Zscaler delivers network, data security tools at Zenith Live

At its annual Zenith Live user conference, Zscaler introduced several new capabilities to better address some of the top challenges IT and security teams face: securing distributed, cloud-centric environments, consistently protecting data across all channels, and simplifying and optimizing security operations.

While remaining committed to its core network security offerings, Zscaler has also heavily focused on data security and security operations, creating the three pillars CEO Jay Choudry focused on in his keynote: zero-trust everywhere, data security everywhere, and agentic operations.

These pillars are closely intertwined. Research from Omdia’s Enterprise Strategy Group found that 39% of organizations plan to enhance analytics, detection, and response capabilities over the next 12-18 months to implement or optimize their zero-trust strategies, while 28% expect to incorporate more data-centric controls. Following the shift to work from home, many zero-trust strategies have become over-focused on ZTNA and secure access as the prominent use case. As ...