Zscaler Buys Israeli AI-Enhanced Data Security Startup Avalor

Zscaler Inc. has acquired Israeli artificial intelligence data startup Avalor as the US-listed cloud security giant looks to advance its offering with the technology.

The Salesforce Ventures-backed startup uses AI to analyze data and look for security insights, which will be beneficial to its Zscaler’s business customers, according to Zscaler Chief Executive Officer Jay Chaudhry.

“They had some very innovative technology,” Chaudhry said in an interview. Avalor’s creative way of scouring data will help them “do security far better than the way we are doing it,” he said.

Zscaler is actively looking to make acquisitions of startups that ...