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Zscaler Introduces First of Its Kind Digital Experience Monitoring Copilot to Enable IT Support and Operations with AI

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

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SAN JOSE, Calif., April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced groundbreaking innovations - ZDX Copilot, Hosted Monitoring, and Data Explorer - to its Zscaler Digital Experience™ (ZDX™) service.

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SAN JOSE, Calif., April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced groundbreaking innovations - ZDX Copilot, Hosted Monitoring, and Data Explorer - to its Zscaler Digital Experience™ (ZDX™) service.
Teams can ask sequences of questions to effectively converse with Copilot, which uses Generative AI, to review high-level trends and progressively narrow results down to specific actionable insights.
Its versatility can help your IT teams significantly improve efficiency, and collaboration across IT operations, service desk, and security.
And with this release, Hosted Monitoring extends 24/7 monitoring to SaaS and external websites from several global locations.

Zscaler Research Finds 60% Increase in AI-Driven Phishing Attacks

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

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Vishing (voice phishing) and deepfake phishing attacks are on the rise as attackers leverage generative AI to amplify social engineering tactics.

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Vishing (voice phishing) and deepfake phishing attacks are on the rise as attackers leverage generative AI to amplify social engineering tactics.
The finance and insurance industry faced 27.8% of overall phishing attacks, the highest concentration among industries and a staggering 393% year-over-year increase.
The data revealed a year-over-year increase of nearly 60% in global phishing attacks, fueled in part by the proliferation of generative AI-driven schemes such as voice phishing (vishing) and deepfake phishing.
Zscaler ThreatLabz analyzed 2 billion blocked phishing transactions between January and December 2023, exploring various aspects including top phishing attacks, targeted countries, hosting countries for phishing content, distribution of company types based on server IP addresses, and the top referrers linked to these phishing attacks.

Zscaler Positioned as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE) for Third Straight Year

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

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Prior to the SSE Magic Quadrant, Zscaler was recognized as a leader for 10 consecutive years in the Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway (SWG).

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Prior to the SSE Magic Quadrant, Zscaler was recognized as a leader for 10 consecutive years in the Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway (SWG).
Gartner highlighted Zscaler’s strong revenue growth is outpacing the market, and that Zscaler is frequently seen on vendor shortlists for SSE.
Customers continue to choose Zscaler for its ability to provide true zero trust security on a global scale.
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge, 17 April 2024, Thomas Lintemuth, Charlie Winckless, Dale Koeppen.

GLP Selects Zscaler to Accelerate its Cloud Security Transformation Journey

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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SAN JOSE, Calif., April 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, announced that GLP , a global real estate logistics provider and investment manager, is leveraging Zscaler for Users , part of the AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ cloud security platform, to further strengthen its cybersecurity practice across its portfolio.

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SAN JOSE, Calif., April 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, announced that GLP , a global real estate logistics provider and investment manager, is leveraging Zscaler for Users , part of the AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ cloud security platform, to further strengthen its cybersecurity practice across its portfolio.
GLP determined the security limitations and risk associated with their legacy security stack built on VPNs was not able to protect their users, data and applications from the increase in sophisticated cyber attacks.
With Zscaler for Users, GLP and its affiliated users will be able to take advantage of Zero Trust connectivity directly to applications.
“Zscaler is committed to simplifying while accelerating our customers' security transformation journeys through using our Zero Trust Exchange, the world’s largest cloud security platform.

Zscaler Extends Zero Trust SASE Leadership and Eliminates the Need for Firewall-Based Segmentation

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

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Combining Zscaler’s Zero Trust SD-WAN and Airgap Networks’ agentless segmentation technology will transform how enterprises implement Zero Trust Segmentation to IoT/OT devices, and critical infrastructure across branches, campuses, factories, and data centers, including east-west connectivity.

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Combining Zscaler’s Zero Trust SD-WAN and Airgap Networks’ agentless segmentation technology will transform how enterprises implement Zero Trust Segmentation to IoT/OT devices, and critical infrastructure across branches, campuses, factories, and data centers, including east-west connectivity.
Customers will benefit in the following ways:
Extending Zero Trust to Devices on Internal Networks - Airgap Networks’ technology enforces Zero Trust principles across east-west (LAN) device traffic, shrinking the internal attack surface to help eliminate lateral threat movement on campus and OT networks.
It acts as a ransomware kill switch, disabling non-essential device communications to halt lateral threat movement without interrupting business operations.
“Zscaler is doubling down on SASE with significant innovation around Zero Trust Networking, disrupting SD-WAN, NAC, and firewall-based security for east-west and OT networks.”
The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Zscaler Finds Enterprise Use of AI/ML Tools Skyrocketed Nearly 600% Over the Last Year, Putting Enterprises at Risk

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced the release of its 2024 AI Security Report, which draws on more than 18 billion AI transactions across the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ cloud security platform from April 2023 to January 2024. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers analyzed how enterprises use AI/ML tools and mapped trends across sectors and geographies, highlighting how businesses are adapting to the shifting AI landscape and managing security around the use of AI tools. Today's enterprises must secure a transformation driven by generative AI (GenAI) bidirectionally: by securely adopting GenAI tools in the enterprise with Zero Trust while leveraging it to defend against the new AI-driven threat landscape.

