Analyst expect deployment of SEBs to increase from 10 percent to a quarter of businesses.
A quarter of organisations will use secure enterprise browsers (SEB) to enhance remote access and endpoint security by 2028, according to Gartner.
The analyst firm estimates that fewer than ten percent of organisations have currently adopted a secure enterprise browser, despite attackers frequently targeting employees with phishing attacks to steal credentials and bypass endpoint detection and response controls, necessitating an additional layer of visibility and control within the web browser.
Organisations that primarily rely on SaaS applications, with minimal branch locations or cyber physical systems to secure, need a simpler method of managing security technology than traditional security stacks. SEBs fulfil that need.
Evgeny Mirolyubov, senior director analyst at Gartner, said that SEBs enable segmented access from unmanaged or lightly managed end-user devices and bring-your-own PC, where deploying endpoint agents would be inappropriate due to privacy or maintenance reasons.
“SEBs embed enterprise security controls into the native web browsing experience using a customised browser or extension for existing browsers, instead of adding bolt-on controls at the endpoint or network layer,” said Mirolyubov.
“SEBs also enable segmented access to SaaS applications tunnelled directly from web browsers, minimising the need for full endpoint agents and tunnels.”
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
