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Challenges Associated with TLS Inspection and How Lookout Addresses Them

TLS inspection poses some challenges, including:

  • Performance:TLS inspection leads to decryption and re-encryption of traffic, which might impact network performance.
  • Compatibility: Some websites or applications do not support TLS inspection.
  • Security regulations: Each state and country can have different regulations that stipulate lawful decryption practices. Implementing TLS decryption without proper legal knowledge can lead to privacy violations.

    Lookout offers a strategic approach to TLS inspection to address the challenges with minimal impact on an enterprise's day-to-day functions.

  • Performance: Our Single Proxy Architecture enables minimal impact of TLS inspection on performance.
  • Compatibility: Lookout provides a recommended default exclusion of cert-pinned websites and applications to mitigate compatibility issues. You can augment these with your own custom exclusions.
  • Security regulations: Lookout policy-based TLS inspection enables enterprises to implement lawful TLS decryption practices that align with that enterprise’s security regulations.