Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud

Score9.6 out of 10

15 Reviews and Ratings

What is Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud?

Zscaler Workload Communications (replacing the former Zscaler Cloud Protection) delivers an approach that aims to take the operational complexity and headaches out of cloud workload security. The Zscaler zero trust architecture reduces business risk by automatically remediating security gaps, minimizing the attack surface, and eliminating lateral threat movement.

Categories & Use Cases

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
Continuous monitoring and response to advanced internet threats by endpoint agents.
Category average: 8.8
Continuous Verification
The ability to continuously validate users and services inside and outside a network before granting or keeping access to applications or data.
Category average: 8.8
Network Traffic Analysis
Software that monitors network traffic and provides detailed reports on the users who access the network.
Category average: 8.8

Threat Recognition
Detection and recognition of malicious software within a network that could pose a threat to sensitive information.
Category average: 8.4
Threat Intelligence Reporting
Generates reports that display information on threats (such as name, type, frequency of attack, area affected, etc.)
Category average: 8.4
Segmentation Leveraging
The ability to reduce the impact of an external attack by restricting the access of specified accounts, applications, or services during an attack.
Category average: 8.7

Venkata Narasimha Bhaskar Divi

Senior Software Engineer in Information Technology at Infosys (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud to securely block unauthorized web access and protect private application access. Our organization replaced Citrix Workspace with Zscaler to provide secure application access. It's much faster, more resilient, and easier to use compared with Citrix. We can now connect quickly with MFA and enjoy seamless connectivity while maintaining security best practices.

Pros

Secure connection and replace old VPN systems.
Identity check for the employees/users.
Traffic validation.
Enforcing custom policies across organization ecosystem.

Cons

Better MFA with alternative devices.
Support at low network latencies.
Better Troubleshooting for private applications.

Return on Investment

ZTC improved accessibility to private applications.
The best way to analyze the network traffic.
Secure access to remote devices.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

360 Total Security, AWS Trusted Advisor and Citrix Workspace (discontinued)

Other Software Used

Zscaler Private Access, Zscaler Internet Access, Zscaler Data Security

Subhashree Satapathy View profile

Developer in Engineering at infosys (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Zscaler Zero Trust Cloud primarily to secure access for employees working across corporate networks and cloud environments. It actually works as a cloud-based security layer; it enforces access policies based on the user identity and applied factors. We use it to securely access the private applications and controlling the saas traffic. Zscaler is a trustworthy software which make the secure access convenient as well as seamless. A great use experience can be expected, I would rate it better than citrix workspace. The connection is faster and reliable.

Pros

Secure Remote Access
Data Protection
Saas Protection
Centralized policy

Cons

Sometimes, it asks to re-log in through the creds to verify a secure connection, which can be frustrating
I would like to have a user id and password connection rather than authenticating every time with MFA

Return on Investment

Reduced security risk
reduced operation overhead
faster secure access

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Citrix Workspace (discontinued)

Verified User

Contributor in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We leverage Zero Trust Cloud for multiple use cases; the main one is to protect our cloud workloads and egress traffic. We use Zero Trust Cloud to protect the traffic and data leaving the cloud. This traffic is inspected, and the required policies are applied to ensure there is no data exfiltration.

Pros

Thread Protection.
TLS inspection.
Redirecting the traffic securely.

Cons

Enable cloud connector gateway for Azure.
Support other types of connectivity between the client tenant and the Zero Trust cloud besides IPSec tunnels.

Return on Investment

Decreased cost.
Improved overall security posture.
Enabled the migration of data to the cloud securely.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Azure Firewall

Other Software Used

Checkpoint Edge, Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector, Azure Firewall

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