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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2022
Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Clifford Kahn, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William Fehring, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Maneesh Sahu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Deepak Patel, Fremont, CA (US);
Sunil Menon, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Dejan Mihajlovic, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for privileged remote access to Operational Technology (OT)/Internet of Things (IOT)/Industrial IOT (IIOT)/Industrial Control System (ICS) infrastructure, implemented in a cloud-based system. The method includes steps of, responsive to determining a user can access an application associated with the OT/IOT/IIOT/ICS infrastructure, determining the users security and access policies and creating a session for the user; establishing a secure connection to the application via a lightweight connector connected to the application; and brokering a connection between the users device and the application through the lightweight connector, enabling the user to interact with the application for the OT/IOT/IIOT/ICS infrastructure, based on the user's security and access policies.