Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange

The one true zero trust platform to secure all users, workloads, and devices everywhere

Secure all user, workload, and device communications over any network, anywhere

Protect and empower your business with zero trust

Protect and empower your business with zero trust

The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ is a cloud native platform that powers a complete security service edge (SSE) to connect users, workloads, and devices without putting them on the corporate network. It reduces the security risks and complexity associated with perimeter-based security solutions that extend the network, expand the attack surface, increase the risk of lateral threat movement, and fail to prevent data loss.

Transform IT and security with confidence

The Zero Trust Exchange helps IT securely accelerate business transformation using a foundation of zero trust.

Eliminate the attack surface

Eliminate the attack surface

Applications sit behind the exchange, preventing discovery and targeted attacks

Prevent lateral movement of threats

Prevent lateral movement of threats

Users connect to apps directly, without network access, to isolate threats

Improve user experience

Improve user experience

Direct connections to cloud applications are intelligently managed and optimized

Reduce costs and complexity

Reduce costs and complexity

Managing and deploying are simple, with no need for VPNs or complex firewall rules

Perimeter security fails in the world of cloud and hybrid work

As cyberattacks become more sophisticated and users work from everywhere, the hub-and-spoke networks and perimeter security we once relied on—VPNs and firewalls—are failing to secure our data or deliver a good user experience.

Your attack surface
They find you
your attack surface
Infect users, devices, workloads
They compromise you
infect users, devices, workloads
They move laterally across your routable network to find high-value targets
They move laterally
across your routable network to find high-value targets
Avoid firewall detection
They steal your data
Avoid firewall detection

Four steps to breach enterprise security

Supporting a remote workforce means extending your network via VPN to employees’ homes, coffee shops, and more. If you’re using IaaS or PaaS, you need to extend it even farther to the providers’ home regions. Stretching your network like this enables cybercriminals to attack and compromise sensitive data in four steps:

Step 1: Find your attack surface

Every internet-facing firewall—whether in a data center, cloud, or branch—is an attack surface that can be discovered and exploited.

Step 2: Compromise you

Using stolen credentials to compromise users, workloads, and devices lets attackers bypass conventional detection and enter your network, either through the attack surface (e.g., VPN, firewall) or by enticing users with malicious content.

Step 3: Move laterally

Once inside, attackers move laterally throughout your network, locating high-value targets for ransomware and other attacks.

Step 4: Steal your data

After exploiting your high-value assets, they leverage trusted SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS solutions to set up backchannels and exfiltrate the data.

To realize the vision of a secure hybrid workplace, you need a modern, scalable, and cloud native zero trust architecture that eliminates the internet attack surface and securely connects users, devices, and workloads to applications.

Verify identity and context

Our platform verifies the identity and profile of the user, device (including IoT/OT), or workload through integrations with third-party identity and access management (IAM) providers. This process also establishes the context of the requesting entity to determine appropriate access levels and any applicable restrictions.

Learn more
Verify identity and context

Control risk

Once identity, context, and policy are established, the platform conducts decryption and deep content inspection of all user, workload, and device traffic to identify and block any malware as well as prevent exfiltration of sensitive data.

Learn more
Control risk

Enforce policy

Finally, the platform dynamically computes a risk score for the user, workload, or device that determines whether to allow or restrict it. If the entity is allowed, the platform establishes a secure connection to the internet, SaaS app, or IaaS/PaaS environment. This keeps internal applications invisible to the internet, eliminating any attack surface.

Learn more
Enforce policy

Experience the power of the Zero Trust Exchange

Zscaler Platform Functionality - Comprehensive cloud platform to eliminate multiple point products and reduce operational overhead

Zscaler Platform Functionality - Comprehensive cloud platform

Securely connects authorized users, devices, and workloads using business policies

Cyberthreat Protection

Holistic approach to securing users, workloads, and devices

  • Minimize the attack surface
  • AI-powered advanced threat protection
  • Deception, isolation, and more

Learn more

Zero Trust Connectivity

Connect to apps, not networks, to prevent lateral movement (ZTNA)

  • Branch/Factory connectivity
  • Multicloud connectivity
  • Segmentation (users, apps)

Learn more

Data Protection

Holistic approach to prevent data loss (inline, out-of-band)

  • Secure IaaS, PaaS (CNAPP)
  • Secure SaaS data (CASB, SSPM)
  • Advanced data classification and controls

Learn more

Digital Experience Management

Identify and resolve performance issues

  • End-to-end monitoring (endpoint, network, app)
  • UCaaS monitoring (Zoom, Teams, and more)

Learn more

The Zero Trust exchange runs on the world's largest security cloud, operating from more than 150 data centers globally, delivering comprehensive security with an exceptional user experience.

Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange

Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange

The architecture for accelerating secure digital transformation

The Zero Trust Exchange is a purpose-built cloud native platform founded on least-privileged access and the idea that no user, workload, or device is inherently trustworthy. Instead, the platform grants zero trust access based on identity and context, and then brokers a secure connection between a user, workload, or device and an application—over any network, from anywhere.

Zero Trust Exchange: A better approach for uncompromising security

Perimeter-based security
Zero Trust Exchange
Zero attack surface

Firewall/VPNs publish on the internet and can be exploited

Apps aren’t exposed to the internet—what threat actors can’t see, they can’t attack

Connect users to apps, not the network

App access requires network access, greatly increasing the risk of threats moving laterally

Direct connections between users and apps remove all risk associated with accessing your network

Proxy architecture vs. passthrough

Passthrough architecture has limited controls for preventing malware and data loss

Proxy architecture enables full content inspection, including SSL, with connections brokered based on identity and context

Multitenant architecture

Really just VMs of a single tenant in the cloud

Cloud native and multitenant, powered by the world’s largest security cloud

    Perimeter-based security

    Firewall/VPNs publish on the internet and can be exploited

    Zero Trust Exchange

    Apps aren’t exposed to the internet—what threat actors can’t see, they can’t attack

    Perimeter-based security

    App access requires network access, greatly increasing the risk of threats moving laterally

    Zero Trust Exchange

    Direct connections between users and apps remove all risk associated with accessing your network

    Perimeter-based security

    Passthrough architecture has limited controls for preventing malware and data loss

    Zero Trust Exchange

    Proxy architecture enables full content inspection, including SSL, with connections brokered based on identity and context

    Perimeter-based security

    Really just VMs of a single tenant in the cloud

    Zero Trust Exchange

    Cloud native and multitenant, powered by the world’s largest security cloud

    WHAT WE DO

    We help you stay agile and secure

    Our innovative zero trust architecture securely connects your users, applications, and devices over any network to protect you from sophisticated threats and data loss while providing a great user experience.

    - +

    Secure your users

    Empower your people with fast, secure, and reliable access.

    Secure your users

    Empower your people with fast, secure, and reliable access to internet, SaaS, and private apps that protects against advanced attacks and data loss.

    - +

    Secure your workloads

    Stop sophisticated threats, reduce complexity, and prevent data loss

    Secure your workloads

    Stop sophisticated threats, reduce complexity, and prevent data loss during workload build and runtime using a zero trust architecture.

    - +

    Secure your IoT and OT

    Provide IoT devices with zero trust internet and SaaS connectivity.

    Secure your IoT and OT

    Provide IoT devices with zero trust internet and SaaS connectivity to safeguard against threats and data loss, enabling smarter, safer, more efficient operations.

    NOV

    NOV Secures Access for 27,000 Employees Across 60 Countries

    baker and baker

    Baker & Baker Boosts Enterprise Data Security by Nearly 90% with the Zero Trust Exchange

    Careem

    Careem Capitalizes on a Global Talent Pool Using Zscaler to Power True Work-from-Anywhere

    Read the case study
    Cache and creek

    Cache Creek Casino Resort Fast-Tracks Security and Business Modernization with the Zero Trust Exchange

    Recognition

    Operator of the world’s largest security cloud. Universally recognized as the leader in zero trust.

    Market Leader

    #1

    Gartner 2022 SSE MQ Leader

    Technology Innovator

    340

    Patents issued or pending

    Highly Rated

    >70

    Net Promoter Score (Avg SaaS NPS is 30)

    Customer-Proven

    30%

    of the Forbes Global 2000

    Exceptional Cyber-protection

    7B+

    Security incidents and policy violations a day

    Largest Security Cloud (150 DCs)

    250B+

    Daily requests, 20x Google searches

    Suggested Resources

    White Paper

    A brief history of zero trust: Major milestones in rethinking enterprise security

    Data Sheet

    Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange Benefits at a Glance

    Risk Assessment

    See How Your Network Stacks Up in the Age of Zero Trust

    Solution Brief

    Business Continuity with Zscaler Resilience

    Infographic

    Five network security challenges

    Webinar

    Why Firewalls Cannot Do Zero Trust

    Take the next step

    Experience fast, secure and reliable access to the internet, SaaS, and private apps with a custom demo.

    To gain fast, secure access to Zscaler Internet Access, talk to Zscaler

    Yes, please keep me updated on Zscaler news, events, webcast and special offers.

    By submitting the form, you are agreeing to our privacy policy.