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title: Get started · Cloudflare Zero Trust docs
description: "This section covers best practices for setting up the following
  Gateway policy types:"
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This section covers best practices for setting up the following Gateway policy types:

* [DNS filtering](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/initial-setup/dns/)
* [Network filtering](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/initial-setup/network/)
* [HTTP filtering](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/initial-setup/http/)

For each type of policy, we recommend the following workflow:

1. Connect the devices and/or networks that you want to apply policies to.
2. Verify that Gateway is successfully proxying traffic from your devices.
3. Set up basic security and compatibility policies (recommended for most use cases).
4. Customize your configuration to the unique needs of your organization.
