Zscaler Data Security

Score8.8 out of 10

40 Reviews and Ratings

What is Zscaler Data Security?

Zscaler Data Security is a cloud-delivered platform built to safeguard an organization's sensitive data. It locates sensitive data, understands its risk exposure, and secures sensitive data across the web, email, workloads, private apps, and BYOD endpoints.

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Category average: 8.2

#1 most frequent

Information

33.3%

3 installations of 9

#2 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

22.2%

2 installations of 9

#3 most frequent

Retail Trade

11.1%

1 installation of 9

Pros

Robust data identification and classification of sensitive information
Strong DLP and policy enforcement with extensive data dictionaries
Seamless integration with existing infrastructure and continuous platform evolution

Cons

Requires multiple licenses for CASB to fully enable DSPM capabilities
CASB configurations lack granular control for exceptions (e.g., SharePoint content)
High overall price point for the current scope of solutions used

Ankitkumar Mistry View profile

Product Consultant in Information Technology at Aether Industries Ltd. (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Zscaler Data Protection has been deployed at our organization for the last 2 years, and it has been working drastically very smoothly. Our earlier data protection solutions were very limited and worked with slow connections. We were also unable to perform effectively against threat management for our endpoints. We would frequently complain about its slow connection. Also, it was a very complex solution for our IT department to maintain and manage. Now, with Zscaler Data Protection, our in-house IT manages it with zero effort, and it works well in our organization.

Pros

Fast Cloud based solution.
Secure On-Prem and Cloud environment.
Easy to manage and maintain.
User friendly UI.

Cons

Customer Support.
Product Awareness in local market.
Unavailability of On-Premises Model.
Pricing for the Cloud Model.

Return on Investment

Positive - Product reliability and effectivity.
Positive - Deployment and securing the environment.
Negative - Pricing are on higher side among the peers.
Negative - Customer Support has to be improve with skill engineers.

Usability

Chris Carroll

Manager Cybersecurity Engineering & Architecture in Information Technology at Upbound (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We need comprehensive visibility and control over our data assets. We are currently in the process of implementing in-line and out of band DLP and working through evaluation and implementation of DSPM. We have also implemented Gen AI Protections and AI Guard to protect our AI based threat landscape.

Pros

DLP enforcement
Data asset identification
Extensive data dictionaries with deep customization

Cons

Integration with Data Privacy tooling

Return on Investment

Improved visibility over our data assets
Improved GenAI protections
Improved application security

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Purview Audit, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, Microsoft Purview Information Protection, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management, Securiti and Cyera

Steve DiPietro

Info Sec Sr. Advisor in Information Technology at Cigna (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Zscaler Data Security for about 6 years or so. Our implementation could be described as advanced. We are leveraging a significant amount of in-line DLP rules with some being sent over to our Zscaler WA configuration. In addition, we monitor data at rest with the Zscaler CASB. Our Zscaler implementation helps our company secure our data from being uploaded to sites that are not business approved, and enables users to upload to the destinations that are approved for business use.

Pros

Continuous updates and improvement to the Data Security platform over the years
App integrations for Zscaler CASB

Cons

CASB configurations could be fleshed out to include a better method of exceptions for SharePoint exclusions to not be scanned
Easier implementation of the evaluate all DLP ruleset without having to completely disable the existing DLP config

Return on Investment

Decreased data loss based on our in-line configuration
Improved GenAI visibility

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Symantec Data Loss Prevention and Proofpoint Email Data Loss Prevention

Other Software Used

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We deploy Zscaler DLP web and endpoint, and are working to deploy Zscaler DSPM. We help clients protect their data in motion and improve their security posture.

Pros

Great dictionary of data types PII, PHI, PCI, etc.
Easy to deploy if you already have the ZIA infrastructure.

Cons

The DSPM feature requires CASB to fully function, which may price out clients who must buy multiple licenses to achieve the results a single DSPM vendor can provide. Example: To determine a file's age in SharePoint and whether it's past the retention period to enable data minimization, DSPM can't find it, but CASB can.

Return on Investment

for AI analysis of incidents, reduce manual effort to wade through false positives.
AI analysis for DLP ruleset improvements.

Usability

Other Software Used

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Microsoft Purview Information Protection

Verified User

Analyst (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Using Zscaler Data Security internally to protect our on-prem environments. Protection specifically for financial services organizations' sensitive information that cannot escape existing environments.

Pros

Zero access outside of allocated employee access points
Quick responses whenever need to troubleshoot

Cons

Pricing is quite high
Takes time to load customer profile/identity to provide secure access to files/data, I know I have access to

Return on Investment

Solid ROI from product but still in early stages of it being integrated in existing environment

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud

Other Software Used

Zscaler Private Access, Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud

Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud

Netskope Data Loss Prevention

CrowdStrike Falcon Data Protection

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