Don't settle for the shortcomings of Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise)

Security blind spots
Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise) faces difficulties in inspecting 100% SSL/TLS traffic without impacting performance. Without inspecting encrypted traffic at scale, large portions of encrypted threats can pass by unnoticed.

Scalability and performance issues
Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise) does not run all its services in all its PoPs, severely limiting scalability. Marred with bugs and periodic slowdowns, performance issues are common, not to mention the worries about delays in data syncing from integrated tools.

Complexity and confusion
Clunky and difficult to use, Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise) has usability issues and feature gaps, requiring frequent upgrades. Also, post-merger, McAfee and FireEye split into Skyhigh Security and Trellix (endpoint security). These multiple changes have adversely impacted the stability of their offering.
Solution Overview
Zscaler Internet Access™ delivers the world's most deployed security service edge (SSE), built on more than a decade of SWG leadership. Replace Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise) SWG with Zscaler’s cloud native, AI-powered SWG to protect all users and devices, all web and SaaS applications, in all locations, on-premises or cloud-hosted.

Benefits
Zscaler: Security without slowdowns

Always secure, always sure
Minimize the attack surface, stop compromise, eliminate lateral movement, and prevent data loss.

Cut costs and simplify
Simplify your network with fast, secure, direct-to-cloud access that removes the need for edge and branch firewalls.

Protect data
Prevent loss of data from users, SaaS apps, and the public cloud due to accidental exposure, theft, or double extortion ransomware.

Secure your hybrid workforce
Empower employees, customers, and third parties to securely access on-premises, web apps, and cloud services from anywhere, on any device—with a great digital experience.
Zscaler vs. Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise)
Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise)
Zscaler
Form Factor
Scalability challenges
Its legacy architecture limits scale and does not run all its services in all PoPs.
Cloud native
Cloud native proxy architecture with infinite scale and adaptive protection.
TLS/SSL Inspection
Leaves you at risk
Struggles to inspect SSL/TLS traffic without severely affecting performance, leaving you open to compromises.
Leaves nothing hidden
Inspects 100% of TLS/SSL traffic inline, without degrading performance or compromising on effective security.
SWG/SSE vision
Lacking
Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise) do not run their SSE offerings in all their PoPs with a relatively weaker roadmap, impacting growth.
Pioneer
13+ years of SWG and SSE leadership, with analysts acknowledging Zscaler’s vision and ability to execute as reasons for continued leadership.
Operational Overhead and Costs
Can’t keep up
Legacy architecture requires significant operational overhead and patch management.
Always up to date
Our cloud native, proxy-based solution with a single, unified agent minimizes complexities of managing and upgrading SSE components.
Threat Prevention
Can’t keep up
Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise) rely on the company they split from, Trellix, for more advanced sandboxing analysis.
Always up to date
Fortifies your defenses and minimizes risk through a comprehensive suite of AI-driven security services designed to stop ransomware, prevent zero-day threats, and detect unknown malware.
Malware Analysis
Passthrough inspection
Passthrough security solutions let traffic through without inspecting it for sophisticated attacks, determining malicious intent after it’s already too late.
AI/ML-based quarantine
Stop and quarantine zero-day attacks—even if they’re hidden in TLS/SSL traffic—preventing them from reaching their targets with inline detection with AI/ML-based analysis.
Ransomware Protection
Too many blind spots
Given that Skyhigh Security (McAfee Enterprise) struggle to provide 100% SSL/TLS inspection, adversaries can easily deliver payloads through encrypted channels.
Comprehensive protection
Full TLS/SSL inspection at scale with a cloud native zero trust architecture that uncovers, isolates, and stops ransomware in its tracks regardless of user, location, or network.
Administration/UX
Clunky and complex
Dealing with hardware and software updates is time-consuming, and you still need additional devices for TLS/SSL decryption and enforcement.
Easy to use
With the network out of the equation, focus on creating context-based business policies that are enforced consistently across hybrid environments, without any hardware constraints.
Customer Success Stories
Fortune 500 digital transformation success stories

01
GE improves user experience bu 80% vs. legacy gateway approaches

02
NOV reduces infected machines by 35x vs. traditional security hardware

03
Siemens cuts infrastructure costs by 70% with Zscaler
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