Zscaler, Inc. announced expanded integrations with CrowdStrike. The first of the integrations allows Zscaler ZIA™ to leverage CrowdStrike Falcon ZTA (Zero Trust Assessment) device scores for access policy configuration. Together with ZscalerZscaler ZPA™, joint Zscaler and CrowdStrike customers can now extend zero trust protection to both internal and external applications.

Additionally, Humio, a CrowdStrike company, is now able to ingest Zscaler logs, providing customers with the visibility to correlate with EDR telemetry to identify threats, and swiftly take action to mitigate sophisticated attacks. Zscaler will also be participating in the CrowdXDR Alliance to enhance end-to-end visibility and control across domains, with in-depth data analytics and AI-assisted investigation and remediation capabilities. Cybercriminals are constantly looking for new ways to breach personal and corporate networks.

The growing popularity of remote workforces has created a fertile environment for identity theft and double-extortion ransomware attacks. With traditional login and passwords becoming insufficient for application security, more factors such as device posture are becoming essential aspects of defining and protecting the identity of individual users. The new Zscaler integrations allow ZIA customers to use CrowdStrike's ZTA score as an access control feature to help create a defense-in-depth approach to cross-platform workflows and remotely accessible applications.

In addition to the new integrations, Zscaler will join the CrowdStrike CrowdXDR Alliance to help connect siloed security systems that may lack interoperability features needed to protect their hybrid environments against lateral threats. By sharing relevant telemetry across Zscaler and CrowdStrike, customers will be able to further bolster their defenses with advanced detection and response capabilities, maximizing their investment return. Additional new benefits for joint customers include: Greater network visibility: As more organizations continue to deploy work-from-anywhere policies, IT teams require greater visibility into user and application access to maintain cybersecurity.

Better app access control: Leveraging the CrowdStrike ZTA device posture, the new integrations use ZIA access control to link application access with a device vector. This provides better policy management of both internal and external applications, reducing risk of exposure. Effective telemetry sharing:CrowdStrike will be able to consume Zscaler telemetry to gain additional visibility across the cloud and network, opening up new capabilities for detection and remediation of threats across domains, such as ransomware and identity theft.