Cloudflare names The Missing Link as design partner
Thu, 18th Jun 2026
Cloudflare has launched a Cloudflare One Design Partner designation, with Australia's The Missing Link among a select group of global partners.
The designation sits within Cloudflare's PowerUP Partner Program and focuses on Cloudflare One, its secure access service edge offering. Other named partners are Arctiq, Consortium, CMT and Presidio.
The move targets organisations replacing older security set-ups as they prepare for broader AI use. Many businesses still rely on separate networking and security tools, making migrations harder to manage and increasing the risk of configuration errors.
Cloudflare is also introducing the Cloudflare One Stack, a library of AI skills built on Cloudflare One. It is designed to help partners evaluate, deploy and manage the platform through structured knowledge, decision trees, tool definitions, blueprint configurations and automated workflows.
The launch highlights the growing role of channel partners in security and networking projects, particularly as customers try to consolidate suppliers and reduce operational complexity. For partners, these projects can create consulting and managed services work tied to large-scale network and security changes.
Chief partner officer Tom Evans described the programme as a significant investment in Cloudflare's partner model.
"Cloudflare One has evolved into a partner-led engine and our new Design Partner designation is built to propel long-term growth," Evans said. "This new framework represents our deepest channel co-investment yet. We are equipping our elite partners with the financial runway and technical mastery they want to scale the Cloudflare One platform. By blending our unified SASE architecture with partner expertise, we are turning complex network migrations into high-margin, high-value consulting opportunities for the AI era."
Australian partner
The Missing Link is the only Australian partner in the initial group. The cyber security and consulting provider said customers are looking for ways to combine networking and security within a single architecture.
"Organisations are increasingly looking for ways to reduce complexity by bringing networking and security together within a single, modern architecture," said Aaron Bailey, CISO and director, The Missing Link. "As a Cloudflare One Design Partner, The Missing Link can help customers accelerate their Zero Trust and SASE strategies while improving security, performance and operational efficiency. Combining Cloudflare's platform with our cyber security and consulting expertise enables us to help organisations navigate transformation with greater confidence and resilience."
The emphasis on Zero Trust and SASE reflects a broader market shift as companies move security controls away from traditional perimeter-based models. Vendors and partners increasingly position these approaches as a way to manage access across cloud services, web traffic and private applications through a single framework.
Cloudflare said the Cloudflare One Stack is designed to reduce manual provisioning work for partners by storing repeatable configurations and workflows in a central repository. Those resources can be used with any AI agent.
That suggests Cloudflare is trying to standardise deployments as many enterprises test where AI tools fit into infrastructure management. It also points to a competitive area in which vendors are tying automation more closely to security operations and network changes.
Several other partners highlighted the same themes of consolidation, automation and AI-related security demands.
"Organisations are under increasing pressure to modernise legacy architectures, secure AI adoption and simplify increasingly complex environments. By combining the Cloudflare One platform with Arctiq's expertise in cybersecurity, networking, cloud and managed services, we help clients accelerate Zero Trust and SASE initiatives while reducing complexity and improving resilience," said Wes Brown, CTO, Arctiq. "Together, we're helping organisations build secure, connected and AI-ready environments that can adapt to an evolving threat landscape and support the future of business."
"This partnership represents a significant investment in our ability to serve customers navigating AI adoption, the SASE shift and cloud-delivered security," said Andrew Barnett, CTO, Consortium. "Consortium's purpose-built dedicated centers of excellence are proven practices that have become one of the most recognised capabilities in our firm. With our level of rigor, expertise and customer focus brought to Cloudflare, the Cloudflare One Design Partner designation gives us a foundation most partners will spend years trying to reach."
"Cloudflare's deep co-investment in elite enablement empowers CMT Info & Comm Co., Ltd. with the advanced technical mastery needed to solve our customers' most complex security headaches," said Soojong Lee, chief technology officer, CMT. "With integrated SASE protections that scale smoothly across web, cloud and private application environments, we can seamlessly protect sensitive data while building the automated frameworks necessary for the AI era."
"As a Cloudflare One Design Partner, we can now help eliminate fragmented legacy architectures and enable our customers to innovate with AI more quickly and securely," said Jim Finn, sales VP of cyber, Presidio. "With a foundational repository of agent-ready best practices that removes rigidity and allows us to transform complex network migrations into high-value consulting services, we are thrilled to help create the future of enterprise security."
The designation offers a clearer picture of how Cloudflare plans to route more of its security and networking business through specialist partners as customers rethink legacy systems and weigh how to introduce AI into those environments.