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Cloudflare

Cloudflare was incorporated in the United States in 2009 and became a publicly traded company in 2019. It mainly provides content delivery network services, supplying 83,000 customers in 2019. The Cloudflare network spans over 200 cities in more than 100 countries.

Ranking position: #91/100
Total score: 0.16/2

Measurement area	Score (0-2)	Rank (0-100)
Access	0.00 / 2	#90
Skills	0.00 / 2	#82
Use	0.31 / 2	#80
Innovation	0.31 / 2	#81

Access: No evidence could be found of leading practices in this area.
Skills: No evidence could be found of leading practices in this area.
Use: Cloudflare publishes a transparency report that lists data requests the company received from law enforcement and other government entities. This demonstrates a leading practice in this area. The company also cooperates with authorities regarding preventing online harm to children.
Innovation: Cloudflare supports open innovation by participating in international standards programmes and by publishing the code from its projects on a dedicated website. The company also demonstrates its support for the start-up ecosystem by supporting app developers in commercialising their ideas, through the Cloudflare App Developer Fund.

Access: No evidence could be found on Cloudflare’s activities in making digital technologies widely available, affordable and accessible. There are opportunities for the company to contribute to universal and affordable access to digital technologies and to support digital inclusivity for women and girls. The company should also report on how the economic value it creates is distributed among its stakeholders.
Skills: No evidence could be found on Cloudflare’s activities supporting digital skills development or school connectivity. There are opportunities for the company to support basic, intermediate and technical digital skills development, as well as school connectivity.
Use: The company could demonstrate more clearly how it assigns senior-level oversight and accountability for cybersecurity and how it monitors, reports and rectifies security incidents. Cloudflare could also make a high-level commitment to online safety for children.
Innovation: There is an opportunity for Cloudflare to demonstrate its commitment to sustainable and inclusive innovation by supporting non-profit research on sustainability topics and showing how it supports inclusive and ethical research and development.

More about the company

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA, USA
Ownership structure: Publicly listed
Fiscal year: Ends 31 December
Group revenue: US$287 million (FY2019)
Group employees: 1,270 (FY2019)
Website: https://www.cloudflare.com

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