On February 25, Zscaler launched “Zscaler Asset Exposure Management.” This new service helps improve IT asset and security management. In the announcement, the company shared its 2025 business plans for Japan. It also presented important survey results from corporate executives.
Zscaler Asset Exposure Management is part of “Continuous Threat Exposure Management” (CTEM). This area of cybersecurity aims to assess and reduce security threats to IT assets all the time. This new service is built on technology from Avalor, a data integration vendor acquired by Zscaler in March 2024. The service uses data from Zscaler and other sources. This helps it detect, analyze, and visualize IT assets accurately. It uses machine learning and AI to evaluate risk. This helps organizations tackle vulnerabilities effectively.
Masatoshi Inuzuka, the head of Zscaler’s Sales Engineering Division, praised Avalor’s work before the acquisition. He mentioned the launch of “Data Fabric for Security,” a data integration platform focused on cybersecurity. He also highlighted “Unified Vulnerability Management.” This is an integrated platform for managing vulnerabilities. It launched in April 2023. Zscaler analyzes huge data volumes. It processes 500 billion internet transactions every day. This boosts the accuracy of its security insights.
The new service improves on traditional asset management. It creates a detailed inventory. This inventory looks at IT systems, user behavior, and data relationships. It finds vulnerabilities like misconfigurations and management issues. It also updates asset statuses and keeps the configuration management database (CMDB) up to date automatically. Since August 2024, Zscaler has offered “Risk360.” This service focuses on security risk management and uses Avalor’s technology. The company has greatly expanded its CTEM offerings by combining Unified Vulnerability Management with Zscaler Asset Exposure Management. It also plans to launch two more CTEM-related solutions in the coming year.
As part of its 2025 business strategy in Japan, Zscaler plans to open a new office in Osaka in the spring to strengthen sales efforts in Western Japan. The company wants to reach small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through partnerships. It also aims to grow its presence in the public sector, especially with government ministries and agencies. Hiroyuki Kaneda, the Representative Director, said Zscaler‘s business in Japan has been growing steadily since the press conference in September 2024. The company plans to expand beyond just large domestic enterprises.
The company shared results from a December 2024 survey. It included 1,700 IT decision-makers from companies with over 500 employees. Among them were 150 respondents from Japan. The survey showed that “cyber resilience” is a major worry for IT leaders. This means recovering from cyber threats and system failures. It helps keep the business running smoothly. The top barriers to strengthening resilience cited by Japanese respondents included “excessive workload on IT departments” (45%), “complexity of IT and security infrastructure” (44%), and “legacy security and IT infrastructure issues” (38%). Concerns about IT department workload were higher in Japan than the global average of 29%.
The survey showed high confidence in cyber resilience in 12 countries. It ranged from 87% to 97%, with Japan at 91%. Only 49% of people worldwide and 33% in Japan felt their company’s IT infrastructure was genuinely resilient. Also, 78% of global respondents and 58% of Japanese ones viewed their company’s cyber resilience as mature. However, 82% globally and 81% in Japan expected cyber resilience to be a key issue in the next year.
Kaneda commented on the findings. He said that Japanese executives see cyber resilience as important. However, legacy systems and complex IT setups slow their progress compared to global peers. He stressed that organizations should evaluate their IT and cybersecurity setup. They need to simplify and update their infrastructure. Also, they should build an agile environment to reduce risks and keep business running smoothly.
