Nightfall AI vs. Zscaler
Looking for industry-leading Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions? Here’s how Nightfall AI stacks up against Zscaler.
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Why switch from Zscaler
to Nightfall?
AI-native detection
Leverage a powerful Generative AI (GenAI) detection engine to identify assets containing PII, PHI, PCI, secrets, and corporate IP with 2x better accuracy, 4x fewer false positive alerts, and reduced security team workloads.
Seamless security team workflows
Our capabilities are designed to meet the evolving needs of modern enterprises, offering real-time employee coaching and remediation that doesn’t interfere with productivity.
Unified platform
Deploy a single detection engine for end-to-end data security across the entire enterprise attack surface, from SaaS and GenAI apps to email and endpoints.
Compare Nightfall AI
to Zscaler
Meet your AI-native alternative to Zscaler.
Features
Nightfall AI
Zscaler
Detection
Nightfall AI
Deploys state-of-the-art neural networks and fine-tuned LLMs in detecting PII, PCI, PHI, passwords, API keys, and IP
Detects sensitive data in 50+ file types, including docs, images, spreadsheets, HTML, PDFs, logs, images, and zip archives
Combines PII and medical entity detection models to accurately detect PHI
Zscaler
Relies on regex-based pattern matching, leading to much lower precision in detecting sensitive data
No support for images
No dedicated PHI detector
Coverage
Nightfall AI
Covers a myriad of business-critical SaaS applications, including Slack, Jira, Confluence, Zendesk, Salesforce, GitHub, and more
Leverages columnar information in spreadsheets and CSVs for improved accuracy
Zscaler
No special handling for spreadsheets or CSVs
Remediation
Nightfall AI
Offers flexible remediation options include automated, manual, and employee self-remediation (with “Human Firewall” feature)
Automates employee coaching and encourages employees to self-remediate policy violations
Zscaler
Manual, admin-only remediation
No employee self-remediation options
Security workflows
Nightfall AI
Integrates seamlessly with leading SIEM and SOAR tools via webhooks and REST APIs
Dispatches real-time alerts for admins and employees via Slack, Jira, webhooks, and email
Gives employees the option to report false positives and provide business justifications
Zscaler
No flexibility to send alerts to Jira or webhooks
No option for employees to report false positives or business justifications
Ease of use
Nightfall AI
Streamlines setup, triage, remediation, and reporting workflows in a single platform
Defines policies according to users, user groups, drives, file permissions and more
Zscaler
Steep learning curve
Complex workflows for managing policies and alerts
Not all DLP is created equal
Your go-to cloud DLP solution should leverage AI to cut through the noise, reduce security team workloads, and improve your security posture.
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