Zscaler, Inc.

Zscaler, Inc. is a cloud security company that operates worldwide. It provides users, servers, operational technology, and Internet of Things devices with secure access to externally managed applications, including SaaS applications and Internet destinations. The company’s Zscaler Internet Access solution is designed to provide access to managed applications hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds. In addition, Zscaler offers Zscaler Digital Experience, which measures end-to-end user experience across business applications and provides an easy-to-understand digital experience score for each user, application, and location within an enterprise.

Zscaler also provides workload segmentation solutions, such as Zscaler Cloud Security Posture Management, which identifies and remediates application misconfigurations in SaaS, infrastructure as a service, and platform as a service to reduce risk and ensure compliance with industry and organizational benchmarks. Zscaler Cloud Workload Segmentation is designed to secure application-to-application communications inside public clouds and data centers to stop lateral threat movement, as well as prevent application compromise and reduce the risk of data breaches. Its platform modules include Zscaler Central Authority, Zscaler Enforcement Node, and Zscaler Log Servers.

Zscaler serves customers in a variety of industries, including airlines and transportation, conglomerates, consumer goods and retail, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media and communications, public sector and education, technology, and telecommunications services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. It was formerly known as SafeChannel, Inc., and changed its name to Zscaler, Inc. in August 2008.

Since its founding, Zscaler has experienced tremendous growth. The company has acquired several companies, including Cloudneeti, a cloud security posture management provider, and Smokescreen Technologies, a deception and detection security provider. In 2020, Zscaler had a total revenue of $722.6 million, representing a 42% year-over-year growth. The company has also received numerous awards, including being named a Leader in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers and being recognized as a Leader in the 2020 Forrester Wave for Cloud Security Gateways.