Colt awarded ‘Delivery Services Authorized’ (DSA) accreditation from security experts Zscaler
Published by Colt Technology Services on July 22, 2024
We’re delighted to announce that on 16th July 2024, we achieved Zscaler ‘Delivery Services Authorized’ (DSA) partner status. This positions us as one of just 50 partners out of 2,000 globally who have met this high standard from one of the industry’s leading security experts.
We’ve worked with Zscaler as a security provider for over a decade, and this award serves as a testament to the partnership we’ve fostered and our investment in organisational capability. It is also the next step in building Managed Security Services Partner (MSSP) competencies into our growing business.
For customers, this means that we can offer a true end-to-end experience and our understanding of the connected ecosystem of our partnership goes into even greater detail. In having a deeper knowledge of Zscaler’s security portfolio, we elevate our expertise above that of a reseller to consultancy-led design, and can now offer even more value and credibility to enterprise customers.
The recognition didn’t come easy. Our Professional Security Services (PSS) team have been diligently training for six months, utilising their experience with alternative vendor stacks as well as sitting several exams, undergoing reverse shadowing by Zscaler, working on deployments with Zscaler on customer sites and passing two intensive practical lab sessions.
Claudio Scola, Colt’s Senior Director of Networking Security Products & Solutions has this to say about the accreditation: “Our customers are looking to simplify their business risks and costs as they transform. Security is such a key area, and a Zero Trust journey is helping our customers achieve this. I’m excited about our growing ability to lead that journey for them.”
Mark Bales, Colt’s Security Product Manager, is particularly excited by what this means for our SASE offering. “We’re now able to offer our customers and prospects an even more thorough unified SASE solution; removing technical barriers for cloud migration, reducing time to value and providing a heightened zero trust protection model. This is all from our expert team that can help with planning, organisation and integration without any disruption to current network stacks.”
Our DSA status makes solving network modernisation simpler by reducing points of contact. Gone are the days of chasing multiple vendors and stakeholders, each with their own portion of a network; we can handle these relationships on your behalf, avoiding potential downtime while providing you peace of mind that a single provider can handle any concerns.
We’ll soon feature on Zscaler’s Partner Locator Tool, so watch this space if you want to find out more. In the meantime, if you’d like to speak to our dedicated PSS team, head to our Contact Us page and express an interest today.
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