Global Collaboration Aims to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Businesses Amid Evolving Threat Landscape.

BT, a leading telecommunications and IT services company, has announced a strategic commercial partnership with Zscaler, a prominent cloud security platform provider, marking a significant step towards elevating managed security services with AI-driven zero trust solutions. This collaboration positions BT as the first global service provider to integrate Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange™ cloud security platform into its managed security offerings.

The partnership aims to deliver an expanded suite of security services to private and public sector clients, geared towards streamlining IT infrastructure complexities and reducing vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks. By integrating Zscaler’s artificial intelligence technology, BT aims to support businesses in enhancing their agility and security amidst the evolving digital landscape.

The partnership will introduce Zscaler-powered managed services by BT, tailored to support the reorganization of connectivity, networking, and security frameworks for digitally evolving enterprises. These services aim to enhance business agility and reduce infrastructural complexity, safeguarding customers against cyber threats and data breaches by securely connecting users, devices, and applications, regardless of location.

The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform, renowned for processing over 400 billion daily transactions and extracting upwards of 500 trillion signals, offers visibility, access control, and data security for enterprise data at scale. By leveraging AI-powered insights, the platform aims to enhance the digital experience, mitigate risk, and support better business decision-making for organizations worldwide.