Gigamon and Zscaler unveil observability-focused integration

Gigamon has announced an integration with Zscaler that pairs Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) with Gigamon’s Application Metadata Intelligence to give security teams more visibility into what happens after a user is granted access to a private application.

ZPA will grant access to private applications based on business policy without placing users on the corporate network, while Gigamon’s Application Metadata Intelligence extracts and enriches close to 6,000 metadata attributes from network traffic - including application-behaviour indicators, DNS queries, SSL certificate details and latency data.

By capturing east-west traffic forwarded from the Zscaler App Connector to private applications, Gigamon adds a layer of network-level detail that the companies say helps teams detect lateral movement, validate that Zero Trust policies are being enforced, and speed up investigations by feeding richer context into SIEM, network detection and SOC tools.

“Zero Trust access determines who can connect to an application. Deep observability helps organisations understand what happens after access is granted,” said Srinivas Chakravarty, vice-president of cloud ecosystem at Gigamon.

“By combining Zscaler Private Access with Gigamon AMI, customers can detect lateral movement faster, validate policy, and give security teams the application-level context needed to accelerate investigations.”

“Organizations are adopting Zero Trust architectures to securely connect users to private applications from anywhere, without exposing the apps to the internet,” said Satish Madiraju, vice president, product management at Zscaler.

“By integrating ZPA with Gigamon AMI, customers can gain deeper visibility into application activity and user behaviour after access is granted, helping security teams strengthen Zero Trust operations, accelerate investigations, and detect lateral movement faster.”

The integration is available now in limited access for joint Gigamon and Zscaler customers.