Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), an India-based home mortgage firm, has deployed Zscaler’s service to secure Web traffic for corporate headquarters, branch locations and mobile workers worldwide. Reportedly, the move away from appliance-based and point products is expected to provide HDFC with more security and comprehensive reporting at a lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
It has been reported that before selecting Zscaler, HDFC had earlier deployed appliance-based solutions at its Internet gateway. Zscaler service is expected to provide functionality and consolidated reporting across all locations at an attractive ROI. Zscaler has said that its service also covers mobile users and offices connected via Internet VPN with no additional hardware or software, while providing them with the most complete web protection.
Arivazhagan, senior general manager of IT, HDFC, said: “Zscaler enables HDFC to protect its IT infrastructure against newer and dangerous threats arising from botnets, Web 2.0 applications and malicious active content, in addition to traditional anti-virus. Advanced security technology, mobile user protection, and the ease of administration by not having to deploy and manage appliances were among the most compelling reasons we selected Zscaler.”
N Sridhar, country manager, Zscaler India, said: “We are proud that such a security conscious company as HDFC depends upon Zscaler to provide its Web security. Companies like HDFC are selecting Zscaler based on the excellent functionality, low total cost of ownership and ease of rolling it out to multiple locations.”
Zscaler offers cloud-delivered, multi-tenant Security as a Service (SaaS) service.
