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Coats to Power IT and OT Security with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange for Industry 5.0 Transformation
Leading Global Manufacturer Leverages Zscaler’s Integrated User Protection and Experience Monitoring to Provide Business Users and Manufacturing Systems with
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[{"type":"text","content":"Leading Global Manufacturer Leverages Zscaler’s Integrated User Protection and Experience Monitoring to Provide Business Users and Manufacturing Systems with Secure, High Performance, VPN-Free Access to Cloud and Private Applications\nSAN JOSE, Calif., July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, announced today that Coats Group PLC, the world’s largest industrial thread manufacturer for over 250 years, is adopting the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ cloud platform to secure its Industry 5.0 transformation. With its deployment, UK-headquartered Coats will implement Zscaler™ for Users and Zscaler for IoT/OT as the company builds its security service edge (SSE) ecosystem. This SSE ecosystem will provide 18,000 employees secure access to Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems, including its manufacturing locations and R&D facilities across six continents. “Data and data integrity are critical to running a competitive modern manufacturing enterprise,” said Benjamin Corll, Vice President of Cybersecurity at Coats. “With the accelerating adoption of IIoT [Industrial IoT], AI-powered robotics, and other connected industrial systems in collaboration with human experts, Zscaler will help us provide secure access for OT applications and workloads, as well as users and devices, based on a zero trust approach.” For its deployment, Coats is implementing multiple fully-integrated Zero Trust Exchange user protection and digital experience monitoring (DEM) services. This includes flagship Zscaler Internet Access™ (ZIA™), for supplying employees and contractors with streamlined, secure connectivity to the internet and SaaS applications such as Microsoft 365. Coats is also adopting Zscaler Private Access™ (ZPA™), for high-performance, virtual private network (VPN)-free secure access to private applications residing in its data centers and hosted in public clouds. “By giving us granular control, Zscaler enables us to provide context-based anywhere access to our employees, suppliers, and other third parties,” Corll said. “For example, with our OT systems, Zscaler will ensure that repair and maintenance technicians are only permitted to access the systems they require— thus greatly improving our security posture.” To keep application performance and user experiences high, Coats...