<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>A free cybersecurity service, the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project, provided by Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity to protect US critical infrastructure after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has been discontinued due to a lack of usage.</li><li>The project offered four months of free cybersecurity services, including a zero trust security model and threat intelligence, but shut down as threat levels subsided since early 2022.</li><li>Reports suggest the end of the project coincides with a possible pause in countering Russian cyber operations by the Trump administration and NATO warning of Russian mapping of critical infrastructure.</li><li>With potential increased cyber operations from Iran, which has targeted US critical infrastructure in the past, concerns remain about the discontinuation of this free cybersecurity program for US critical infrastructure.</li></ul>

A free service to protect US critical infrastructure against Russian cyber attacks has ended – but did it shut down just a touch too soon?

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