Saviynt and Zscaler deepen partnership

Saviynt has expanded its partnership with Zscaler, integrating its identity governance platform with Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange so that access decisions made by one are enforced in real time by the other. 

The first integration targets standing privileges - the persistent access that accumulates through tickets, VPNs, group memberships and long-lived credentials - by shifting to just-in-time access.

Saviynt governs identity and validates each access request, granting time-bound entitlements, while Zscaler enforces those decisions inline when a session starts.

The companies said the combination lets organisations grant access that is approved, policy-validated and automatically revoked, govern third-party access with built-in expiration, and capture an audit trail across the privileged-access lifecycle.

Separately, Zscaler’s venture arm has also invested in Saviynt’s recent Series B funding round, joining the likes of  KKR, Carrick Capital Partners, Ten Eleven and Sixth Street Growth.

Saviynt has separately joined Zscaler’s Project AI-Guardian as a technology alliance partner. The companies said they intend to extend the integration to further AI and infrastructure access scenarios, and are showing the current work at Zscaler’s Zenith Live conference in Las Vegas.

“Zero Trust strategy is ultimately driven by the quality of identity decisions and how rigorously they are enforced,” said Anirudh Sen, SVP of products at Saviynt.

“With Zscaler, we’re helping customers move to a model where access is continuously verified, context-aware, and designed to expire. This marks an important step in delivering a Zero Trust approach to Identity Security.”

“Zscaler and Saviynt help organisations accelerate Zero Trust adoption by bringing identity governance and inline enforcement together,” said Joby Menon, SVP of product management at Zscaler. 

“By combining them, we enable organisations to reduce standing privilege, improve visibility across the access lifecycle, and better protect users, applications, and data.”