Enterprise defenses cannot rely on static perimeters when machine-speed threats and autonomous agents are rewriting the operational playbook. Security leaders and technical implementers need more than incremental updates.
This guide lays out how to make the most of ZenithLive 2026, Zscaler’s industry conference, aligning business strategy with technical depth. The global gathering kicks off its multi-city tour in the Americas from June 8 to 11 at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Keynotes
Zscaler executives headline a series of keynote sessions that pair strategy with practical guidance.
The opening Zero Trust in the Age of AI keynote focuses on how AI is reshaping enterprise operations while simultaneously expanding the attack surface. In this session, Jay Chaudhry presents a forward-looking vision for building resilient organizations using Zero Trust as the foundational security model, highlighting how businesses can adapt to AI-driven risk while maintaining agility and control.
Accelerating Secure AI Adoption builds on this theme by examining the new risks introduced by agentic AI. Dhawal Sharma explores how traditional security models fall short in managing issues like prompt manipulation, data leakage, and privilege misuse, and outlines how Zero Trust principles can be extended to secure modern AI systems and enable safe, scalable adoption.
On Day 2, Advancing Zero Trust Everywhere shifts the focus to execution, detailing how organizations can translate strategy into measurable outcomes. Adam Geller shares Zscaler’s vision for an AI-powered Zero Trust Exchange, emphasizing simplified management, improved user experiences, and stronger overall security. The session highlights how innovation and platform scale are critical to operationalizing Zero Trust across the enterprise.
Stopping Cyber Attacks and Modernizing Security Operations details how organizations must rethink how they detect, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks. Deepen Desai explores how modern security operations can outpace threats by adopting Zero Trust, leveraging AI-driven analytics, and unifying visibility across the enterprise. Attendees will learn how to eliminate blind spots, reduce alert fatigue, and accelerate response through automation and smarter prioritization, helping SOC teams shift from reactive defense to proactive risk management.
CXO Experience
This executive track runs alongside the main conference agenda, providing a dedicated space for business leaders, vice presidents, and directors to debate risk management and organizational design. The environment encourages peer-to-peer discussions regarding vendor consolidation, regulatory compliance, and total cost of ownership.
The executive sessions look at how automated defenses affect corporate agility and competitiveness. They give leaders a private space to discuss what has worked, avoid common deployment pitfalls, and share practices for managing technical teams.
Zscaler Academy Certifications
These certifications allow professionals to validate their technical skills in a proctored environment. Engineers can sit for pro-level certification tests, earning credentials that prove their ability to design and maintain modern secure service edge deployments.
Attendees can pursue three certifications. The Zscaler Digital Transformation Administrator (ZDTA), the Zscaler Digital Transformation Engineer (ZDTE), and the Zscaler Digital Experience Administrator (ZDXA). Passing these certifications proves mastery of advanced policy creation, platform customization, and digital experience tracking.
Instructor-Led Hands-On Labs
Geared toward engineering practitioners, network architects, and operations specialists, these labs provide direct access to sandbox environments under the guidance of expert instructors. Attendees work through practical deployment scenarios, learning to build granular access policies and isolate active compromises without disrupting normal operations.
The focus here remains strictly practical. Participants solve realistic engineering challenges, mastering tools that protect cloud-native applications and corporate branch locations.
Sending team members to these sessions helps internal staff deploy, configure, and manage Zero Trust policies without leaning on outside consultants.
Technical Breakouts
These focused sessions examine the specific engineering mechanics of data security, cloud access, and automated monitoring. Product managers and principal engineers explain the inner workings of proxy systems, threat inspection engines, and traffic routing protocols.
The presentations skip marketing slides in favor of architectural diagrams, configuration steps, and real-world implementation data.
Attendees leave with concrete solutions to daily operations challenges, such as reducing latency during deep packet inspection or orchestrating real-world access policies.
Maximizing Your Conference Returns
Organizations achieve the best results by sending a combination of strategic managers and technical engineers, ensuring the company captures both high-level planning and hands-on configuration skills.
Bring specific architectural diagrams and unresolved engineering issues directly to the exhibition floor to get feedback from platform engineers. The payoff comes from applying specific operational details to your own environment, turning conference insights into working security improvements.
