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Jay Chaudhry

CEO and Founder of Zscaler Jay Chaudhry is the CEO, Chairman, and Founder of Zscaler. An industry innovator and entrepreneur, Jay’s expertise spans engineering, sales, marketing, and management. His considerable work in the security sector has made him a trusted advisor for many enterprise CIOs and CISOs.
Zscaler Named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge (SSE)
Office of the CEO
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Zscaler Named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge (SSE)

The 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge (SSE) has just been published and Zscaler has once again been named as a Leader in this report. SSE is the modern approach to cybersecurity that integrates Secure...
2022 ESG Report on a tablet
People and Culture
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Securing a World of Possibility

When I started Zscaler 15 years ago, it was founded on the vision to create a world where the exchange of information is completely seamless and secure. I set out to create an iconic company that would become a leader in...
A person getting their Zscaler Zero Trust Certification
Zero Trust Architecture
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Zscaler Debuts Zero Trust Certified Architect (ZTCA) Program to Address IT & SecOps Skills Gap

An increase in large-scale cyber attacks has driven widespread interest for organizations to migrate to a Zero Trust architecture. A Zero Trust architecture is a new, clean architectural paradigm - one that is built to r...
Zscaler 15 years of innovation
People and Culture
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Celebrating 15 Years of Innovation

This year, I’m thrilled to celebrate Zscaler’s 15th anniversary. When we first started the company in 2007, I knew that we had a real opportunity to transform the security industry, especially in light of enterprises’ mi...
Zscaler: Celebrating 15 Years of Innovation
People and Culture
1 Min read

Zscaler: Celebrating 15 Years of Innovation

Zscaler started in 2007 with an idea: transform cloud security in ways we never thought possible. Fifteen years later, with numerous industry firsts, notable technology triumphs, and significant company milestones throug...
A handshake
People and Culture
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Thank You and Best Wishes to my Dear Friend, Amit

I am both saddened and pleased to announce that Amit Sinha has decided to pursue a CEO role at a private company. I would like to thank Amit for his contributions to Zscaler in various roles over the past 12 years, most ...
Zscaler Acquires ShiftRight
Zero Trust Architecture
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Zscaler Acquires ShiftRight

I am pleased to announce Zscaler’s entry into security workflow automation with the acquisition of ShiftRight, a leader in closed loop security workflow automation. As a result, ShiftRight’s technology is being integrate...
A planet with a streak of light
SASE and SSE
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Zscaler is a 2022 Customers’ Choice in the Gartner® Peer Insights™ “Voice of the Customer” Report for Security Service Edge

We are excited to announce that Zscaler has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice vendor for 2022 in the Security Service Edge (SSE) category on Gartner® Peer Insights™. This distinction is a recognition of vendors in t...
Digital connections
Secure IoT and OT
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Zscaler for IoT & OT Now Sold by Siemens for Industrial Security

I am very excited to join forces with Siemens to extend zero trust into OT and disrupt the traditional OT security mindset. Now, Zscaler and Siemens product and sales teams together are taking OT security to the next lev...
People working in a factory
Zero Trust Architecture
3 Min read

CISA Must Update its latest OT Security Warning and Guidance to Include Zero Trust

On April 14, 2022, CISA published a warning regarding potential denial-of-service attacks that could exploit vulnerabilities in certain OT assets. Specifically, CISA warned that an OpenSSL TLS server may crash if sent a ...
Zscaler Secures Cloud Workloads with the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Zero Trust Architecture
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Zscaler Secures Cloud Workloads with the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™

Since its inception, Zscaler has remained dedicated to protecting our customers—it’s at the very core of everything we do. In our first decade, we focused intently on providing users secure access to applications, first ...
A digital lock
Zero Trust Architecture
2 Min read

Zero Trust: The Key to OT Security Modernization

Today, secure remote access has not only become paramount to business continuity on the IT side, but also on the OT side where even short-lived disruptions to factory operations and production lines can show up in the bo...
Connecting people and companies via the cloud
Zero Trust Architecture
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Innovation to Protect the World

As I reflect on Zscaler’s journey and progress over the last 14 years, it is clear that our solutions, which help organizations become more secure and agile in the cloud world, are having a positive impact on our custome...
zenith live day one
Events
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Zscaler Customers Are Moving Full Cloud Ahead

What an incredible conclusion to day one of our fourth annual Zenith Live virtual conference! It was an honor to share the stage with my colleagues, guest luminaries, and our marquee multinational customers, BP and DHL. ...
smokescreen
Zero Trust Architecture
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A Powerful Combination: Active Defense, the Bridge to Zero Trust

The end of May marked a monumental juncture for Zscaler as we continued to extend the company’s cybersecurity reach with our intent to acquire Smokescreen Technologies, a leader in active defense technology. This week...
IIT BHU
People and Culture
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My Journey That Began at IIT (BHU)

