LayerX Security The Secure Enterprise Browser Extension

What is LayerX Security?

LayerX Security provides a comprehensive browser security solution delivered as a lightweight extension. It integrates with existing browsers, eliminating the need for users to switch to a dedicated enterprise browser. The platform offers protection against a wide range of web-borne threats including data leakage via SaaS applications and GenAI tools, risks associated with browser extensions, phishing attacks, and shadow SaaS discovery. It achieves this through real-time monitoring and analysis of browser activities, leveraging an AI-powered engine to detect and block malicious code and risky behaviors directly within the browser environment.

LayerX focuses on maintaining user productivity and privacy by analyzing browsing events locally within its in-browser machine learning engine, ensuring sensitive data like PII doesn't leave the browser unless an alert is triggered. The platform allows security teams to configure granular policies to govern user activities, enforce security measures on GenAI usage, prevent data exfiltration, and manage access, especially for unmanaged devices (BYOD) and third-party contractors. It aims to provide robust security coverage across all web interactions without the performance degradation or user experience disruption often associated with traditional solutions like RBI or VDI.

Features

GenAI Security: Discover GenAI SaaS applications and prevent sensitive data exposure.
Web/SaaS DLP & Insider Threat Protection: Prevent exposure of internal data to ungoverned websites and applications.
Risky Browser Extensions Protection: Get active enforcement against risky browser extensions.
Safe Browsing: Gain real-time protection against web-based attacks using an AI-powered analysis engine.
Shadow SaaS & SaaS Security: Eliminate shadow SaaS, prevent data leakage, and harden apps’ security posture.
Identity Protection: Protect against external threats like phishing and provide internal governance over identities.
Secure Access by BYOD/Contractors: Enable secure access to corporate resources from unmanaged devices.
Agentless Deployment: Integrates with any browser via a lightweight extension.
In-browser ML Engine: Analyzes browsing events locally for privacy and minimal user impact.
RBI Alternative: Offers protection over RBI solutions with lower overhead and better user experience.

Use Cases

Securing corporate data when employees use Generative AI tools.
Preventing data leakage through file-sharing SaaS apps and online drives.
Discovering and managing unsanctioned 'shadow' SaaS applications.
Protecting against malicious or overly permissive browser extensions.
Blocking phishing attacks and other malicious websites in real-time.
Securing user identities and preventing credential theft.
Enabling secure access to corporate resources for remote workers and contractors using personal devices (BYOD).
Reducing reliance on VDI for remote SaaS access.
Providing an alternative to Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) solutions.

FAQs

What’s the difference between LayerX and enterprise browser solutions like Talon and Island?

LayerX protects existing browsers via an extension, unlike enterprise browsers (Talon, Island) which require switching to a new browser. LayerX avoids migration challenges and potential security gaps from side-by-side browser usage, offering hermetic coverage by monitoring the user's chosen browser directly.
Why do I need a browser security platform?

Browser security platforms address risks often missed by other solutions, such as user activity monitoring on unsanctioned apps, protection against malicious browser extensions (a key credential theft vector), and comprehensive defense against phishing, data leakage, and SaaS risks.
What’s the difference between LayerX and browser isolation solutions?

Browser isolation focuses on running sessions in a secure environment to prevent malware execution, often impacting performance and lacking coverage for phishing, data leakage, and SaaS risks. LayerX monitors live sessions in real-time within the existing browser, provides broader risk coverage, and uses contextual isolation, minimizing user experience impact.
Doesn’t continuous monitoring of all user activity on the web violate the user’s privacy?

No. LayerX's in-browser ML engine analyzes browsing events locally. Most data, including PII and private content, never leaves the browser. Only alerts on risky activities are sent to the management console for security teams.
Aren’t my SaaS applications already protected by my CASB solution?

CASB protection levels vary based on SaaS app APIs and are often ineffective for unmanaged apps (shadow SaaS). LayerX provides consistent monitoring and control across all web applications, regardless of API availability, and can actively prevent malicious activity.