GCP – Chrome brings personal and work separation to iOS users and more enterprise protections to mobile

Many organizations are embracing bring your own device models, meaning employees may be accessing resources from their browsers on unmanaged computers or phones. Chrome Enterprise already gives employees and organizations a secure and helpful way to manage users at the browser level and keep work and personal information separate, and many businesses take advantage of the Android work and personal profile capabilities.

Give iOS users the flexibility to easily switch between work and personal accounts, knowing an organization can securely manage its environment with transparency and security protections. Whether enterprises have a BYOD model or are looking for more ways to better secure their corporate-owned phones and tablets, Chrome Enterprise is bringing tighter enterprise browsing protections to mobile.

Many of us use our mobile devices for both work and personal tasks, often juggling multiple Google Accounts. This can mean constantly signing in and out. Chrome is now offering support for managed account browsing that creates strict data separation from other browsing and seamless switching between accounts. This change means businesses can empower users to use their device of choice, enabling secure access to corporate resources and keeping company data protected. Local data and content like tabs and history stay within the managed account browsing experience.

The first time users sign in or switch to a managed account, an onboarding screen provides transparency about the separation of managed account data and how their organization is handling their data. Organizations maintain control, with the ability to decide how existing browsing data is handled when a user initially signs in or switches to a managed account. When users browse in their managed account, they are notified they are entering a managed experience through an on-screen confirmation.

Advanced browser data protections and secure access on mobile devices

Once an employee is signed into a corporate account on either Android or iOS, Chrome Enterprise offers a variety of advanced security capabilities that IT teams can enforce. These capabilities are designed to block unauthorized access to corporate apps and data, while protecting against data exfiltration.

Organizations can now enforce context-aware access for managed accounts on Chrome on both Android and iOS. Enterprises can limit access to critical apps, ensuring that users are logging into a managed instance of Chrome to access corporate resources. For example, if an employee received a corporate link through Gmail on their mobile device, IT teams can require them to sign into their managed account in Chrome on iOS or Android before visiting the link or browser app.

Additionally, Chrome Enterprise’s reporting capabilities are now extending to both Android and iOS.This gives organizations the ability to send critical data related to security events to the security investigation tool in the Google Admin console, Chrome logs, or the SIEM of their choice. This provides an additional view of risks that includes browser activity across mobile devices, enabling IT teams to make more informed decisions about their overall security posture.

To help limit users from visiting unapproved or unsanctioned sites, URL filtering has been a valuable capability for desktop and Android environments. For example, organizations can block employees from visiting certain GenAI sites at a category level, redirecting them to the approved corporate services. URL filtering is now available in Chrome on iOS, offering further control to IT teams.

Whether organizations are looking to invest more in productivity on mobile devices, or if they are looking to further reduce risks of data loss across all endpoints, Chrome Enterprise Premium offers a growing number of protections across operating systems and platforms. Enterprises can get started with reporting using Chrome Enterprise Core at no additional cost, and talk to an expert about adding advanced threat and data protections with Chrome Enterprise Premium.