Zscaler Advances Zero Trust Security for the Digital Business Disrupting Decades of Legacy IT Security and Networking Models

Security Innovations, Resources for CxOs and IT Practitioners, and Zero Trust Deployment Programs Overcome Security Barriers to Accelerate Digital Transformation

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced innovations for the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform and new programs designed to secure digital businesses. New security solutions, resources for IT execs and practitioners, and deployment guides to expedite zero trust adoption are redefining the rules of IT security for today’s internet-driven, cloud-first businesses. The combination of these offerings provides digital businesses a holistic approach to securing modern organizations and the pragmatic skills and blueprints needed to be competitive.

Digital transformation has fundamentally changed the way modern businesses innovate and operate. This seismic shift has been accelerated by enterprises’ move to cloud-based SaaS models and the internet becoming the new corporate network -- shattering 30 years of IT networking and security principles. While direct-to-internet connectivity for access to cloud applications and workloads has democratized information flow and improved business agility, it has also destroyed the castle-and-moat security architecture exposing businesses to new threat vectors resulting in more large-scale security breaches.

Zero trust starts with validating user identity combined with business policy enforcement based on contextual data from user, device, app and content to deliver authorized direct access to applications and resources. This means that no entity (user or application) is inherently trusted. Built on three fundamental tenets, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange makes the cloud safe by securely connecting the right users to the right applications.

1. Connect users and applications to resources, not the corporate network, preventing lateral movement of threats, thus reducing security and business risk.
   
   
2. Make applications invisible to the internet. Applications protected behind the Zero Trust Exchange are not visible and cannot be discovered, thus eliminating the attack surface.
   
   
3. Use a proxy architecture, not a passthrough firewall, for content inspection and security. The only way to ensure effective cyber threat defense and data protection is by requiring content inspection, including encrypted traffic, and policy enforcement, before it reaches its intended destination.