Zscaler has announced the acquisition of SPLX, an innovative AI security pioneer, marking a significant expansion of its Zero Trust Exchange platform.
The deal strengthens Zscaler’s position as a leader in AI security and enables organizations to protect their entire AI lifecycle from development through deployment on a single integrated platform.
The acquisition comes at a critical time as organizations increasingly invest in AI infrastructure, with projections exceeding $250 billion by the end of 2025.
This rapid expansion creates new security challenges, including shadow AI sprawl, unmanaged AI models, and emerging attack surfaces that traditional security tools cannot adequately address.
Securing the Complete AI Lifecycle
Jay Chaudhry, CEO and Founder of Zscaler, emphasized the strategic importance of the acquisition: “AI is creating enormous value, but its full potential can only be realized when it can be secured.
By combining SPLX’s technology with the intelligence of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Zscaler will secure the entire AI lifecycle on one platform.”
The integration brings SPLX’s specialized AI security capabilities into Zscaler’s platform, creating a dedicated layer of protection that addresses the unique challenges posed by AI deployments.
This includes native data protection that classifies, governs, and prevents loss of sensitive data across prompts, models, and outputs, ensuring organizations maintain control over their AI investments.
SPLX contributes four key capabilities to the Zero Trust Exchange platform.
AI Asset Discovery and Risk Assessment extends visibility beyond public generative AI applications and cloud platforms to include internal AI models, workflows, code repositories, and retrieval-augmented generation systems in both public and private environments.
Automated AI Red Teaming and Remediation uses 5,000 purpose-built and domain-specific attack simulations to identify risks and vulnerabilities from development to production.
The system offers real-time remediation recommendations to address identified threats.
AI Runtime Guardrails and Prompt Hardening expand existing protections to include deep visibility within development environments and automated safeguards for risky AI assets.
This protects sensitive data and blocks malicious attacks between AI applications and large language models, as well as agentic workflows.
Finally, AI Governance and Compliance capabilities enable organizations to shift from reactive defense to proactive protection, ensuring compliance with governance frameworks while mitigating risks to valuable AI investments.
Strategic Vision for AI Security
Kristian Kamber, CEO and co-founder of SPLX, stated: “Zscaler and SPLX share a vision to confront the vast new attack surface created by rapidly expanding AI infrastructure investments.
By joining forces, we’ll bring our innovation to one of the most trusted security platforms in the world, securing AI innovation at the speed organizations are adopting it.”
The acquisition positions Zscaler to help enterprises confidently adopt AI technologies while maintaining robust security postures.
By consolidating AI protection capabilities within the Zero Trust Exchange, organizations gain unified visibility and control over their AI environments, reducing complexity and strengthening their overall security architecture.
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