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Small businesses form the backbone of the economy, accounting for 99.9% of all firms in the United States. From CPA firms and medical clinics to law offices and high-growth startups, they rely on web apps to serve customers and keep work moving. As work in the browser expands and AI becomes a part of everyday workflows, businesses face sophisticated threats without a modern security solution designed for their needs.

For small business owners, the choice has been a frustrating trade-off: Struggle with complex security tools and managed services, or rely on consumer browsers that were never built to protect a business. There is a gap in the market for a secure workspace that enables productivity, has powerful security and is simple to deploy.

Prisma^® Browser for Business fills that gap with built-in enterprise-grade protection and the simplicity small businesses need to keep growing. This is powered by the same Precision AI^® technologies that protect 97% of Fortune 100 companies without the enterprise complexity. 

Small Businesses Need a More Secure Workspace

For a small business, the web browser isn't just an app - it's your office. Whether your team is managing payroll, answering client emails, sending an invoice, or asking GenAI tools for help, more than 85% of the workday happens inside the browser.

However, while work has moved to the browser, security has not. Consumer browsers were never built to support the needs of a modern business, leaving a gap that cybercriminals are exploiting.

That gap is becoming more dangerous as attack volume and velocity grows with AI. Small businesses are hit with 3.5x more AI-powered attacks than large enterprises. The consequences can be severe, with 1 in 5 small businesses going out of business after a cyberattack. For a growing company, a single breach is not just a setback. It can disrupt operations and put the future of the business at risk. As a result, while small business owners want to focus on growing their businesses, serving customers and managing their cash flow, they are increasingly spending time worrying about cybersecurity.

Current Security Tools Fall Short

Today’s browser-based work environment creates a new set of challenges for small businesses. Employees are moving between email, SaaS apps, cloud file storage, AI assistants and browser extensions. Often, these are across personal and managed devices alike. Current security tools simply are not designed to secure the browser itself, which is where business activity actually takes place.

This leaves small businesses exposed to a growing set of threats:

• AI-Enabled Fraud and Phishing: Scams that imitate trusted brands, co-workers or vendors to steal credentials or redirect payments.
• Browser-Based Malware: Threats delivered through websites, scripts and browser activity that may evade tools focused primarily on files or device-level activity.
• Risky Browser Extensions: Extensions that appear useful but may later begin collecting credentials, session data or other sensitive information.
• Shadow AI: Employees unknowingly pasting sensitive business information into unauthorized AI tools.

Traditional antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions for small businesses often miss browser-based attacks and focus on securing only managed devices. Small business employees work across locations and on a mix of business and personal devices. If an employee accesses a business app from a personal laptop and encounters a malicious login page or risky browser extension, traditional solutions will have limited visibility into what is happening.

Prisma Browser for Business takes a different approach, using AI-powered security engines to analyze webpages and browser extensions in real time. It provides deep, specialized protection specifically for SaaS applications and AI use with a simple deployment that is tailored for small business needs.

Introducing Prisma Browser for Business

Palo Alto Networks is the global leader in cybersecurity, processing billions of threats daily for the world’s largest companies. Now that same enterprise-grade protection is made available in a secure workspace designed for small businesses. Prisma Browser for Business secures how work gets done across apps, AI tools and everyday browser activity.

With Prisma Browser for Business, teams can keep work moving, stay protected and secure AI usage:

• Streamline the Workspace: Give employees secure access to the apps and AI tools they need without adding setup and management overhead. Prisma Browser for Business makes it easy to configure a browser-based workspace across devices and locations. Onboarding a new hire often means hours of sending links, sharing bookmarks and walking through setup. With Prisma Browser for Business, they need to sign in once, then their essential business apps and approved AI tools are there, ready to use.

• Protect Your Business: Block malware and advanced phishing attacks that lead to ransomware, account takeovers and data breaches, stopping threats before they ever reach your device or harm your business. Imagine your newest employee receives an urgent email that looks exactly like a vendor invoice or links to a “pixel-perfect” fake login page. With a consumer browser, they would type in their credentials and your business is compromised. Prisma Browser stops phishing and malware with 2-5x higher efficacy than other browsers.

• Control AI Actions: Enable employees to use AI productively while helping prevent sensitive business data from being exposed. Prisma Browser for Business gives businesses built-in controls that put guardrails around AI use instead of blocking it outright. Say an employee tries to paste a confidential client contract into a GenAI tool for a quick summary. Prisma Browser for Business can intercept the action and block the sensitive data from being entered into a prompt.

Simple to Deploy and Easy to Manage

Prisma Browser for Business is easy to set up and use. Invite your team by email or single sign-on in just a few clicks. Because it’s built on Chromium, Prisma Browser looks, feels and acts exactly like the browsers your team already uses. Their bookmarks, extensions and daily habits carry over effortlessly. Only the security changes.

The admin experience was designed for business owners, not security engineers. Policies are preconfigured out-of-the-box for simple setup, and Prisma Browser for Business can provide proactive recommendations based on your industry and how employees work. Customers can also tell our built-in AI guide what they want to achieve in plain English, and it will recommend the exact settings for you.

Security for Your Entire Team, Made Simple

Prisma Browser for Business offers a 30-day, no-contract trial, followed by a low monthly or annual price. No enterprise commitments or complexity, so you can focus on running your business while we help handle security.

Ready to protect your business in minutes? Start your 30-day free trial today.