Cloudflare Assessment: Maximize your Cloudflare investment.

It is a non-intrusive, read-only review of your live Cloudflare environment, and of the applications you run behind it. It surfaces misconfigurations, security gaps and unused capabilities. Each one is then ranked by risk, so you know what to fix first.

Brixio offers it in two forms. First: a free, self-service audit through Metryx, Brixio's Cloudflare-audit tool inside the Brixio One platform. You create a free account, run as many audits as you want, and download your report. Second: an in-depth audit delivered by Brixio's ASDP-certified engineers across DNS, TLS, WAF, bot management, rate limiting, Zero Trust, Workers and account architecture.

No. The assessment can be performed using read-only access, configuration exports, traffic logs, or secure screen-sharing sessions, depending on your organization's security policies. Your team keeps full control of the environment, no configuration changes are made during the assessment, and the analysis remains completely non-intrusive.

No. The Cloudflare Assessment is strictly an advisory engagement. We analyze your configuration, identify risks or optimization opportunities, and provide recommendations. We never modify your Cloudflare configuration during the assessment. If implementation support is required afterwards, it can be delivered separately through professional services.

The duration depends on the assessment tier and the complexity of your environment. The free Metryx audit is automated and can be delivered in minutes once the required visibility is available. For premium tiers: Configuration Review is 1 to 2 consulting days, Optimization & Risk Assessment is 4 to 6 consulting days, and Strategic Architecture Assessment is a multi-week engagement depending on architecture complexity.

To perform the analysis we typically request a list of Cloudflare domains or zones, high-level architecture information, read-only access or configuration exports, and traffic or security logs if available. Providing architecture diagrams or context about your application stack can improve the quality of recommendations.

The free Metryx audit reads your Cloudflare zone configuration and scores it across five weighted pillars: SSL/TLS, security, DNS, rules and bots, performance. The report separates risk areas, passing controls and prioritised recommendations, each with its Cloudflare reference: encryption mode and minimum TLS version, HSTS, DNSSEC and CAA records, proxy coverage of your DNS records, WAF managed rulesets and custom rules, rate limiting, bot management actions, Page Shield, caching, compression and image optimisation, plus zone settings, the DNS record inventory and a traffic summary. You run it yourself in Brixio One: create a free account, audit your Cloudflare config, download the PDF, with unlimited re-runs. Depth follows the API permissions you grant: anything the token cannot read is reported as unavailable rather than guessed. It does not cover Zero Trust, and it does not include expert interpretation, prioritisation or workshops.

Because a Zero Trust configuration cannot be scored automatically. Whether an Access policy, a device posture rule or a Gateway policy is correct depends on constraints that are specific to you: who your workforce is, which identity providers you run, which applications are in scope, which regulations apply. The same setting can be right in one organisation and wrong in the next, so the judgement call needs a Brixio engineer. Zero Trust, like the rest of the Cloudflare product estate, is reviewed in the paid plans, from Configuration Review upwards.

The free Metryx audit is automated and scoped to your zone configuration: DNS, SSL/TLS, WAF, rules, bots, caching and performance, scored across five weighted pillars. Paid plans widen the scope to the full Cloudflare environment, Zero Trust included, and add expert validation of findings, architecture context, workshops with your team, and prioritized remediation recommendations.

Common findings include unused or partially configured security features, overly permissive or ineffective WAF rules, missed performance optimization opportunities, inconsistent DNS or TLS configurations, and limited visibility into Cloudflare platform maturity. These findings often reveal quick wins that can improve both security posture and performance.

Yes. The assessment itself focuses on analysis and recommendations, but Brixio can also provide implementation support through Cloudflare configuration optimization, security hardening projects, Zero Trust deployment, Cloudflare architecture design, managed services, and support plans. Many organizations use the assessment as a starting point for broader Cloudflare optimization initiatives.

Yes. The Cloudflare Assessment is specifically designed for existing production environments. It is particularly valuable for organizations that run critical applications behind Cloudflare, have complex Cloudflare configurations, want to validate their security posture, or want to better leverage Cloudflare platform capabilities. The different assessment tiers allow organizations to choose a level of analysis that matches the complexity and maturity of their environment.

It depends on the depth of the assessment and your regulatory exposure. Our guide explains when each option is the right one: do you need an ASDP or can an agency handle your audit?