Case Study: Bombardier stops patient-zero attacks and rapidly expands Zero Trust with Zscaler Advanced Cloud Sandbox

Bombardier Enhances Security to Stop Patient-Zero Attacks

Bombardier, a global aviation leader headquartered in Montréal with about 13,000 employees and a fleet of over 4,900 aircraft, needed to strengthen its cyber defenses—especially against patient-zero and other unknown threats—while minimizing IT overhead and improving visibility across modern and legacy systems as part of its broader Zero Trust and ESG objectives.

Bombardier expanded its deployment of Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange, including Zscaler Internet Access and the Advanced Cloud Sandbox, enabling AI-powered inline inspection and instant verdicts on suspicious files. The solution was rapid to deploy (70,000 users onboarded in under six weeks), reduced VPN dependence, improved situational awareness through integrated analytics with SailPoint and Carbon Black, and delivered stronger protection against known and unknown threats while supporting data-privacy and energy-reduction goals—resulting in a more secure, efficient, and transparent user experience with lower IT burden.

Bombardier

Mark Ferguson

Chief Information Security Officer