What is the primary benefit of using a subcloud in Zscaler?

A subcloud is a dedicated cluster of ZIA Public Service Edges within the Zscaler global cloud that is provisioned for a specific organization. The primary benefit is to ensure that an organization's user traffic is processed only by this designated set of nodes. This provides traffic predictability and control, which is often required for regulatory compliance, data sovereignty (ensuring data is processed within a specific geography), or to guarantee performance by using a preferred set of data centers.

A. A subcloud does not increase the total number of Public Service Edges; it dedicates a subset of existing ones to a specific customer.

B. A subcloud is composed of ZIA Public Service Edges; it does not eliminate the need for them.

D. While using specific nodes might incidentally affect geolocation, its primary purpose is traffic steering and data residency, not improving geolocation accuracy.

1. Zscaler Help Portal. (n.d.). About Subclouds. Retrieved from help.zscaler.com. "A subcloud is a set of ZIA Public Service Edges that are dedicated to your organization's traffic... When your organization uses a subcloud, your users' web traffic is forwarded only to the ZIA Public Service Edges in that subcloud."

2. Zscaler Help Portal. (n.d.). Subclouds FAQ. Retrieved from help.zscaler.com. "What is a subcloud? A subcloud is a subset of ZIA Public Service Edges in the Zscaler cloud that is dedicated to an organization. It allows an organization to control which ZIA Public Service Edges their traffic is sent to."