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Zscaler to acquire Airgap Networks

By TechTaffy Desk

Zscaler has announced the acquisition of Airgap Networks, a cybersecurity solutions provider for business-critical networks. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

With this acquisition, Zscaler will combine its Zero Trust SD-WAN with Airgap to extend the Zero Trust Exchange to protect east-west traffic in branch offices, campuses, factories and plants with critical OT infrastructure, says the company.

Find a blog post by Zscaler VP of Product Management Naresh Kumar on the acquisition here.

[Image courtesy: Airgap Networks]

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