THE Cloudflare blog post discusses new features to enhance application security using Cloudflare Workers. Key points include:
1. **Employee Application Deployment:** Employees can now easily build applications, but this poses a risk of exposing internal data.
2. **New Access Tools:** Cloudflare introduces tools to secure applications hosted on Workers by enforcing authentication via Cloudflare Access.
- **Account-Level Policy:** Set a default policy to ensure all deployments are protected.
- **Individual Application Security:** Apply authentication enforcement for specific Worker applications.
- **User Tracking:** Allows visibility into who accesses the application without complex token validation.
- **Internal Platform Deployment:** Open-source examples aid in deploying private applications by default.
3. **How Access Works on Workers:** Authentication is enforced before any request reaches the application code, streamlining the security process by attaching policies directly to Workers.
4. **Testing Locally:** Developers can simulate authenticated users during local development, allowing for verification without deploying.
5. **Deployment of Private Platforms:** Organizations can implement a centralized Access policy to ensure all applications remain private.
6. **Robust Architecture:** The changes leverage a new Rust-based system that separates routing and execution logic for improved efficiency and safety.