Going All-In With AI at Zscaler to Raise the Bar in Cyber

Jay Chaudhry, CEO of Zscaler, on Company's AI Commitment, Solutions Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • May 9, 2024

Zscaler is going all in in its investment in AI to bolster its customers' ability to stay ahead of threat actors, including the company's recent purchase of Avalor and by hiring a chief AI officer, said Jay Chaudhry, the company's founder, chairman and CEO.

See Also: Are Security Tools Slowing Your Response?

"Good AI starts with data. While there's a lot of general purpose data sitting out there for Chat GPT and the world, for cyber you need customer-specific data to see if a customer is being targeted, attacked or if reconnaissance is being done," he said.

"We have that data because of a large number of customers, which includes over 40% of Fortune 500 companies," he said. "Once you have all that data, how do you make sense of ...