DefensX

The alternative

Island, Talon (now part of Palo Alto Networks) and Chrome Enterprise. All three ask you to change the browser.

At a glance

Deployment

Runs as a service

Delivery

Extension on the browsers already deployed

Coverage

Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi

Editions

Core, Core+, Premium, Premium+

Integrations

RMM and PSA tools, from the base edition

Standards

SOC 2

Tenancy

Multi-tenant, built to be run by a service provider

Changing the browser turns a security decision into a migration project. User habits, extensions, saved sessions and the helpdesk load that arrives with all three. The security outcome is the same either way, and only one of the two routes needs a change management plan. DefensX layers the controls onto the browser that is already there. Credential protection, download and upload policy, session isolation, and policy on where corporate data can be pasted.

The part that changed most recently is the part nobody has a control for yet. Staff paste contract text, customer records and source code into models the organisation never procured, and they do it inside the browser, which is the one place a data loss tool was never watching. DefensX applies policy to what can be typed into an AI tool and surfaces which tools are being used at all. A partner opening this conversation is not selling a category the buyer has already been quoted on three times.

In the top edition the same browser reaches internal and on-premise applications without a VPN or a virtual desktop, so one product covers browser control and remote access. And it was built to be run by a service provider rather than by an enterprise security team. It is multi-tenant, it reports into the RMM and PSA tools a partner already runs, and it is listed on the Pax8 marketplace, which means a partner can put it across an existing customer base instead of staffing a new motion for it.

How it works

• Installs as an extension on the browsers already deployed
• Stops credentials being entered into pages that imitate a corporate login
• Isolates downloads and strips risky content before the file lands
• Applies copy, paste and transfer policy inside corporate SaaS sessions
• Governs what can be entered into AI tools, and surfaces the ones nobody approved
• In the top edition, reaches internal and on-premise applications without a VPN or a virtual desktop

Who it is for

• Organisations whose users work mainly inside SaaS applications
• Estates that grant access to contractors and unmanaged devices
• Teams that cannot fund a browser migration and cannot leave the browser uncontrolled
• Service providers that need to run one console across many customers