India, Jan. 19 -- Zscaler has announced a senior leadership appointment focused on agentic AI security, reflecting the growing impact of autonomous AI systems on enterprise security models. The move highlights how AI is evolving beyond chat-based tools into agents that operate independently within business workflows.

This shift introduces new threat surfaces that traditional security tools were not designed to handle, particularly as AI agents begin functioning simultaneously as users and applications.

The newly created role of Executive Vice President of Agentic AI Security Engineering is positioned at the architectural level rather than as an incremental security overlay. The responsibility includes defining how security frameworks ad...