It serves various purposes. Overall, it's pretty good. Not bad at all.
Provides granular level control allows setting application policies per application for each user but some cloud instances might not be managed properly
Pros and Cons
- "It has been helpful in maintaining our infrastructure. The granular level control it offers allows us to set application policies per application for each user."
- "User management can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
It has been helpful in maintaining our infrastructure. The granular level control it offers allows us to set application policies per application for each user.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is policy creation and creating cloud instances.
What needs improvement?
Zscaler CASB need to improve the functioning of the application, especially the sanctioning of the application.
Another area of improvement is the granular level control of how you can assign policies based on user access. Currently, their granularity is not that good. They either give you access to CloudApp or not. User management can be improved.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for a year. I use the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was very straightforward.
What was our ROI?
We have seen an ROI.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise other users to focus on properly managing the cloud instances and avoid overcomplicating cloud application policies unless it's absolutely necessary.
Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Valuable feature of micro tunnels management, enhancing the overall control and highly scalable solution
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the manageability of the micro tunnels."
- "There is improvement in enhancing proper manageability, policies, and logs. So, log management could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We are using it for monitoring the global areas, which Zscaler considers for people who are roaming around the system to have a secure connection to internal applications.
How has it helped my organization?
It has made things easier and more secure while connecting to the client's private applications.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the manageability of the micro tunnels.
What needs improvement?
There is improvement in enhancing proper manageability, policies, and logs. So, log management could be improved.
Moreover, I'd just like to see an improvement in stability.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for six months. We use the latest version 6.1.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability a seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is good.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is straightforward, but it's a little more technical. Nevertheless, it's pretty straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We have it deployed on both cloud and on-premises.
What was our ROI?
We have definitely seen an ROI.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I'll rate it at nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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