i see that many portfolio reviews this month include Zscaler with reviews focusing on some technical differentiations and new platform features.
(An interesting aside finds that the First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) has Zscaler as it’s largest position at 7.58% with Crowdstrike next at 6.69% and Cloudflare in sixth place at 3.89%.)
In light of our budding ‘Golden Age For Cybersecurity’ and Data Reset Revolution, i thought that a look at some practical applications and Zscaler customer stories might be useful and informative and gives me/us a better understanding about real world applications of these evolving platform features.
For example, Zscaler helped Careem to streamline and simplify their castle-and-moat legacy model IT security updating to a cloud-driven app development model.
Careem and Uber operate independently though Uber bought Careem in 2020. ‘Careem operates in over 100 cities across 14 countries and has created more than one million employment opportunities in the region.’
Careem Capitalizes on a Global Talent Pool Using Zscaler™ to Power True Work-from-Anywhere
After pioneering the Middle East region’s ride-hailing economy, Dubai-based Careem is now the provider of an everyday Super App with continuously expanding offerings for transportation, delivery, services, payments, and more. Operating across 12 countries in the Middle East, East and North Africa, rapidly-growing Careem has created more than two million earning opportunities.
https://www.zscaler.com/resources/case-studies/careem.pdf
So Careem has adopted Zscaler Platform solutions and offers tips as to best use:
5 Tips for Leveraging Zero Trust to Up Your Work-from-Anywhere Game
April 04, 2022
Today’s competitive talent environment requires bold moves for companies seeking the best workers. That’s why Careem has committed to a remote-first workplace and borderless hiring with a global reach. We believe this strategy is the most effective way to acquire talent for building out the everyday super app we’ve developed for the Middle East region, which includes the robust payments system we engineered to serve a market where the majority of individuals don’t own a credit card.
Tip 1 – Take a holistic platform approach
Tip 2 – Leverage the right pain point
… Zscaler adoption as a VPN replacement
Tip 3 – Seek a platform provider with a deep regional partner network
Tip 4 – Market zero trust advantages to prospective employees
Tip 5 – Treat zero trust as a journey, not a destination
https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/product-insights/5-tips-levera…
“It’s said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others’ mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others’s successes.” - John C. Maxwell
Our second story addresses the Challenges of managing the high costs and complexity of multiple legacy products by switching to Zscaler stronger, more simplified and scalable connectivity, and reduced cost platform.
Wise Organizations Learn from the Successes of Others
Learn How One Organization Improved their Cloud Workload Security With Zscaler
April 01, 2022
https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/product-insights/wise-organiza…
“A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It’s harder when everybody is against you.”
- Carly Fiorina
This Final story outlines the challenges of Merging complex multiple legacy IT networks securely and efficiently and how using Zscaler reduces costs and risks, increases time to value, while simplifying operations and integration.
A Modernized Approach to M&A
March 29, 2022
Zscaler brings speed to M&A integrations…
…accelerating the time to achieve deal value
https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/product-insights/modernized-ap…
i would be indigent by not mentioning how security challenges are becoming an ever increasing national security issue.
This blog addresses how implementing Zscaler zero trust architecture helps to minimize attacks by making apps invisible, preventing compromise, connecting users without exposing the network, and preventing data theft.
Are You Prepared for Russian Cyberwarfare Attacks?
When are cyberattacks an act of war? If Russia retaliates against the US with cyberattacks on infrastructure, will our own ranks of security professionals be fighting on the front lines?
Threat hunting is an important part of a mature security strategy…
Leverage trusted sources of information…
Zscaler is your security ally…
https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/product-insights/are-you-prepa…
Zscaler presents themselves as the ‘creator of the Zero Trust Exchange platform, using the largest security cloud on the planet to make doing business and navigating change a simpler, faster, and more productive experience.’
Their platform helps businesses to digitally transform their legacy IT and security to the cloud,
IMHO, placing them at the Forefront of the Data Reset Revolution along with Fellow cybersecurity partners and competitors enjoying the ‘Golden Age For Cybersecurity’.
Best, kevin c
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