Project Galileo - The Cloudflare Blog

A new portal for Project Galileo participants

June 09, 2022 1:56PM

To provide Galileo participants with one place to access resources, configuration tips, product explainers, and more, we built the Cloudflare Social Impact Projects Portal...

In Ukraine and beyond, what it takes to keep vulnerable groups online

June 08, 2022 1:56PM

Project Galileo Ukraine Cloudflare Radar DDoS

As we celebrate the eighth anniversary of Project Galileo, we want to provide a view into the type of cyber attacks experienced by organizations protected under the project...

Let’s celebrate the 8th anniversary of Project Galileo!

June 07, 2022 2:00PM

Project Galileo

We started Project Galileo in 2014 with the simple idea that organizations that work in vulnerable yet essential areas of human rights and democracy building should not be taken down because of cyber attacks...

Jocelyn Woolbright

The deluge of digital attacks against journalists

May 03, 2022 3:58PM

Project Galileo Legal

In Uruguay today, UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Global Conference is underway, with a 2022 theme of “Journalism under Digital Siege.” It is a fitting and timely theme...

Shields up: free Cloudflare services to improve your cyber readiness

March 04, 2022 4:46PM

Cyber Readiness Free Security Project Galileo Athenian Project

Whether you’re a seasoned IT professional or a novice website operator, these free Cloudflare resources are available for you today. Beyond these free resources, there are a few simple steps that you can take to help stay protected online...

James Allworth

January 27, 2022 5:21PM

Protecting Holocaust educational websites

Cloudflare’s Project Galileo provides free protection to at-risk groups across the world including Holocaust educational and remembrance websites...

By

Omer Yoachimik

Holocaust , Project Galileo , Jewish , Judeoflare , Israel

July 29, 2021 2:00PM

Project Galileo and The Global Cyber Alliance Cybersecurity Toolkit for Journalists

Independent media and journalists are targeted both physically and online as a result of reporting critical events around the world. Learn how the Global Cyber Alliance and Project Galileo are working to provide the tools and resources for journalists in order to be safer online....

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Jocelyn Woolbright

Impact Week , Project Galileo , Press

June 09, 2021 2:11PM

Celebrating 7 Years of Project Galileo

Every June, we celebrate the anniversary of Project Galileo. This year, we are proud to celebrate seven years of protecting the most vulnerable groups on the Internet from cyberattacks....

By

Jocelyn Woolbright

Project Galileo

June 11, 2020 2:00PM

Project Galileo’s 6th year Anniversary: The Impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable groups on the Internet

Six years ago, Cloudflare started Project Galileo to provide free services to vulnerable nonprofits, journalism and independent media voices online who might otherwise be in danger of being silenced by cyberattacks....

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Jocelyn Woolbright

Project Galileo , Legal

June 02, 2020 9:12PM

Cyberattacks since the murder of George Floyd

As we’ve often seen in the past, real world protest and violence is usually accompanied by attacks on the Internet. This past week has been no exception....

By

Matthew Prince
, John Graham-Cumming

Attacks , Project Galileo , DDoS , DNS Security , Speed & Reliability

April 18, 2020 6:00PM

Helping with COVID-19 Projects: Cloudflare Workers now free through Project Galileo

The Internet has been vital to our response to the COVID-19 crisis: enabling researchers to communicate with the rest of the world, connecting resources with people who need them, and sharing data about the spread....

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Rita Kozlov

Cloudflare Workers , Serverless , Project Galileo , COVID-19

June 14, 2019 2:00PM

Project Galileo: the view from the front lines

Growing up in the age of technology has made it too easy for me to take the presence of the Internet for granted. It’s hard to imagine not being able to go online and connect with anyone in the world....

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Erin Walk

Project Galileo , Legal , Freedom of Speech , Nonprofit

June 13, 2019 2:00PM

Protecting Project Galileo websites from HTTP attacks

Yesterday, we celebrated the fifth anniversary of Project Galileo. More than 550 websites are part of this program, and they have something in common: each and every one of them has been subject to attacks in the last month....

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Maxime Guerreiro

Project Galileo , Firewall , DDoS , Attacks , Security

June 12, 2019 2:00PM

Project Galileo: Lessons from 5 years of protecting the most vulnerable online

Today is the 5th anniversary of Cloudflare's Project Galileo. Through the Project, Cloudflare protects—at no cost—nearly 600 organizations around the world engaged in some of the most politically and artistically important work online....

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Matthew Prince

Project Galileo , Legal , Freedom of Speech , Nonprofit