Yesterday, I had the distinct pleasure of addressing the graduates of my alma mater, the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) in Varanasi. I’ve spoken to many audiences over the past decades about my personal history and...
The Hindsight of 2020 Brings Fresh Perspective for 2021
People and Culture
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The Hindsight of 2020 Brings Fresh Perspective for 2021

Happy New Year! None of us could have predicted the tumultuous year that became 2020. Yet the dawn of a new year provides a fresh perspective to better prepare for the opportunities ahead. This past year reaffirmed fo...
MQ-woman
Security Insights
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Zscaler: The Only Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Secure Web Gateways, 2020

I am truly humbled to share that Zscaler has been named the only leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways, cementing 10 consecutive years of being recognized as a Leader. In addition to being thi...
Zscaler Becomes the First and Only Zero Trust Remote Access Service to Achieve Government FedRAMP-High Authorization
Zero Trust Architecture
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Zscaler Becomes the First and Only Zero Trust Remote Access Service to Achieve Government FedRAMP-High Authorization

This week, Zscaler achieved an important milestone in our commitment to serve our U.S. federal government customers when Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) became the first and only zero trust remote access service to achieve ...
Why the U.S. Government and Microsoft are Sounding the Alarm about VPNs
Zero Trust Architecture
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Why the U.S. Government and Microsoft are Sounding the Alarm about VPNs

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently took a huge leap forward in defining a secure work-from-home (WFH) experience for federal workers at the ti...
Empowering Employees to Work Remotely During COVID-19
Hybrid Workforce
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Empowering Employees to Work Remotely During COVID-19

These are unpredictable and unsettling times. Like all of you, I am watching events unfold in the global response to COVID-19, and I am doing what is best for my family, the Zscaler family, and our customers and partners...
A Look Back at RSAC 2020
Events
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A Look Back at RSAC 2020

Each year, by the end of the RSA Conference, it’s typical for teams to get together and discuss what they learned, who they met, significant keynotes, and which companies stood out (or were missing) in the massive exhibi...
Helping our customers protect their employees during the coronavirus emergency
Hybrid Workforce
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Helping our customers protect their employees during the coronavirus emergency

It is devastating to watch the coronavirus updates coming in from overseas. I’m sure you are aware that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus a global health emergency. The situation is impacti...
A New Year and a New Home
People and Culture
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A New Year and a New Home

I’ve been fortunate to have had many memorable days in my lifetime and my career. Today will be one of those days. A primary goal for just about every company is healthy growth in all aspects of the business—its produ...
2020s: The Decade that Tears Down LANs, WANs, VPNs, and Firewalls
Zero Trust Architecture
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2020s: The Decade that Tears Down LANs, WANs, VPNs, and Firewalls

The walls of the corporate workplace will become fluid for enterprises over this decade. This will be a movement driven by the way you want to work and the birth of the fully internet-driven workplace; put another way, i...
2019 in Review
Zero Trust Architecture
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2019 in Review

At the end of the year, it’s traditional to take stock of a company’s achievements, its growth, earnings, market share, and so on. There are many ways to measure a company’s success and, after more than 25 years leading ...
Thanks to Gartner, We're on Cloud 9
Zero Trust Architecture
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Thanks to Gartner, We're on Cloud 9

My team received some exciting news this week and I am thrilled to share it: Gartner released its annual Secure Web Gateways Magic Quadrant (MQ) report, and Zscaler was named a Leader for the ninth year in a row. This ye...
SOX Doesn’t Mean Secure
Zero Trust Architecture
4 Min read

SOX Doesn’t Mean Secure

This article originally ran in Forbes. The legislation was crafted with the best of intentions. Some 17 years ago, the U.S. federal government enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to create better controls for and increase ...
Join me at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
Zero Trust Architecture
3 Min read

Join me at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo

Zscaler was founded at a time when the use of cloud applications was emerging in the enterprise and users were becoming more mobile, connecting over unsecured networks and using unmanaged devices like their smartphones. ...
Reflections on Zenith Live Las Vegas
Events
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Reflections on Zenith Live Las Vegas

Zenith Live, the Zscaler Cloud Summit, is the highlight of the year for me. There’s nothing I enjoy more than meeting with customers and hearing first-hand their accounts of the challenges they face and their experiences...
How To Prevent Complacency From Putting Enterprise Security At Risk
Expert Insights
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How To Prevent Complacency From Putting Enterprise Security At Risk

This article originally appeared on Forbes. If you’re having a bad day, know that things could always be worse: This message could have greeted you when you turned on your computer. One fateful morning last Novem...
Zenith Live: Empowering Transformation
Events
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Zenith Live: Empowering Transformation

Last year, we held our first Zenith Live Cloud Summits in Las Vegas and London. In a year full of exciting occurrences and big news, Zenith Live turned out to be one of the true highlights of 2018 for Zscaler. In both ci...
Here’s to one year as a public company. So much to celebrate.
Zero Trust Architecture
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Here’s to one year as a public company. So much to celebrate.

