Zscaler’s recent acquisition of Avalor marks a significant stride in fortifying enterprise security capabilities through the integration of Avalor’s Data Fabric for Security. This move aims to leverage real-time AI-driven insights and threat prevention, enriching Zscaler’s existing Zero Trust Exchange™ with a wealth of security data. With over 150 pre-built integrations, this collaboration seeks to empower organizations to proactively identify vulnerabilities and enhance operational efficiencies. By capitalizing on its extensive data resources, Zscaler endeavors to revolutionize AI capabilities within the cybersecurity landscape, not only enabling risk mitigation and performance optimization but also laying the groundwork for zero-touch operations.
In an era where AI plays an increasingly pivotal role in cybersecurity, the ability to harness vast amounts of isolated security data is paramount to effectively combatting AI-led threats. Drawing on its 16 years of expertise as a leader in cloud security, Zscaler has developed groundbreaking AI-driven solutions such as Zscaler Risk360 and Zscaler Business Insights. These solutions, fueled by Zscaler’s extensive data repository, set new standards for proactive cybersecurity and business intelligence.
Jay Chaudhry, CEO, Chairman, and Founder of Zscaler, emphasized the critical importance of quality data in AI effectiveness, noting that many existing solutions lack the comprehensive context necessary for robust security-specific AI models. With the Avalor acquisition, Zscaler aims to enhance its ability to identify vulnerabilities, predict breaches, and ultimately bolster cybersecurity measures.
Avalor’s Data Fabric for Security serves as a conduit for ingesting, normalizing, and unifying data from various enterprise security and business systems. This enables the delivery of actionable insights, analytics, and operational efficiencies. By integrating Avalor’s technology into Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange platform, enterprises can harness AI-driven analytics and decision-making in real-time, without the complexities of data aggregation. This integration promises dynamic prioritization, streamlined reporting, real-time incident mitigation, advanced threat detection, and more, all within the Zscaler cloud security platform.
Raanan Raz, co-founder and CEO of Avalor, highlighted the importance of aggregating disparate security data sources to enhance risk posture. The first application running on Avalor’s Data Fabric is the Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) module, which benefits from Zscaler’s proprietary datasets and Avalor’s support for third-party sources. This synergy positions the collaboration to enhance UVM capabilities and develop new applications with additional cyber protection insights.