Zscaler has released a report titled, “IoT Devices in the Enterprise 2019: Shadow IoT Threats Emerge,” on Tuesday that has analyzed the exponential growth in IoT traffic volume as well as the growth of IoT-based malware, and how new threats have emerged within the Federal IT Enterprise.

Thomas Stamos, formerly a regional manager at Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), has joined cloud security company Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) as director of federal civilian sales, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Wednesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 21, 2019 — The Department of Homeland Security has added Zscaler's (Nasdaq: ZS) cloud-based information security platform to a list of approved products for the DHS-run Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 14.

Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has said there are several techniques and tools agencies could use to provide users secure connections to applications wherever they are. Kovac wrote about how zero-trust networking uses encrypted microtunnels and microsegmentation to establish a seamless and trusted connection between users and apps.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2019 — Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has called for a shared certification process that agency chief information officers can use to approve platforms under the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 policy, ExecutiveBiz reported April 23. Kovac wrote …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 2, 2018 — Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) has secured a Moderate-impact-level certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its government-focused internet security and web gateway technology, which is also compliant with the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 draft policy, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 18. The company said Dec. …

Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has said agencies that aim to create secure cloud environments should merge controls under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and the Trusted Internet Connections initiative. “Users should be able to access the cloud via a …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 3, 2016 — Carahsoft has agreed to serve as Zscaler‘s master government market aggregator and offer the latter’s cloud security platform to public clients through the contract vehicles run by the General Services Administration and NASA, ExecutiveBiz said Wednesday. Zscaler’s Internet Security Platform works to encompass secure web gateways, cloud …

Six companies have won spots on a potential 10-year, $820.5M blanket purchase agreement to provide commercial-off-the-shelf software offerings for the Department of Defense, intelligence community and the U.S. Coast Guard.

William Welch, formerly president and chief operating officer of Duo Security, has been named co-CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity. He will serve in the role alongside retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander and help drive IronNet’s commercial efforts to expand operations worldwide, the company said Monday. Welch previously held senior leadership roles at …