At this time last year, I had the privilege of ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq as Zscaler officially became a publicly traded company. While every year at Zscaler has been momentous, full of change and astounding deve...
2018 in Review
Zero Trust Architecture
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2018 in Review

Whether you enjoyed each day of 2018 or you’re just as glad to see the year coming to a close, you have to agree that it was a big, momentous year. Even setting aside the major world events that came to define 2018 an...
Eight Years Straight: Leadership and Vision in the Gartner MQ
Zero Trust Architecture
3 Min read

Eight Years Straight: Leadership and Vision in the Gartner MQ

I am very excited to share that this week Gartner released its 2018 Secure Web Gateways Magic Quadrant (MQ) report, and Zscaler was named a Leader for the eighth consecutive year. This report, which measures companies on...
Welcome to Zenith Live 2018 Europe!
Events
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Welcome to Zenith Live 2018 Europe!

Last June, we launched Zenith Live in Las Vegas, and we are delighted to be bringing the summit to our customers and partners at the forefront of cloud transformation across Europe. We began this journey with a mission t...
An inspiring keynote by Scott Guthrie about cloud transformation
Expert Insights
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An inspiring keynote by Scott Guthrie about cloud transformation

If you haven’t had an opportunity to hear Scott Guthrie, EVP of Microsoft, talk about digital transformation, I encourage you to watch the video of his presentation on June 26, 2018, at Zenith Live. In his role leadin...
What a day at Zenith Live!
Events
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What a day at Zenith Live!

After the first full day, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts and observations about what is turning out to be a remarkable event. A year in the making, the plan for Zenith Live was always to be broader than a tech...
Welcome to Zenith Live, the Zscaler Cloud Summit
Events
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Welcome to Zenith Live, the Zscaler Cloud Summit

The excitement around Zenith Live started building last summer, when we decided that the time was right to produce a conference for Zscaler customers, partners, and those at the forefront of cloud transformation. The vis...
Message from our CEO
Zero Trust Architecture
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Message from our CEO

Good morning. Today marks an exciting milestone in the Zscaler journey. I am happy to announce that Zscaler is now a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq. There are many people who made this special day possible, ...
Zscaler Named Top Private Cloud Company in Forbes Cloud 100
Zero Trust Architecture
1 Min read

Zscaler Named Top Private Cloud Company in Forbes Cloud 100

What a summer it has been for Zscaler! Shortly after we were named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant — recognition that came on the heels of the Morgan Stanley CTO Award for Innovation — I am excited to say that Zsc...
Seven: a prime number for Zscaler
Zero Trust Architecture
3 Min read

Seven: a prime number for Zscaler

The 2017 Secure Web Gateway Magic Quadrant (MQ) was released this week at the Gartner Security and Risk Summit, and I am proud that Zscaler was once again named a Leader, positioned more favorably than any other provider...
Zscaler wins the Morgan Stanley CTO Award for Innovation
Zero Trust Architecture
2 Min read

Zscaler wins the Morgan Stanley CTO Award for Innovation

Each year, Morgan Stanley chooses just one technology solution with innovative capabilities that “materially transform technology at Morgan Stanley and result in better service for its clients” to receive its prestigious...
In the aftermath of WannaCry, our concept of the network has to change
Ransomware
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In the aftermath of WannaCry, our concept of the network has to change

By now, everyone has heard about WannaCry, the ransomware attack that made headlines on Friday May 12th and continues to show up in various forms. In a nutshell, this ransomware has impacted more than 200,000 systems wor...
Charlie Giancarlo Joins the Zscaler Board
People and Culture
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Charlie Giancarlo Joins the Zscaler Board

I am excited to announce that Charlie Giancarlo has joined the Zscaler Board of Directors. Charlie needs very little introduction to those of us in the technology industry. His illustrious career has spanned some of the ...
Are you resolved to inspect SSL 2048 in 2014?
Security Insights
2 Min read

Are you resolved to inspect SSL 2048 in 2014?

You should be familiar with secure socket layer (SSL) encryption, an important security industry standard designed to protect Internet communication in transit. In the past few years, SSL has been widely deployed by Web ...
Unlocking Hot Markets with Key Segments
Zero Trust Architecture
2 Min read

Unlocking Hot Markets with Key Segments

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to appear on NBC's Press:Here to discuss Zscaler’s billion dollar valuation. If you have not had a chance to see it yet, I have included the video below. Today, I wanted to exp...
Reinventing the Wheel: “Hub-and-Spoke” is Costly-and-Broke for the New IT World
Zero Trust Architecture
3 Min read

Reinventing the Wheel: “Hub-and-Spoke” is Costly-and-Broke for the New IT World

When we launched this blog, I discussed how enterprise security is ripe for transformation. The cloud, mobile and social trends that contribute to our concept of the Everywhere Enterprise are dissolving the traditional n...
Welcome to the Security Cloud
Zero Trust Architecture
2 Min read

Welcome to the Security Cloud

Zscaler was founded on the idea that enterprise security was way overdue for a massive transformation. We realized as early as 2008 that the old appliance-based model of building a physical perimeter around corporate d...

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