Threat Intel, Ssl Inspection And Other Considerations: A Real-World Checklist For SSE
Zscaler, Monday, January 12th, 2026
Somewhere in the middle of your cloud-first journey, there's a moment that doesn't feel like progress.
Despite users, apps, and data being decentralized and spread everywhere, most real-world trouble still walks through the same front door it always has: the open web.
The web now hosts SaaS, partner portals, developer tooling, and a growing pile of AI assistants-almost all wrapped in TLS/SSL. Great for privacy. Brutal for visibility. Without scalable inspection, encryption becomes a cloak for lateral movement, malware delivery, and data exfiltration.