End of VPNs, decline of VDIs, explosion of byod: the workstation is no longer a machine, but an access point. In this context, the “Secure Enterprise Browser” is a light and centralized alternative to secure critical uses.
The inherited safety architectures – Firewalls, Proxies, VPNS, VDI – struggle to follow the dispersion of digital uses in business. Access from non-managed terminals, subcontractors, cloud applications, generative IA tools: the DSI intervention perimeter has become vague. Result: each new use case triggers a mini-project, often redundant.
Faced with this complexity, actors like Palo Alto Networks, or Cyberark rely on a paradigm change: Deporting security on the browser itselfby transforming the latter into a unique secure point of entry. Their solution, Prisma Access Browseris based on a modified chromium agent, capable of applying advanced security policies directly from the user interface.
Native control, full visibility
The secure browser allows:
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- Dynamically filter content (URL, plugins, files),
- Download downloads automatically,
- Block sensitive printing or exfiltration,,
- Inspect the files in real time without breaking TLS encryption.
The administration interface offers complete visibility on uses, including generative AI applications used (chatgpt, midjourney, etc.), with the possibility of restricting or monitoring access according to profiles.
Less infrastructure, more agility
This model replaces expensive infrastructure: VPN, Laptops locked sent to partners, or VDI maintained at arm’s length. A simple secure browser is now enough to supervise critical useswith the key to a direct reduction in operating costs and deployment deadlines.
A natural extension of the Zero Trust model
This approach aligns perfectly with the Zero Trust model: The user is checked at each session, access is conditioned, the activity is journalized, even from a non -managed terminal. The Browser becomes a partitioned workspace, where the data is accessible, but never exposed.
A new standard emerging
THE Secure Enterprise Browser is not an extension or a plugin: it is a new product category, designed for a world where the company is exploded, multi-cloud, and managed by APIs. In organizations where the attack surface has moved to user interfaces, this strategy could become the norm.
The question is no longer “What terminal is secure?”, But “what access point is controlled?”. And in this game, the browser takes a step ahead.
