Cloudflare is not only a CDN and global network — it is also a modern security platform. Cloudflare Zero Trust provides access control, identity verification, secure tunnels, traffic filtering, and threat mitigation without relying on traditional VPNs or complex infrastructure.

In this tutorial, we walk through the essential concepts, tools, and practical workflows that help you secure your sites, APIs, dashboards, and internal tools.

1. The Philosophy of Cloudflare Zero Trust

Traditional security models rely on the idea of a “trusted network.”
Cloudflare replaces this with a simpler principle: