Zscaler for Education
We support K-12 and higher education institutions in their mission to transform and modernize securely. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform enables a cost-effective IT architecture for the seamless and secure exchange of information, protecting against cyberthreats and enhancing the user experience.
A better way to stop ransomware

Secure Your Users
Zscaler securely connects users to applications from anywhere, improves user experience for a hybrid workforce and online classroom, boosts visibility, and better protects data to manage cyber risk.

Secure Your Workloads
Zscaler allows organizations to securely connect applications to the internet and other applications in the data center and across clouds with a zero trust architecture that eliminates attack surface, prevents lateral movement, and reduces risk of breaches.

Secure Your IoT/OT
Zscaler provides seamless, secure remote access for IoT/OT systems to protect government assets from cyberattacks, maximize uptime and productivity, and enable safe IoT/OT integration.
Modernize education securely




A cloud-first approach for education

Provide users a consistent and seamless experience when connecting to the internet or application from any device or location.


Use policy to securely connect users to the internet externally or to internally managed applications.


Reduce capex and scale up or down as needed with a per-user price devoid of data caps or bandwidth limits.


Deliver consistent protection, regardless of user location or device, simplifying risk management.


Optimize cloud-enabled infrastructure to foster agility and adoption.


Eliminate the need for security stacks through multitenant architecture, delivering efficiencies and threat information sharing at scale and improving cyber defense.



Achieving CMMC compliance with the Zero Trust Exchange
Executing a strategy for building a secure research environment

Taking a quantum leap to fast, secure access for remote users
“Once we decided to deploy Zscaler, we were up and running in a weekend.”
- Justin Schlenker, Enterprise Applications Director, Tiffin University

Securing access from anywhere for staff and 1.5 million students
“School districts have to be able to scale to meet the growing demands of each campus. Zscaler is an ideal solution to meet these challenges.”
- Chris Beal, CISO, MCNC

Secure collaborative learning experiences for students and faculty with the power and scale of the Zero Trust Exchange
Cyberthreat Protection
Holistic approach to securing users, workloads, and devices
Data Protection
Full TLS/SSL inspection at scale for complete data protection across the SSE platform
Zero Trust Connectivity
Connect to apps, not networks, to prevent lateral movement with ZTNA
Digital Experience Management
Identify and resolve performance issues

Securely connects authorized users, devices, and workloads using business policies
Partner Ecosystem for Education
Through our key partnerships we are enabling the secure and seamless exchange of information for K-12 and Higher Education.
PARTNERS
Technology integrations and supported platforms simplify deployment and management















CONTRACT VEHICLES
Zscaler proudly serves K-12 and Higher Education institutions through a variety of contract vehicles:







CMMC 2.0 Compliance for Research Funding
Federal government R&D funding to higher education topped US$49 billion in 2022. Roughly $7.4 billion came from the Department of Defense, which requires universities to meet CMMC 2.0 compliance. Learn how the Zero Trust Exchange can help your school comply.

Schedule a custom demo
Let our experts show you how Zscaler helps K-12 and higher education institutions ensure security and compliance with a cloud-first approach.
