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Island Enterprise Browser

Review what this vendor says publicly, the security topics those statements may support, what remains unverified, and factual company context. This is not an assessment of product effectiveness or fit.

Use-case context

How this vendor relates to the selected use case

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Employee AI and data5 related approaches
Browser and extension controlsAdditional if: Employees use a managed browser or extension · Employees use AI through a managed browser or browser extension where data and session controls can operate.Employee AI access and usage controlsDirectly addresses · Discover employee AI use and control access to approved and unapproved AI services.AI data protectionDirectly addresses · Inspect prompts, responses, and files to prevent sensitive data from moving through AI tools.Network and cloud access controlsAdditional if: Employee AI traffic crosses managed web or cloud controls · Employee AI traffic passes through security controls for web, cloud, or business applications.Action-taking agent safeguardsAdditional if: AI takes multi-step actions · The employee-facing AI performs multiple steps or takes actions rather than only generating content.

Company scale

Scaled
?ScaledA private provider with at least $100M in known funding or at least 250 employees.This is a company-scale signal, not a product-quality rating.

A descriptive band derived from retained public revenue, workforce, ownership, or funding signals.

Company scale is separate from product features, effectiveness, and suitability.
  • $375M known funding
  • 250-1000 employees
  • Founded 2020

Company context

Private independent company; no acquisition or parent-company claim found on reviewed Island-controlled pages

Island positions its Enterprise Platform across enterprise browser, enterprise AI, network, software as a service (SaaS)/web app access, BYOD, contractors, privileged access, and safe browsing use cases

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Vendor statements
19 records
Source-checked records
14
Evaluation requirements
19 in this research model
Unresolved requirements
5

Company intelligence

Who is behind the product

Company facts provide evaluation context. Each signal is kept separate because tenure, workforce, funding, and hiring answer different questions.

FoundedFounding year not stated on reviewed Island-controlled pages
HeadquartersDallas, London, and Tel Aviv offices listed on reviewed Island-controlled pages; headquarters not specified on reviewed page
OwnershipPrivate independent company; no acquisition or parent-company claim found on reviewed Island-controlled pages
Employees250-1000
Capital and scaleIndependent company

Island

Known funding
$375M

Series E · 2025-07-14

Operating scale
Island positions its Enterprise Platform across enterprise browser, enterprise AI, network, SaaS/web app access, BYOD, contractors, privileged access, and safe browsing use cases
Backing context
Island says it has raised $750 million from investment funds
Founders and leadership2 people listed
  • Mike Fey

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Current role listed
  • Dan Amiga

    Co-Founder & CTO

    Current role listed
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There is no combined company rating. The company-scale label uses stated size thresholds; product features and effectiveness require separate evidence.

Company tenure
Founding year not stated on reviewed Island-controlled pages
Workforce scale
250-1000
Hiring activity
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Open research questions
  • A current hiring source is not available, so the count is not shown.
Company sources and research limits6 linked public sources

Only company facts supported by retained public sources are shown. Missing values remain unknown, and company scale does not establish product effectiveness.

Company sourceIsland Enterprise AI pageIsland says its AI offering gives visibility and control across browser, desktop, extensions, and network, with data protection, prompt-injection mitigation, governed agents, and spend controls.Company sourceIsland SaaS and Web Apps pageIsland says the Enterprise Browser governs access, stops data leakage, and shows behavior across SaaS and web apps.Company sourceIsland about pageIsland says it has raised $750 million and lists Dallas, London, and Tel Aviv offices.Company information sourcecompany_intelSupports the company facts shown in this profile.Company information sourcecompany_intelSupports the company facts shown in this profile.Company information sourceStored company websiteSupports the company facts shown in this profile.

Solution areas

These areas describe how the vendor approaches enterprise AI security. They do not establish product quality or fit.

Browser and extension controlsCore product focusEmployee AI access and usage controlsCore product focusAI data protectionCore product focusNetwork and cloud access controlsRelated coverageAI application runtime protectionRelated coverageAction-taking agent safeguardsRelated coverageAI usage and cost controlsRelated coverage

Buyer context

  • Treat Island as an enterprise-browser and AI-governance platform candidate with strong browser, desktop, extension, network, software as a service (SaaS)/web-app, data loss prevention (DLP), and AI usage controls.
  • Public evidence supports AI usage visibility/control, corporate versus personal AI tenant boundaries, prompt/response and agent audit logs, prompt-injection controls, governed agents, AI model routing, usage tracking, and software as a service (SaaS)/web-app behavior visibility.
  • Public pages reviewed did not expose non-human identity (NHI)/service-account lifecycle, agent-to-agent trust controls, or a public pricing unit beyond quote/demo motions.