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The top five countries generating the most enterprise AI transactions are the US, India, the UK, Australia, and Japan.
Despite the mounting security risk and increasing number of data protection incidents, enterprises are adopting AI tools in large numbers.
Although the UK's share of global enterprise AI transactions is only 5.5%, it leads enterprise AI traffic in EMEA with over 20%.
In the APAC region, ThreatLabz discovered a staggering increase of nearly 1.3 billion (135%) more enterprise AI transactions compared to EMEA.

Zscaler Positioned as Leader in New Tier 1 Analyst Firm Security Service Edge Research Report

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Monday, March 25, 2024

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SAN JOSE, Calif., March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, announced that it was named a Leader in the first-ever Forrester Wave™ Security Service Edge Solutions for Q1 2024.

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SAN JOSE, Calif., March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, announced that it was named a Leader in the first-ever Forrester Wave™ Security Service Edge Solutions for Q1 2024.
Zscaler received the highest possible score in 11 criteria, including ZTNA, SWG, Digital Experience Management, and threat prevention, as well as for user experience, vision, innovation, and partner ecosystem.
This recognition continues Zscaler’s momentum as a leader in three major industry research firm evaluations for SSE.
Zscaler’s partner programs around SSE are the broadest in the industry.”
"We're honored to be a leader in the inaugural Forrester Wave™ for Security Service Edge," said Dhawal Sharma, Senior Vice President & General Manager at Zscaler.

The Future of Security Risk Management and Operations is Data and AI

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

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By leveraging its massive data foundation, Zscaler is poised to transform the AI capabilities for the cybersecurity industry to not only enable organizations to mitigate risks and optimize performance but also pave the way for zero-touch operations.

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By leveraging its massive data foundation, Zscaler is poised to transform the AI capabilities for the cybersecurity industry to not only enable organizations to mitigate risks and optimize performance but also pave the way for zero-touch operations.
The rapid advancement of AI will have pivotal impacts to the cybersecurity industry and to effectively combat AI-led threats, organizations must fully harness their currently isolated security data at massive scale.
“AI is only as good as the underlying data, and many solutions lack the additional context and knowledge from data sources across the enterprise to truly leverage security specific AI models,” said Jay Chaudhry, CEO, Chairman, and Founder of Zscaler.
“The first application running on our Data Fabric is our Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) module.

Salient Unveils Next-Generation Weather Forecasting Model to Transform Risk Management

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Salient Predictions , the leader in S2S weather forecasting and insights, announced the launch of a cutting-edge model upgrade and application.

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Salient Predictions , the leader in S2S weather forecasting and insights, announced the launch of a cutting-edge model upgrade and application.
"With the unveiling of our enhanced S2S forecasting platform, we're setting a new standard in weather intelligence, offering decision-makers the tools to not only survive but thrive in the face of extreme weather events,” stated Janet Lee , Chief Product Officer at Salient.
According to Climate.gov , the United States experienced 28 weather and climate disasters in 2023, each costing over $1 billion and surpassing previous records.
Zurich Santander (ZS), a global insurance leader, collaborates with Salient to provide customers with weather-related risk insights, promoting wellbeing and climate resilience.

Beghou Consulting expands executive team with addition of growth, product and technology leaders

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

EVANSTON, Ill., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Beghou Consulting announced Thursday several additions to its executive team to support the company's technology innovation, product development and growth initiatives. Dan Cardinal, a Partner at Beghou, will become Chief Technology Officer. The company also recently hired life sciences industry veterans Smitha Murthy as Chief Product Officer and Meredith Ressi as Chief Growth Officer.

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Chief Technology Officer, Chief Product Officer and Chief Growth Officer will support Beghou Consulting's technology innovation, product development and growth initiatives.
EVANSTON, Ill., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Beghou Consulting announced Thursday several additions to its executive team to support the company's technology innovation, product development and growth initiatives.
"We have assembled an all-star team of innovators and growth drivers in Dan, Smitha, and Meredith, and I'm thrilled to welcome them to our executive team," said Beth Beghou, CEO of Beghou Consulting.
Cardinal, Murthy and Ressi join CEO Beth Beghou, Chief Financial Officer Chris Blanco and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Klug on Beghou's executive team.