Web browsers are one of the most widely used software platforms today. Organizations of all sizes and industries rely on the internet in some form or another to conduct their operations. Unfortunately, web browsers pose a significant security risk as a major entry point for malware to infiltrate business machines.
Web-based malware protection has historically been entrusted to a variety of security solutions by organizations. Some solutions use an algorithm to evaluate the quality of web content before it enters a network. Other approaches prevent users from visiting websites that might have harmful code. Web proxies and secure web gateways are two examples of these security products.
Despite being effective, these methods might miss zero-day malware, and barring users from websites can reduce productivity. Statistics and trends in the cybersecurity sector show that spending on security is high and is expected to keep rising as businesses struggle to implement effective security measures against malware.
In order to address these problems, it was decided that Browser Isolation would be necessary in order to completely prevent web-based malware from infiltrating a network. Isolated browsing allows users to safely access any website, even if it is malicious, rather than attempting to keep them away from risky ones. The zero-trust philosophy of browser isolation technology assumes that no web content is secure. The entire user's browsing activity is transferred to a separate location away from the user's computer. Malware has no entry point into the system because no web content ever actually makes it to the user's computer.