Red Canary
2025
$400M
Why
Zscaler acquired Red Canary, a leading managed detection and response (MDR) provider, in August 2025. Red Canary combined high-fidelity signals with AI, behavioral analytics, and global threat intelligence to deliver fast, accurate threat detection and response across endpoints, identity, network, and cloud workloads.
Impact
The acquisition marked Zscaler's strategic expansion into AI-powered security operations. Red Canary's expertise in MDR, combined with Zscaler's 500 billion daily transactions, created what management described as the 'AI-powered SOC of the future.' It filled critical gaps in endpoint visibility and identity-based threat detection.
Outcome
Red Canary initially operates as a separate business unit within Zscaler, branded as 'Red Canary, a Zscaler company.' The integration plan combines Red Canary's agentic AI technology with Zscaler's Data Fabric for Security to deliver comprehensive SOC capabilities. The acquisition enables partners to offer managed SOC services and allows customers to run their own SOCs more efficiently.