waite, Chief Marketing Officer, GlobalSign. "Forward thinking enabled us to recognize the rising need for security that meets the requirements of cloud based deployments, and we are excited to begin offering a much more flexible SSL solution."
"Our customers needed a solution that would provide them with SSL security options that were competitively priced, flexible, and easy to deploy," said Matthew Prince, Chief Executive Officer, CloudFlare. "GlobalSign's SSL technology fits our customer's needs and allows us to offer a security solution that can be easily deployed as a service through our cloud."
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