Enterprise Browser Security evaluation questionnaire

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All 29 vendors in this category.

• baselineRFIIs this a purpose-built secure browser (a hardened Chromium fork) or a security layer/extension bolted onto an unmodified consumer browser, and what specific capabilities are lost or bypassable if a user disables or removes the extension?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  A purpose-built fork generally can't be bypassed by disabling an extension; an extension-only approach should disclose the specific, concrete bypass risk rather than claiming it's not possible.

• baselineRFPDetail DLP enforcement inside the browser — clipboard/copy-paste, print, screenshot, and file upload/download controls — including whether policies can be scoped per web app/domain versus only a single global policy, with a customer reference for a measured data-leakage reduction.weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Per-app/domain-scoped policy plus named customer evidence of a real leakage reduction is materially stronger than a global-only policy with no quantified outcome.

• baselineRFIHow does the product handle unmanaged/BYOD devices where no MDM agent can be installed — is browser-only enforcement sufficient on its own, or is there a remote-browser-isolation fallback for high-risk actions on unmanaged endpoints?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Look for an explicit BYOD story with a stated fallback (e.g., RBI); silence on unmanaged devices is a real gap for most enterprise deployments.

• baselineRFIWhat telemetry and session recording exists for privileged or high-risk web sessions (e.g., access to sensitive SaaS admin consoles), and what is the retention period and access-control model for those recordings themselves?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Strong answers state a concrete retention period and lock down who can view recordings — otherwise the recordings become a second sensitive-data hoard.

• baselineRFPExplain how this integrates with existing identity providers and CASB/SSE stacks — does the secure browser duplicate policy enforcement already handled at the network/CASB layer, and how is a policy conflict between the two layers resolved?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Look for a coherent overlap-avoidance story, not a vendor claiming to independently handle everything with no acknowledgment of the existing security stack.

• baselineRFIDoes the product natively detect and block malicious browser extensions, credential-phishing pages, and GenAI-tool data exfiltration (e.g., pasting sensitive text into a public chatbot), and what is the false-positive rate on legitimate GenAI tool use?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Explicit GenAI-exfiltration control is a current, real-world requirement; probe specifically for the false-positive rate rather than accepting a blanket 'we cover that' claim.

• baselineRFPDescribe measured performance overhead versus a standard browser — page load latency and memory usage — with a quantified benchmark rather than a qualitative claim of 'minimal impact.'weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Demand an actual number; a vendor unable to produce one likely hasn't benchmarked it or is hiding a real UX cost that drives shadow-IT browser use.

• baselineRFIWhat is the deployment and update model — can policies be pushed and browser versions updated silently/centrally across the fleet — and what is the rollback process if an update breaks a critical business web application?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Central, silent updates plus a tested rollback path are stronger than manual per-device updates with no documented rollback plan.

• baselineRFIWhat is the pricing model — per user/per month, tiered by feature set — and does cost differ meaningfully between basic DLP enforcement and full session-recording/privileged-access capability?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Look for transparent, tier-differentiated pricing that's explicit about which capabilities (e.g., session recording) are gated behind a premium tier rather than included in the base product.

• baselineRFPDescribe incident-response/forensic capability for a confirmed browser-based compromise (a malicious extension, a successful phishing page interaction) — can the platform reconstruct exactly what happened during the session, and what is a customer-referenced example?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Strong answers describe a real forensic-reconstruction capability with a concrete customer example, not just preventive blocking claims.

• baselineRFIWhat compliance certifications does the vendor itself hold (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001), given the browser sits inline on all user web activity including potentially sensitive corporate data, and can the customer request the actual audit report?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  A browser security vendor with deep visibility into all web activity is itself significant infrastructure — insist on the real audit report, not just a compliance-badge claim.

• baselineRFIIs coverage and feature parity consistent across all supported OS/platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS), or is functionality meaningfully weaker on one platform the vendor should disclose honestly?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Ask for an honest per-platform coverage breakdown; uneven platform parity is a common real gap that should be disclosed rather than obscured behind a blanket 'cross-platform' claim.

• baselineRFPHow does browser telemetry export to the customer's existing SIEM work — is it real-time streaming or periodic batch export, and does export incur additional data-volume costs beyond the base subscription?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Real-time streaming export is materially more useful for active detection than periodic batch exports, and hidden data-egress costs are a common pricing trap worth probing directly.

• baselineRFIWhat historical trend reporting exists on DLP-blocked-event volume and category over time, suitable for demonstrating data-loss-prevention program effectiveness to leadership?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Trend-over-time reporting is a distinct capability from a real-time dashboard — confirm this exists as a maintained, exportable report showing genuine program impact.

• baselineRFIDoes the vendor curate or restrict which third-party browser extensions can run within the managed browser (an extension marketplace vetting process), or is extension risk left entirely to the customer's own policy configuration with no vendor-provided vetting?weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Vendor-curated extension vetting is a meaningfully stronger default posture than leaving all extension-risk decisions to the customer's own configuration effort.

• baselineRFPDetail rollout/adoption support for a large distributed workforce — silent/centralized deployment, and a customer-referenced measured adoption timeline and any productivity-impact complaints from a comparable-sized real deployment.weight 3
  Answer key — what a strong answer shows

  Ask for a real customer-referenced rollout timeline AND an honest account of any productivity friction reported by end users — a vendor unwilling to discuss friction is likely hiding real deployment challenges.

• baselineRFPIdentify vulnerabilities in and exploit client-side software, such as web browsers, media players, document editing programs, etc.weight 3

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