Key Concepts

Technical Paper: Integrating Zscaler with Jamf Device Identity

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The Zscaler integration with Jamf Device Identity provides access policies on Mac computers to Zscaler users so that they have access to Zscaler-hosted resources.
Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA)
A solution which secures internet and SaaS access to publicly available resources (e.g., Dropbox, Salesforce, Microsoft, Google)
Zscaler Private Access (ZPA)
A service that secures access to private resources (e.g., file shares, private clouds, anything that would live behind a corporate firewall or otherwise require a VPN solution to access)
Zscaler Client Connector (ZCC)
An application that lives on the end-user devices (similar to Jamf Trust)
Jamf Device Identity

An access provider that utilizes the Jamf Trust app and allows Zscaler administrators to define a set of access policies based on device risk attributes defined by Jamf

The following Jamf applications and technologies are also used as part of the integration:
Jamf Security Cloud portal

The Jamf Security Cloud portal is a web application that is used to set up and manage applications, settings, and integrations that support various security services.

It also provides access to a dashboard of information and reports about the connected devices in your environment.
Jamf Trust

The Jamf Trust app allows users to enroll their devices with capabilities managed in the Jamf Security Cloud portal.

Jamf Trust also allows for zero-touch activation of the browser extension manifest files.
Jamf Security Cloud
The Jamf Security Cloud services infrastructure is leveraged by the Jamf Trust app to retrieve backend customer device information that can be shared with browser extensions.
Jamf Pro
Jamf Pro is an MDM solution that can be used to deploy the Jamf Trust app and configuration profile to Mac computers.