Zscaler Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Reports for SASE and SSE

I'm incredibly proud that Zscaler has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner^® Magic Quadrant^™ reports for SASE and SSE.

This recognition means a great deal to our team, and more importantly, to the thousands of enterprise customers who have placed their trust in Zscaler to secure and connect their organizations. This is the fifth year in a row that we have been recognized as a Leader in the SSE Magic Quadrant, and we’re thrilled to also be recognized as a Leader in the SASE Magic Quadrant this year. We believe this reflects the significant progress our team has made in executing on our Zero Trust SASE Everywhere vision, and our rapid customer adoption.

The Zero Trust SASE Difference

Gartner defines SASE platforms as “offerings that deliver converged network and security capabilities. This includes software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) and secure access to the web, cloud services and private applications regardless of the user’s location, the device used or where that application is hosted. These offerings primarily use a cloud-centric architecture delivered as a platform by one vendor". Delivered via a cloud-native platform, customers that embrace this model expect to see significant security and operational benefits by consolidating onto a converged platform.

We see that while other vendors bolted on traditional SD-WAN to their SSE offerings, at Zscaler we took a different approach. We have long maintained that legacy networking has too much implicit trust, which inevitably expands the attack surface and facilitates lateral movement of threats. This risk is further amplified today in the age of frontier AI models that can launch exploits at machine speed. If you’re reachable, you’re breachable!

Zscaler’s Zero Trust SASE solution is designed from the ground up with an entirely different architecture: one that intentionally does not extend the same network connectivity to every branch and IoT device. Rooted in zero trust foundations, it securely connects users, IoT/OT devices and AI agents to the applications they need, while continuously enforced adaptive access, and without the exposed ports and lateral movement inherent to traditional networking. Branches become as simple as coffee shops, eliminating firewall complexity.

The Zero Trust Exchange: Built for Scale

Zscaler’s AI-powered Zero Trust Exchange platform processes over 750B daily transactions and is relied upon by over 40% of Global 2000 customers to secure their organizations. The insight derived from this enormous volume of data creates a virtuous circle by training our AI fabric, strengthening our ability to counter dynamic online threats. Over 160 data centers around the world keep policy decisions as close to the user as possible, minimizing latency for a better experience.

By pairing the Zero Trust Exchange with our innovative Zero Trust Branch solution, Zscaler delivers unparalleled security, performance, and scale for global organizations. Additionally, our unified Experience Center and ZAgent Framework streamline operations, providing all the benefits of SASE without the heavy cost and complexity associated with traditional networking and SD-WAN.

Moving Towards The Future

We are not slowing down. We announced many more innovations on the Zero Trust SASE platform recently.

• ZAgent Framework: Automates security and network operations, reduces response times, and surfaces insights that were previously buried in noise.
• Zero Trust Browser: Integrates Zero Trust SASE natively into a cross-browser extension or full Chromium-based browser, replacing expensive VDI and VPN setups for unmanaged and BYOD devices. 
• Zscaler B2B Exchange: Enables bi-directional application access for Zscaler customers and their partners without ever exposing networks or managing complex firewall rules.

Together, we believe these innovations make Zero Trust SASE the industry’s only comprehensive platform to connect and secure everything.

Read the Reports

In our opinion, this recognition from Gartner validates our disruptive approach to SSE and SASE and the confidence our customers have shown in us. We are extremely proud of this recognition, on behalf of our team and our customers, and excited about the journey ahead.

We invite you to read the full reports to understand why Gartner has recognized Zscaler as a Leader.

Download the 2026 Gartner^® Magic Quadrant^™ reports for SASE and SSE here.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms, Jonathan Forest, Andrew Lerner, John Watts, 28 July 2026. 

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge, Charlie Winckless, 30 July 2026

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