Zscaler and BT Announce New Commercial Partnership to Strengthen BT’s Managed Security Services
Zscalers has selected BT Group to offer the full suite of Zscaler’s AI-powered Zero Trust Solutions to private and public sector customers. The partnership will bolster BT’s position as a go-to global service provider for Zscaler’s cloud security platform. This would enable customers to leverage BT-Zscaler partnership in implementing AI-powered ZT solutions in a complex IT environment. With the help of AI and cutting-edge cloud management solutions, companies can reduce complexities in their IT infrastructures under severe pressure from cyber attacks and data hacks. Zscaler enables businesses to become more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure by providing the AI-driven Zero Trust Exchange™ cloud security platform.
Zscaler-powered managed services by BT are designed to support connectivity, network, and security reorganization initiatives for digital enterprises. It allows greater business agility, reduces infrastructure complexity, and protects customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications anywhere. Currently, BT Group is the UK’s leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions, and services.
The Highlight of the Partnership: AI-powered Cyber-threat Protection Solutions
Solutions include Zscaler for Users powered by the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, including:
- Internet Access: A leading secure web gateway (SWG) that delivers cloud-native, AI-powered cyber threat protection and zero trust access to the Internet and SaaS apps.
- Private Access: A cloud-native service that gives users fast and secure access to private apps and OT devices while enabling zero-trust connectivity for workloads, replacing legacy remote access tools like VPNs and VDI.
- Digital Experience: provides visibility into the complete path between user and app to pinpoint performance issues. As part of the comprehensive Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, ZDX enables fast, secure connections from any location.
The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform analyzes over 400 billion daily transactions, extracting over 500 trillion signals. It provides visibility, access control, and data security to enterprise data at scale and uses AI-powered insights to optimize digital experience, reduce risk, and enable better business decisions.
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At the time of this announcement, BT’s Managing Director of Security, Tris Morgan mentioned the role of digital innovations in the ever-evolving threat landscapes. IT companies must join forces to help other businesses operate in a risk-prone environment. Tris said, “We are delighted to extend our business relationship and enrich our managed service offering with Zscaler, allowing us to offer new zero-trust cybersecurity solutions for customers and making sure we’ve got their back as they go through their digital transformation.”
BT Group will also use Zscaler Zero Trust Solutions to protect its internal operations. This will further enhance BT’s first-hand experience as they support customers looking to adopt and implement Zscaler solutions.
Mike Rich, CRO and President of Global Sales Zscaler explained the need to forge a strong partnership with BT. Mike said, “Our partnership (with BT Group) is evidence of the BT team’s trust in the power of Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange cloud security platform. Zero Trust security will not only modernize the security infrastructure to better stop large-scale attacks and diminish the attack surface but also reduce the administrative burden to accelerate BT customers’ infrastructure and security transformation initiatives. Zscaler is committed to supporting BT with our ever-advancing cloud security solutions to encourage the next wave of innovation driven by AI.”
BT Group consists of three customer-facing units: Consumer serves individuals and families in the UK; Business covers companies and public services in the UK and internationally; Openreach is an independently governed, wholly-owned subsidiary wholesaling fixed access infrastructure services to its customers – over 650 communications providers across the UK.
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