Zscaler is one of the world’s leading providers of cloud-based security solutions.

Zscaler offers a full range of enterprise network security services including web security, internet security, antivirus, vulnerability management, firewalls, and control over user activity in mobile, cloud computing, and Internet of things environments.

As a result of its wide-scale offerings, Zscaler is one shop for almost all types of security solutions. This provides a competitive advantage over other rivals that have mostly limited types of solutions, such as Proofpoint, which is specialized in identity theft protection, FireEye and F5 Networks, which offer cloud-based proxy, firewall, sandboxing and advanced threat protection.

Zscaler offers two tools — Zscaler Internet Access and Zscaler Private Access. With the Zscaler Internet Access tool, users securely connect to externally managed applications, such as Salesforce and Microsoft Office 365. The Zscaler Private Access provides access to internally managed applications, either hosted internally in data centers or in public or private clouds.

Zscaler operates in an industry which is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents. Here, more than 80 issued and 50 pending patents for the company’s cloud platform provide a competitive advantage.

The company has adopted a joint-sales approach, per which Zscaler’s sales team develops relationships directly between channel sales partners and customers. The approach helps facilitate client acquisition process, improving account coordination, and developing sales and overall market.

The company distributes its cloud-based solutions to more than 150 data centers across five continents. It process approximately 70 billion requests per day from users across more than 185 countries. At fiscal 2024-end, the company had more than 8,650 customers globally of which approximately 35% are in the Forbes Global 2000.

In fiscal 2024, Zscaler’s revenues increased 34% year over year to approximately $2.17 billion, of which 50% was contributed from customers outside the United States.