Cloudflare security rules

Cloudflare security rules for small organisations

Cloudflare does not only cache images and shorten load times. It also stands in front of your site as a gatekeeper. Security rules decide which requests glide straight through, which are challenged, and which are blocked before they ever touch your server.

This section collects practical examples of how Ki-Ki uses Cloudflare firewall rules for small businesses, charities, and advocacy projects, based on live traffic rather than theory.

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What this section covers

Automated scans, spoofed browsers, and lazy exploit attempts are a normal part of running any public website. The question is not whether they happen. It is whether Cloudflare is left on default settings or tuned deliberately for the way you work.

Here you will see real dashboards, redacted rulesets, and plain English breakdowns of what is happening at the edge for ki-ki.co.uk and The Reasonable Adjustment.

How many requests are filtered before they reach the origin
Which rules do the heavy lifting day to day
How to separate obvious rubbish from genuine visitors
Ways to keep rules strict without locking people out

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Cloudflare security rules in action

A behind the scenes walkthrough of real Cloudflare dashboards for ki-ki.co.uk and The Reasonable Adjustment. See how tuned rules blocked thousands of junk requests in a single day while genuine visitors carried on as normal.

The article includes redacted screenshots of the firewall rules, explanation of each layer, and a short FAQ for people who would rather not live inside the dashboard.

Cloudflare security overview for ki-ki.co.uk. A large share of requests are mitigated before they reach the origin.

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Why security rules are worth caring about

Every request to your site costs something, whether that is CPU time, bandwidth, inbox clutter, or time spent cleaning up after a spam run. Firewall rules let Cloudflare absorb most of that noise so your hosting can concentrate on serving real people.

Good rules are not about paranoia. They are about reducing pointless work and keeping the boring parts of running a site under control.

Fewer exploits to see basic vulnerability scans and common attacks are blocked at the edge.
Cleaner logs it becomes easier to spot real problems when noise is reduced.
Better user experience less junk traffic means more resources for visitors who actually care.
Evidence of effort you can demonstrate reasonable technical steps if regulators or partners ever ask what you have done to protect users.

Ki-Ki writes and maintains these rules so you do not have to learn Cloudflare expressions or keep up with every new toggle that appears in the dashboard.

Need your own ruleset tuned?

If your site already sits behind Cloudflare, Ki-Ki can review your current firewall rules, tidy them up, and put a calmer perimeter in place. If you are starting fresh, a sensible ruleset is included as standard.

No scare tactics, no pressure to upgrade plans you do not need. Just clear work at a level that matches your size and risk.

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