Island’s Post

Unfortunately, the privacy and autonomy of end users are often sacrificed in the effort to secure corporate data and assets with technological guardrails. It’s time to flip that mindset. It’s not that employees don’t deserve or can’t have privacy in the workplace –it’s simply that the security needs of their organizations take precedence, and have made guaranteeing privacy nearly impossible. But there’s a new solution to that issue. It starts with a completely new perspective on enterprise security – one that not only makes privacy at work possible, but consistent and natural too. Swipe through to learn how an enterprise browser makes it happen.

When you hear the word “control,” you might think of restrictions on freedom. But last-mile controls within an enterprise browser aren’t just about cybersecurity, and they’re certainly not about controlling autonomy or experience. Last-mile controls are about giving end users a seamless experience, in an environment that’s more secure, productive, and enjoyable to work in. Our own Bradon Rogers joined the CyberBytes Podcast at #RSA2024 to share how Island’s unique endpoint mechanics and capabilities work, including data redaction in key apps, copy/paste governance, and more. Check out the full podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gTTUhbBH

Picture this: Your end users are all working on their own devices within their respective browsers of choice, and you end up having to manage, secure, patch, and support five different browsers when we all know managing just one is hard enough. You may not have to picture it at all – it’s likely your reality. And if you’re in the business of caring for patients’ health in a virtual-first environment, like our customers at Omada Health, that’s just not feasible from both a productivity and a security standpoint. The solution? A single, secure, purpose-built browser with everything you need built in. The Enterprise Browser End-user experience, organizational productivity levels, and consistency go up.  Wasted time, lags, and costs go down. Omada Health CISO William Dougherty shares why his team has chosen Island as their enterprise browser of choice in his recent interview with Michael Krigsman of CXOTalk: https://lnkd.in/epYXgNzu

The cost of VDI and DaaS tools continue to rise, but that doesn’t mean their efficacy or efficiency have increased in parallel. Their value is diminishing rapidly in our SaaS-first world. When we consider the clunky, laggy, costly experience of VDI, the notion of collapsing the tech stack to a single solution is extremely compelling. That single solution is an enterprise browser. Michael Fey Information Security Media Group (ISMG)

Security incidents happen. But what if your entire business is forced to shutter all systems and devices – indefinitely – for clean up and mitigation in response to a cybersecurity incident? A tragedy, right? Not necessarily. An enterprise browser is the key here – it’s a modern org’s resiliency ripcord. It makes responding to a breach relatively simple by restoring access to key apps and functions without your users having to tempt fate by working on an unmanaged, potentially unsafe device. It ensures that your team can still communicate with one another and execute their work seamlessly, even if systems are shut down. Plus, it can be deployed in a matter of hours – no interruptions or lags when it comes to getting your team back to work. Our own Bradon Rogers shares more on navigating disaster recovery with the Enterprise Browser in his recent session with Hacker Valley Media. https://lnkd.in/gn4fBgQ3

The reality is that end users don't like VDI – the lags, the bottlenecks, the barriers, the high cost, the general experience. But we can’t blame that on VDI, and we don’t need to remove it completely either. With work being almost totally cloud-based in 2024, we’re asking VDI to do things it simply wasn’t designed to do, during an era of modern work that’s vastly different from the generation VDI was born in. It’s time to enable a better end user experience on the endpoint itself, while we reduce VDI usage to the niche cases we built it for. Our co-founder and CEO Michael Fey shares how the Enterprise Browser delivers a completely native experience and alternative to VDI in this interview with Information Security Media Group (ISMG). Check out the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/gQHAA363

The 2024 InfraRed 100 list dropped this week, and we're proud to share Island's recognition on it, along with 99 other companies completely transforming cloud infrastructure and innovation. A huge thank you to Redpoint for recognizing the Enterprise Browser's impact, and as always – a major note of gratitude to our customers, investors, and team for continuing to make these milestones possible. 🏝 Congrats to our fellow 2024 #InfraRed100. Check out the full list here: https://lnkd.in/gVRDNS6Q

For modern organizations, innovation and speed can make or break a competitive advantage. The challenges associated with the use of VDI tend to drip into the “break” bucket – especially for developers, who are very intolerant of poor user experience and performance. VDI’s negative developer experience implications have become more than just an employee retention issue – its challenges are beginning to threaten the very spirit of innovation and creativity. After all, innovation begins with the developer. But there’s finally a superior alternative to VDI, one that eliminates things like lags, bottlenecks, tool compatibility conflicts, and budget restraints: The Enterprise Browser. With the rise of cloud development environments and applications, this modern solution rewards platform, security, and development teams with a premium experience that helps navigate legacy VDI, and is secure by design. Our friends at Coder share how in this recent blog: https://lnkd.in/g2-ptHiv

The most commonly used application within enterprises is the browser. Except, the browser isn't an enterprise application. If you’re at Collision Conf this week, join our co-founder and CEO Michael Fey at his keynote session on Stage 6, where he’ll share more on how Island is changing the game for enterprise work. Hope to see you there. #EnterpriseBrowser

Consolidate a complex tech stack and cut costs in half along the way? It was a no brainer for Omada Health CISO William Dougherty when he and his team decided to reevaluate the efficacy of their existing observability and security platforms. They quickly turned to the Enterprise Browser as their standalone observability tool – a tool that’s given Bill and his team the visibility and governance they had with their previous tech stack, but with the critical addition of flexibility, plus 100% adoption of new features like an enterprise password manager. All at half the price of their previous solutions. In this recent interview with Michael Krigsman of CXOTalk, Bill shares what his team’s experience with Island has been like. Spoiler: Less time, less money, less risk. Full interview here: https://lnkd.in/epYXgNzu