Zscaler Zero Trust Certified Associate (ZTCA)
Zscaler Zero Trust Certified Associate (ZTCA)
Zscaler Zero Trust Certified Associate (ZTCA), one of the industry’s most comprehensive zero trust certifications, helps network and security professionals attest expertise in establishing a holistic, layered security approach based on zero trust principles.
The ZTCA certification course offers practical guidance on how to deliver effective control and visibility across zero trust initiatives, as well as contrasting zero trust approaches with legacy architectures. Finally, it explores architectural constructs for real-world implementation, including in the context of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™.
Become a zero trust expert
Grow your career opportunities
Learn at your own pace
What will you learn?
Through a self-paced e-learning module, the ZTCA course will teach you the essential tenets of the zero trust strategy as you learn how to:
Apply strategic networking and security concepts to implement adaptive trust, reduce the attack surface, and mitigate overall risk
Understand the fundamental components of a zero trust architecture, including verifying identity and context, inspecting all traffic—encrypted or not—and enforcing policy based on a dynamic risk framework
Design and implement network security based on zero trust principles
Implement the seven elements of a highly successful zero trust architecture to mitigate the inadequacies of legacy network and security architectures
Who is ZTCA certification for?
Security
- Security administrators
- Security engineer/analysts
- Security architects
- Security managers
- Security consultants
- Cybersecurity analysts
- CISOs
IT
- IT auditors
- System engineers
- Network/Cloud engineers
- Enterprise architects
Software
- DevOps engineers
- Software developers
Networking
- DevOps engineers
- Software developers
Certification and exam
The ZTCA exam is a two-hour online test consisting of 75 multiple choice questions. Your purchase provides one test attempt, which you must use within 12 months.
There are no prerequisites to take the ZTCA exam.