Related frameworks

Where public vendor statements relate to framework requirements

11 related frameworks · expand when needed
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Current referenceCSA AI Controls Matrix
Requirements with public support
13
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14
References
71
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Current referenceISO/IEC 42001
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13
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12
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35
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Current referenceMITRE ATLAS
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13
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12
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71
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Current referenceNIST AI RMF Playbook
Requirements with public support
13
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13
References
39
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Current referenceNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
Requirements with public support
13
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12
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39
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Informative referenceOWASP Agentic AI Security Solutions Landscape
Requirements with public support
13
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12
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31
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Current referenceOWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications
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13
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13
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31
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Current referenceOWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
Requirements with public support
13
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13
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25
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Current referenceCIS Critical Security Controls
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12
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11
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58
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Informative referenceOWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape
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12
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11
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27
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Commercial Metadata
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Evaluation questions

What to verify beyond public claims

These questions come from security requirements with some public support. Use them as starting points for demonstrations, documentation review, customer references, or a buyer-observed pilot.

  1. 01
    Unapproved AI use discovery

    An unmanaged AI app used by a test user appears in discovery inventory with user, app or domain, and timestamp.

  2. 02
    Unapproved AI use discovery

    The test user's AI usage activity can be filtered or exported with AI-specific context.

  3. 03
    AI-feature discovery in business applications

    A software as a service (SaaS) app with an embedded AI feature appears in the software as a service (SaaS) AI inventory with app, provider, and feature context.

  4. 04
    AI-feature discovery in business applications

    The inventory shows which users, data classes, integrations, or providers are associated with the AI-enabled software as a service (SaaS) app.

  5. 05
    Approved AI usage monitoring

    Approved AI workspace activity appears with user, workspace or tenant, model or provider, and timestamp.

  6. 06
    Approved AI usage monitoring

    Prompt, model, or admin activity can be exported or correlated for the selected approved AI platform.

  7. 07
    Controls for unapproved AI use

    A policy blocks, coaches, redirects, or contains a test interaction with an unapproved AI destination.

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    Controls for unapproved AI use

    The control event records policy reason, user, destination, action, and timestamp.

Detailed security-requirement research18 evaluation items · supporting evidence and open research are shown separatelyExpand
Security requirementPublic supportRelated frameworksWhat to verify
AI-feature discovery in business applications

Inventory software as a service (SaaS) applications that embed AI features, expose enterprise data to AI capabilities, or create AI-driven data movement.

Limited public support
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A software as a service (SaaS) app with an embedded AI feature appears in the software as a service (SaaS) AI inventory with app, provider, and feature context.

Browser and business-application controls

Apply session-level controls in browser and software as a service (SaaS) workflows, including uploads, downloads, copy/paste, sharing, and identity-aware access decisions.

Strong public support
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A session-level policy controls upload, download, copy, paste, sharing, or form submission in a browser or software as a service (SaaS) workflow.

Generative AI application security

Protect enterprise-built large language model (LLM) applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, prompts, application programming interfaces (APIs), model calls, tools, and production runtime behavior.

Strong public support
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A test large language model (LLM) application event records prompt, application programming interface (API), model, retrieval, or tool interaction context.

AI governance, risk, and compliance

Inventory AI systems and owners, translate policy and regulatory obligations into governed workflows, assess risk, manage approvals and exceptions, and retain audit evidence across the AI lifecycle.

Strong public support
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A test AI system is registered with owner, intended use, risk tier, lifecycle state, and applicable obligations.

AI assurance and adversarial testing

Test models, applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, and agents before release and continuously thereafter using adversarial probes, evaluation suites, attack simulation, and security release gates.

No supporting claim found
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A controlled test campaign exercises an AI model, application, or agent against named AI attack classes.

AI model and supply-chain security

Discover, inventory, scan, validate, and monitor models, datasets, model artifacts, registries, dependencies, and AI development assets for tampering, unsafe serialization, provenance gaps, or malicious content.

No supporting claim found
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A test model or AI artifact appears in inventory with origin, version, hash or provenance, and deployment context.

AI gateway, tool-connection, and runtime controls

Mediate model, agent, tool, application programming interface (API), connector, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) traffic through an enforcement point that applies identity-aware policy, content controls, routing, rate limits, and auditable allow or deny decisions.

Strong public support
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A model, agent, tool, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) request passes through a named policy enforcement point.

Non-human identity and service-account security

Inventory, least privilege, credential hygiene, monitoring, and lifecycle management for non-human identities, workloads, service accounts, application programming interface (API) keys, and machine credentials.

No supporting claim found
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A test service account, agent identity, or non-human identity appears in inventory with owner and privileges.

AI agent identity and permissions

Register AI agents as accountable identities, bind them to owners and delegating users, authorize task- and tool-level access, issue short-lived credentials, review access, and revoke or suspend agent authority.

Limited public support
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A test agent is registered with a unique identity, accountable owner, purpose, and permitted resources.

AI coding-agent and workstation security

Discover and govern AI coding agents, integrated development environment (IDE) assistants, command-line agents, skills, hooks, extensions, Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, filesystem access, commands, network activity, secrets, and software-supply-chain actions on developer workstations and build environments.

Limited public support
NIST AI RMF PlaybookNIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0CIS Critical Security ControlsISO/IEC 42001OWASP GenAI Security Solutions Landscape

A test coding agent and its skills, hooks, extensions, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools appear in an attributable inventory.

Licensing model

Publicly discoverable commercial model such as per user, per seat, per app, per token, per integration, or enterprise platform license.

No supporting claim found
Commercial MetadataCSA AI Controls Matrix

The vendor can map the sourced commercial model to per-user, per-seat, per-app, per-token, per-integration, or platform packaging.

Public sources

Vendor statements and quoted evidence

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AI governance, risk, and complianceSource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims unified visibility, governance, data protection, policy, audit, human oversight, usage analytics, and return on investment (ROI) reporting across browser, desktop, extension, network, embedded AI, and governed agents.

Every AI interaction across the organization is visible, governed, and protected from the start.
AI assurance and adversarial testingNo supporting claim found

Island AI Services materials reviewed did not provide a public customer-facing product claim for automated adversarial testing, repeatable attack suites, model or agent red teaming, or release-gate evaluation.

No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
AI model and supply-chain securityNo supporting claim found

Island AI Services materials reviewed did not establish model artifact scanning, provenance, signing, dependency or Model Context Protocol (MCP) component analysis, tamper detection, or model-registry release controls.

No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
AI gateway, tool-connection, and runtime controlsSource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims one policy engine across AI browser, desktop, extensions, network, prompts, outputs, agents, and more than 500 governed Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations with prompt-injection mitigation and human checkpoints.

MCP Gateway with governed access to 500+ integrations.
AI agent identity and permissionsSource checkedLimited public support for this requirement

Island claims governed agents with defined workflows, scoped permissions, enterprise identity and policy inheritance, human-in-the-loop controls, and complete auditability.

Build, run, and share AI agents with full oversight, scoped permissions, and complete auditability.
AI coding-agent and workstation securitySource checkedLimited public support for this requirement

Island claims browser, desktop, extension, network, data loss prevention (DLP), and AI policy controls that protect proprietary source code and govern AI applications, locally running agents, outputs, and developer data movement.

Sensitive data is safeguarded before it ever reaches an AI provider, and AI responses are protected before they reach the user.
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Unapproved AI use discoverySource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims it can see and govern all user actions involving AI, including unknown shadow AI tools.

Island can see and govern all user actions involving AI, including with unknown shadow AI tools.
AI-feature discovery in business applicationsSource checkedLimited public support for this requirement

Island claims it captures which AI applications and large language models (LLMs) employees access and what data moves in and out of AI tools.

Island captures AI usage that other tools can't see, whether it happens in the browser or via desktop apps, whether the user is using corporate or personal accounts, and whether an AI app is accessing internal tools.
Approved AI usage monitoringSource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims AI Protect gives visibility and control across browser, desktop, extensions, and network.

AI Protect See, control, and protect all AI usage across the browser, desktop, extensions, and network.
Controls for unapproved AI useSource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims data boundaries and data loss prevention (DLP) can prevent corporate data from being entered into unapproved AI apps and services.

Using data boundaries and data loss prevention, Island can ensure your corporate data doesn’t get inputted into unsanctioned AI apps and services.
Sensitive-data protection for generative AISource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims complete visibility and control across every AI interaction with data protection and prompt-injection mitigation built in.

Complete visibility and control across every AI interaction, with data protection and prompt injection mitigation built in.
Browser and business-application controlsSource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims the Enterprise Browser governs access, stops data leakage, and shows behavior across software as a service (SaaS) and web apps.

With The Enterprise Browser, organizations govern access, stop data leakage, and see all behavior across all SaaS and web apps.
Generative AI application securitySource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims browser-level controls combat prompt injection and risky extensions.

Browser-level controls combat prompt injection and risky extensions.
Action-taking agent monitoringSource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims detailed audit logs of prompts, responses, and agent activity.

Island distinguishes corporate and personal tenants, enforces data boundaries before data reaches AI providers and captures detailed audit logs of prompts, responses, and agent activity.
Agent-to-agent communication securityNo supporting claim found

Island materials reviewed did not provide a public claim for agent-to-agent (A2A), inter-agent communication control, agent trust graphs, mutual TLS (mTLS), or inter-agent authorization.

No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
Non-human identity and service-account securityNo supporting claim found

Island materials reviewed did not provide a public claim for non-human identity (NHI) ownership, service-account lifecycle, credential rotation, scoped credentials, or least-privilege governance.

No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
AI cost and usage controlsSource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims model routing, usage tracking, redundant-tool elimination, and cost-structure controls for AI.

Control spend, maximize ROI. Route the right models to the right users based on task and role. Eliminate redundant tools, track usage, and keep your cost structure in check without slowing your teams down.
Licensing modelNo supporting claim found

Island materials reviewed did not provide a public per-user, per-seat, platform, usage-based, or enterprise pricing model.

No quoted source text is recorded for this claim.
Approved AI platform contextSource checkedStrong public support for this requirement

Island claims it can embed any AI provider into user workflows enriched by approved enterprise context.

Embed any AI provider into any user workflow, enriched by the enterprise context you approve.