Talon unveils the first browser created to enable work from anywhere, regardless of device or network

Posted on Oct 8, 2021 by Ifi Reporter

The high-tech company Talon unveils the first browser created to enable work from anywhere, regardless of device or network, and to secure the work environment, on computers intended for professional use and also on personal computers.
In the modern work age, where people work from anywhere and from any device and rely most of the time on cloud services, the browser has become the main gateway that provides access to all organizational resources, including sensitive information.

Accordingly, the browser becomes a central factor in most cyber attacks on organizations, as attackers are also aware that through it broad business activity is carried out; Employees go through it to various enterprise software and services like email accounts or file sharing. In the eyes of cyber attackers,
The popularity of the browser as a work environment creates a unique opportunity for advanced attacks such as Ransomware and Account Take Over.
To deal with these unique threats, the cyber company Talon has developed TalonWork. A first-of-its-kind browser, created to provide employees with a comfortable work experience alongside first-class cyber protection for organizations. The browser is based on Chromium, which is an open source project that forms the basis for the most popular browsers in the world. Any organization can deploy Talon's enterprise browser in less than an hour, providing edge protection to employees anywhere and on any device. Whether it is computing that belongs to the workplace, to an outsourced employee and even to an employee who uses his private device. Talon's solution enables organizations to best protect their employees without compromising the user experience and while maintaining maximum privacy, this is one of Talon's significant advantages over other solutions implemented today.
Talon's protection approach is multi-layered: protecting the work environment in the browser from damage to the device, protecting the browser itself from the use of vulnerabilities used for information theft and unauthorized access to resources, and protecting the work environment when using the cloud services themselves, including preventative mechanisms Information leak.
Deploying the solution and extending it to other groups of employees is simple, cyber defense chiefs in the organization can set that access to their enterprise software will be possible only through the TalonWork browser, and from that moment employees who want to connect to the system download the browser to a computer in a familiar and one-time installation process. After installation the employee can securely browse to enterprise software. The ease of installation and management of the solution allows it to be used for a variety of scenarios in the world of work, including temporary workers and outsourcing.
In parallel with the unveiling of the first product, Talon reveals the names of some of the top executives in the cyber industry who have invested in it so far. Earlier this year, Talon announced that it had raised $ 26 million as part of a round of funding that was recorded as the largest lime round in Israel. Investors include George Kurtz, founder and CEO of CrowdStrike, John Thompson, outgoing chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of cyber pioneer Symantec, and Mark Anderson, former president of Palo Alto Networks.
'As part of the revolution in the world of work and the transition to a hybrid workforce, more and more computers are accessing the most sensitive enterprise data, both on enterprise servers and in the cloud. John Thompson explained. 'Therefore, we must ensure easy and secure access to data, regardless of the device or location from which the employee connects. Talon allows just that. "
Talon was founded in 2021 by Ofer Ben-Nun and Ohad Bobrov, two successful serial entrepreneurs in the cyber field. Ben-Nun was one of the founders of Argos acquired by Continental, and Bobrov was one of the founders of Lacon Security acquired by Check Point. The company is recruiting dozens of employees these days to support the continued growth of the company and the development of technology and products in order to support its customers.
"This is the first time that the security approach is based on the browser and makes it the central line of defense, an approach that is very appropriate for the decentralized world of work. , And the rare opportunity that exists in the location of the protection layer in the browser. " Explains Ofer Ben-Nun, co-founder and CEO of Talon. "The current team consists of 20 high-quality people and that allows us to move forward in a smart and fast way. The progress and innovation we have been able to achieve in such a short period of time has astonished the market and investors time and time again. "


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