ZS - Zscaler Extends Zero Trust SASE Leadership and Eliminates the Need for Firewall-Based Segmentation | Benzinga
SAN JOSE, April 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced they have signed an agreement to acquire Airgap Networks, the leader in cybersecurity solutions for business-critical networks. 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.
Traditional NAC and network-based firewalls that use static Access Control Lists (ACLs) to control east-west traffic were not designed to prevent sophisticated threats from moving laterally within a Local Area Network (LAN). Airgap Networks' novel approach, using an intelligent Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) proxy architecture, isolates every device and dynamically controls access based on identity and context, reducing business risk for enterprises with critical infrastructure.
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.
- Securing Critical OT Infrastructure - Airgap Networks' technology delivers real-time device discovery and inline enforcement. It acts as a ransomware kill switch, disabling non-essential device communications to halt ...