aid: area-1-security
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/area-1-security.png
name: Area 1 Security
description: 'Area 1 Security was a cloud-native email security company that built preemptive
  anti-phishing and business-email-compromise (BEC) protection, discovering and blocking phishing
  campaigns before they reached inboxes. It could be deployed inline (MX/journaling) or via API
  connectors to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Cloudflare acquired Area 1 Security in February
  2022 for approximately $162 million and folded the technology into its Zero Trust / Cloudflare One
  platform, where it is now sold as Cloudflare Email Security. The independent area1security.com
  developer surface has been retired and now redirects to Cloudflare; the product API and
  documentation live under the Cloudflare developer platform.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/area-1-security/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- cowboy-ventures
- dcvc
- kleiner-perkins
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Security
- Email Security
- Anti-Phishing
- Business Email Compromise
- Zero Trust
- Cybersecurity
- Cloudflare
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/area-1-security-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.area1security.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/
  x-note: Product now sold as Cloudflare Email Security following the 2022 acquisition.
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence