Cloudflare WAF — Edge Security Track
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WAF + Bot Management + DDoS + Zero Trust + API Shield. The whole Cloudflare security stack, hands-on.
Who Is This For
- Web / SRE / DevOps engineers protecting public apps
- WAF / WebSec engineers tired of legacy appliance WAFs
- Cloud security engineers building edge protection
- Architects deploying Zero Trust for SaaS & private apps
Prerequisites
- HTTP / HTTPS, DNS basics
- OWASP Top 10 awareness (we'll recap)
Full Syllabus — 12 Modules
M 1Cloudflare Architecture & Anycast Network
- Anycast network, edge / origin model
- Plan tiers — Free / Pro / Business / Enterprise
- Onboarding a domain, name-servers, DNSSEC
- Page Rules vs Rulesets (modern config)
M 2DNS, SSL/TLS & Origin Hardening
- Cloudflare DNS, CNAME flattening
- SSL modes — Off / Flexible / Full / Full Strict
- Origin certificates, Authenticated Origin Pulls
- Argo Tunnel (Cloudflare Tunnel) for origin protection
M 3Cloudflare WAF — Managed Rulesets
- WAF Managed Rules, Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset
- Sensitivity, action overrides
- Exposed credential checks
- Sanitizing false positives
M 4WAF — Custom Rules & Rate Limiting
- Custom rule expressions (wirefilter)
- Rate Limiting rules, advanced response config
- Geo / ASN / threat-score targeting
- Logging custom fields
M 5DDoS Protection (L3 / L4 / L7)
- Built-in DDoS rulesets
- HTTP DDoS Attack Protection sensitivity
- L3 / L4 protection on Magic Transit / Spectrum
- Under Attack Mode & Challenge pages
M 6Bot Management
- Bot score, fight mode, JS detection
- Verified bots, super bot fight mode
- Turnstile (CAPTCHA replacement)
- Bot Analytics
M 7API Shield
- API discovery, schema validation
- JWT validation
- Sequence mitigation
- mTLS for API endpoints
M 8Cloudflare Access — ZTNA
- Identity providers (Azure AD, Okta, Google)
- Application policies — self-hosted, SaaS, private
- Service tokens for API automation
- WARP client basics
M 9Cloudflare Gateway — SWG
- DNS, network and HTTP policies
- Identity-aware proxy, browser isolation
- Tunnel + Gateway + WARP combined
M 10Workers, Transform Rules & Logpush
- Workers basics for security routing
- Transform Rules — request / response header rewrites
- Logpush to S3, GCS, SIEM
M 11Real-World Operations & Troubleshooting
- WAF false positives — methodical tuning
- Origin offload / cache strategies
- Debug headers (cf-ray, cf-cache-status)
- Investigating attack waves with Firewall Events
M 12Architecture Capstone & Interview Prep
- Design an edge-security architecture for a web application and API
- L2 / L3 WebSec interview question bank
- Trade-offs, incident scenarios and architecture review questions
Practice Labs
Edge Onboarding
Connect a practice domain, validate DNS and TLS, and document origin-hardening choices.
Ruleset Build
Create scoped custom and managed-rule changes, test them, and handle a false positive.
Abuse Controls
Design rate-limiting, bot and API controls for login and high-cost endpoints.
Incident Review
Use security events and request context to explain an attack wave and recommend action.
What You Get
40 Hours
Live + recorded sessions for the entire Cloudflare stack.
Hands-on Labs
Cloudflare free tier — you'll onboard a domain, deploy WAF, Access, Tunnel.
Real Case Studies
L7 DDoS mitigation, WAF false positive tuning, Bot management, API discovery.
Interview Q&A
L2 / L3 WebSec question bank.
Certificate
Techclick Infosec course completion certificate.
WhatsApp Group
Doubt-clearing batch group with the trainer.
Official Reference Set
Feature behavior and plan availability can change, so the course uses current Cloudflare documentation as the source of truth.
Your Instructor
Trained by working senior cloud and network security engineers with 13+ years of hands-on enterprise experience across Palo Alto, Zscaler, Fortinet, F5, Cisco ISE, Cloudflare and large-scale deployments.
FAQ
Q 1Will I need to pay for Cloudflare?
No. The free tier covers most labs. Some Enterprise-only features (e.g., advanced Bot Management) we walk through in recorded admin demos.
Q 2Hands-on labs?
Yes — you'll onboard a domain, build WAF rules, deploy Cloudflare Tunnel and Access on your own free account.
Q 3Do I receive a certificate?
Eligible learners receive a Techclick course completion certificate. This page does not claim a Cloudflare-issued certification.
Q 4Duration and batch schedule?
About 40 hours over 5–6 weeks. WhatsApp us for the next start date.
Q 5Placement help?
CV review and interview prep, not direct placement.
Defend the edge. Master Cloudflare.
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