New designation and practice investment will accelerate SASE and AI adoption, seamlessly securing networking solutions for enterprise customers
Consortium (consortium.net), a cybersecurity and technology advisory firm that helps organizations make smarter, faster, and more financially aligned security decisions, and Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced that Consortium is a designated Cloudflare One Design Partner, selected among an elite group of partners worldwide chosen for their technical depth and strategic alignment with Cloudflare’s SASE & AI Security platform, Cloudflare One.
Alongside this milestone, Consortium is launching a dedicated Cloudflare Center of Excellence (COE) to deliver specialized implementation, advisory, and managed services across the Cloudflare One platform.
The announcement comes as enterprise security leaders face mounting pressure to modernize aging network infrastructure, contain the risks introduced by AI adoption, and demonstrate the financial return of security investments to boards and executive teams. Cloudflare One addresses each of these priorities through a unified, cloud-native platform — and Consortium’s ability to quantify risk in financial terms, through its proprietary Metrics that Matter® (MTM®) platform, means organizations will be able to see not just what Cloudflare One does — but what it’s worth.
PARTNERSHIP AT A GLANCE
Designation: Cloudflare One Design Partner
Investment: Deep technical and advisory expertise across five Cloudflare One use cases
Certified Expertise: Full-stack Cloudflare One expertise across sales, pre-sales, and post-sales delivery
Integrated Outcomes: Risk quantification, solution delivery, and financial impact measurement in one continuous engagement
Use Cases: Zero Trust, Email Security, DNS Filtering, Safe AI, Secure Networking
A DEDICATED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
The Cloudflare COE becomes only the second partner-dedicated Center of Excellence in Consortium’s history, reflecting the strategic importance Consortium places on this partnership. Led by a dedicated practice leader with deep expertise in network infrastructure, Zero Trust architecture, and SASE, the COE will build repeatable delivery capabilities purpose-built for Cloudflare One.
The COE will focus on five priority Cloudflare One use cases:
In this practice, the MTM® fully integrated experience identifies and quantifies the specific risks that Cloudflare One is designed to address. Consortium’s COE team designs and delivers the solution, and ongoing MTM® measurement tracks the security and financial impact over time. The result is not just a technology deployment — it is a clear defense , identifying and communicating what the investment achieved.
EXECUTIVE COMMENTARY
“This partnership represents a significant investment in our ability to serve customers navigating the AI adoption landscape, SASE shift and cloud-delivered security. Consortium’spurpose built dedicated Center of Excellences — are proven practices that have become one of the most recognized capabilities in our firm. With our level of rigor, expertise, and customer focus to Cloudflare, the Cloudflare One Design Partner designation gives us a foundation most partners will spend years trying to reach.”
— Andrew Barnett, Chief Technology Officer, Consortium
“Cloudflare One has evolved into a partner-led engine and our new Design Partner Designation is built to propel long-term growth. This new framework represents our deepest channel co-investment yet, equipping partners with the financial runway and technical mastery to scale the Cloudflare One platform. By blending our unified AI Security and SASE architecture with partner expertise, we are turning complex network migrations into high-margin, high-value consulting opportunities for the AI era.”
— Tom Evans, Chief Partner Officer, Cloudflare
PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
Key elements of the expanded Consortium–Cloudflare partnership include:
To learn more, view the Cloudflare Press Release: