Swift and easy access to information is the lifeblood of productive remote work. You want your hybrid workers to be able to easily browse the internet for whatever insights and resources they need to do their best work — but how do you protect these users from browser-based attacks? It’s tempting to adopt strict browser policies to liberally block any site or app that might be risky, but draconian internet policies can frustrate your hybrid workforce. This can lead to users devising complex and vulnerable workarounds to access the sites or apps they want to access, which puts your organization at risk.

This is why Citrix Secure Private Access offers remote browser isolation and security capabilities. Using secure browser, Citrix Enterpise Browser, and the mobile web viewer for Citrix Workspace, your hybrid workers can easily access the sites and web apps they want in a safe browsing experience. This protects users from browser-based attacks and malware to create proper internet security policies without disrupting the remote work experience.

How Secure Browser Prevents Malware Attacks

Malware comes in many forms and is all over the internet. What’s worse, even vigilant user awareness of these browser attacks can still fail to stop bad actors. The answer is not to strictly lock down as many sites as possible, but rather to adopt security capabilities that protect users as they browse.

Enter the secure browser inside Citrix Secure Private Access. This works as a kind of solitary confinement for a remote user’s internet activity by creating an “air gap” between the activity and the network as well as the activity and the device. Inside this isolated browser session, the end user can access whatever sites they need for work while making it impossible for any malware to infect the network or device. Once the user’s session is complete, then all the browsing data is destroyed — no cached data, no cookies or history, and no chance of malware getting in.

Simplify the Remote Work Experience with Citrix Enterprise Browser

How can you have a safe browsing experience that both embraces zero trust network access and equips employees with fast and modern web browsing? The ideal solution would deliver all the functionalities of an employee’s preferred browser while integrating zero trust to prevent unauthorized access. This would have little impact on the user’s experience while ensuring all the right browser security was in place.

This was the vision behind Citrix Enterprise Browser. When an employee works inside a local install of the Citrix Workspace app, this browser offers all the features and functions of a native browsing solution while strengthening security with Citrix Secure Private Access. Users can easily join meetings, watch, or listen to training streams, and collaborate on files — and when they need to access a private web app, Citrix Enterprise Browser sets up a VPN-less connection and enhances security policies. This browser can also implement watermarking and file protection restrictions like preventing downloads or clipboard actions. The result is a perfect balance of uninterrupted user experience and zero trust network access to strengthen security.

Protect Remote Workers with Mobile Web Viewer for Citrix Workspace App

Your distributed workforce will work from all sorts of locations on all kinds of devices, so it’s vital your browser security strategy also protects mobile applications. The goal here is that mobile users continue to access the features they rely on in mobile browsing while your organization ensures strong mobile application security.

That’s why Citrix Workspace app offers a secure mobile web viewer. By providing single sign-on and adaptive access security policies to protect private web apps and SaaS apps, this mobile web viewer ensures a safe browsing experience on tablets and smartphones. Similar to Citrix Enterprise Browser, your end users are unlikely to notice any change to their work experience as they leverage their preferred features from any modern mobile browser. But behind the scenes, this mobile web viewer helps IT improve mobile application security and protect your organization from threats.

To learn more about how Citrix Secure Private Access strengthens security, watch these videos.