# Zscaler

> Zscaler is a cloud-native cybersecurity company that pioneered the zero trust security model for enterprises. Its Zero Trust Exchange platform connects users, devices, and applications directly and securely over the internet - inspecting traffic in the cloud rather than backhauling it through legacy hardware appliances. Founded in 2007 and publicly traded on NASDAQ as ZS, Zscaler processes hundreds of billions of transactions daily for thousands of large organizations, and has expanded into AI-driven security operations, data protection, and digital experience monitoring.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, California, USA
- **Founders:** Jay Chaudhry (Co-founder, Chairman & CEO), K. Kailash (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 7,900+ employees (2025)
- **Products:** Zero Trust Exchange, Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA), Zscaler Private Access (ZPA), Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX), Zscaler Data Protection
- **Notable:** Pioneered and popularized the cloud-native zero trust security model for enterprises., Successful 2018 IPO on NASDAQ (ticker ZS) after being bootstrapped largely with the founder's own capital., Surpassed $3 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue by fiscal 2025.

## Products & services

- **Zero Trust Exchange** — The core cloud-native platform that securely connects users, workloads, and devices to applications over the internet using zero trust principles, inspecting all traffic inline without backhauling to a data center.
- **Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA)** — A cloud-delivered secure web gateway and Security Service Edge (SSE) offering that provides secure access to the internet and SaaS apps, with inline threat inspection, SSL/TLS decryption, firewall, and data loss prevention.
- **Zscaler Private Access (ZPA)** — A Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) service that gives users secure, granular access to private applications without exposing the network or requiring a legacy VPN.
- **Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX)** — Monitors and troubleshoots the end-to-end digital experience of users by measuring application, network, and device performance.
- **Zscaler Data Protection** — Unified DLP and CASB capabilities that protect sensitive data across web, SaaS, email, endpoints, and cloud.
- **Zscaler Cloud Protection / Posture Control** — Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP) and workload security for public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
- **Data Fabric for Security / Security Operations** — An AI-driven security operations layer, strengthened by the Red Canary acquisition, aimed at building toward an autonomous SOC with agentic AI threat detection and response.

## Achievements

- Pioneered and popularized the cloud-native zero trust security model for enterprises.
- Successful 2018 IPO on NASDAQ (ticker ZS) after being bootstrapped largely with the founder's own capital.
- Surpassed $3 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue by fiscal 2025.
- Consistently named a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge (SSE).
- Processes more than 500 billion transactions and blocks billions of threats per day across its cloud.
- Serves roughly 26% of the Fortune 1000.
- Acquired Red Canary in 2025 (~$675 million) to build AI-driven, agentic security operations.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Reported fiscal 2025 results: Q4 revenue of $719.2 million (up 21% YoY) and Annual Recurring Revenue surpassing $3.0 billion.
- **2025-06** — Announced a definitive agreement to acquire security operations firm Red Canary to accelerate AI-driven, agentic security operations.
- **2025-07** — Completed the Red Canary acquisition (~$675 million), forming the basis of Zscaler's unified Security Operations and Data Fabric for Security offering.

## Links

- Website: https://www.zscaler.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zscaler
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/zscaler
- GitHub: https://github.com/zscaler
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/zscaler
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zscalerinc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Zscaler/

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Last updated: 2026-07-16