As a global CDMO, SK pharmteco holds its clients' crown-jewel IP — formulations, processes, batch records, cell and gene therapy data — across a distributed, regulated workforce spanning sites in the US, Europe, and Asia. Legacy VPN gives that workforce broad, over-permissioned network access that's hard to segment and harder to prove in a GxP audit. Cloudflare One replaces it with identity-aware, least-privilege access — and runs alongside the Microsoft identity stack you already operate.
A CDMO's reputation is built on protecting what clients hand over. Every pharma partner that trusts SK pharmteco with a molecule is trusting that its IP can't leak — through a contractor's over-broad VPN access, a phished credential, or an unsanctioned app. Yet most manufacturing networks still run on perimeter VPN: once a user (or a stolen credential) is on the network, they often reach far more than the job requires — and proving exactly who accessed which client's data, when, becomes a forensic exercise instead of a log query. In a regulated, audited environment, that gap is both a security risk and a compliance one.
Cloudflare One closes the paths client IP actually leaks through — starting with the one that matters most for a CDMO.
Identity-aware, per-application access. Every employee, contractor, and client-side partner reaches only the specific systems and data they're entitled to — segmented by client, fully logged, instantly auditable. No more flat network access from one VPN credential.
Detect and stop crown-jewel client IP — formulations, process data, batch records, analytical results — from leaving sanctioned applications, across managed and unmanaged devices. Client-data segregation, enforced.
Lab, quality, and manufacturing staff use web apps in a remote, sandboxed browser — so endpoints touching regulated systems and client data are never exposed to web-borne malware or risky downloads.
Phishing is the number-one entry vector for IP theft, and Microsoft 365's built-in filtering leaves gaps. Cloud email security adds a dedicated layer against the targeted campaigns that harvest employee credentials — on the same platform.
SK pharmteco already runs on Microsoft 365 and Entra ID for identity — and on Cloudflare for DNS. Cloudflare One integrates directly with Entra ID for identity and Intune for device posture, so this strengthens your existing investment rather than replacing it. Cloudflare and Microsoft are partners. Start with one region or one client program as the proof point, then extend the same model across the global footprint on one control plane.
The fastest path is a focused conversation about one part of the footprint — replace VPN with Zero Trust access for the people who touch the most sensitive client IP, generate the audit evidence, then scale the same model across every site and program. 30 minutes to see how it maps.