Zscaler has announced an expansion of its relationship with Amazon Web Services and innovations built on Zscaler’s Zero Trust architecture and AWS to help enterprises accelerate their transition to the cloud securely.
The companies will provide customers with a unified solution to consolidate and simplify cloud security operations while helping organizations improve their security architecture from ineffective legacy models to a modern Zero Trust approach designed for the cloud.
Today, enterprises are often left to purchase, deploy, and manage dozens of different point products, leading to operational complexity and increased overhead costs. As the cloud matures, enterprises are looking for a holistic cloud-based platform with integrated services, including Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management (CIEM), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP), Data Loss Protection (DLP), Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and Infrastructure as a Code (IaC) scanning, to protect their globally distributed workloads.
To help enterprises advance their implementation of Zero Trust to secure their cloud applications and improve the security of their 5G connections, Zscaler and AWS have expanded their relationship to deliver simple yet powerful solutions built on AWS. These solutions are designed to help identify, prioritize, mitigate, and remediate the risks posed by cloud workloads to the applications and cloud infrastructure while extending Zero Trust to Private 5G connections.
In partnership with AWS, Zscaler’s three innovations designed to improve cloud security and cloud connectivity include:
Delivering Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), Built on AWS: Built and managed on AWS, Zscaler’s new Posture Control solution helps DevOps and security teams accelerate cloud adoption by efficiently deploying their part of the AWS Shared Responsibility Model. Implement. The platform reduces operational complexity and overhead by replacing multi-point security products – CSPM, CIEM, CWPP, IaC scanning, DLP, and Cand MDB with a single, unified platform that analyzes millions of attributes to prioritize the critical issues it faces. The security team needs to focus first on AWS was chosen for its wide range of services, scale, reliability, and prevalence as the primary cloud provider across much of Zscaler’s customer base. Extend Zero Trust Security to Workloads on AWS: In partnership with AWS, Zscaler is expanding the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange cloud security platform to protect cloud workloads from malware and data breaches as enterprises migrate and refactor their applications and workloads on AWS. Zscaler provides customers with the benefits of inline inspection for web traffic of cloud workloads at carrier-grade scale using deep integration with native AWS technologies, such as Gateway Load Balancer, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS Auto Scaling. It also extends the platform’s app-to-app segmentation capabilities, significantly reducing the attack surface of the enterprise and the risk associated with lateral threat moves. Enable Zero Trust for Private 5G with AWS Wavelength – The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange protects workloads running on AWS Wavelength by providing user-specific Zero Trust access directly to the devices connected to the mobile network. The service is delivered using Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) – a Zero Trust architecture built on AWS that supports cloud and hybrid infrastructure management and deployment.
“Many organizations struggle with the idea of Zero Trust for cloud security,” said Punit Minocha, executive vice president of Business and Corporate Development at Zscaler.
“Zscaler’s latest innovations – our Posture Control solution and new cloud workload protection services built on AWS as a preferred cloud provider, provide our joint customers with simplified and efficient solutions to effectively mitigate cloud workload risk, delivered through the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange cloud security platform “Zscaler and AWS share a common vision to deliver the highest quality security solutions to our joint customers and help them navigate the latest cloud security requirements,” added Chris Grusz, Director, ISV Partner, and AWS Marketplace Business Development.
“This expanded relationship provides organizations worldwide with simple yet powerful solutions built on and tightly integrated with AWS security, observation, and data protection services.”
