Zscaler
Zero trust security platform with AI-driven threat defense.
About
Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange is a cloud-delivered security platform spanning users, branches, applications, data, and devices across 160 plus data centers. Its AI stack performs inline inspection of encrypted traffic, AI-powered data protection, and deception-based reconnaissance detection, processing a reported 500 trillion daily signals and blocking over 9 billion threats per day.
In 2025 Zscaler launched zero trust security purpose-built for agentic AI, including an AI Broker that governs agent-to-agent communication and an AI Access Graph mapping relationships between users, agents, applications, and data. ThreatLabz research tracks the AI threat landscape, reporting a 3000 percent year-over-year surge in enterprise AI and ML tool usage and rising AI-assisted ransomware data theft.
What it can do
- AI-driven inline inspection of encrypted traffic
- Zero Trust security for agentic AI with AI Broker
- AI Access Graph for data lineage and access risk
- AI-powered data loss prevention
- ThreatLabz AI threat intelligence research
Setup
Route user and branch traffic through the Zero Trust Exchange via lightweight agents or SD-WAN integration; enable AI modules in the admin portal.
Prerequisites
Identity provider integration and an inventory of applications to put behind zero trust access.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 119; Trending score 82/100 from researcher assessment.
Sources
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