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Island, creator of the Enterprise Browser, today announced that the Island Enterprise Extension is now integrated with the AWS Security Hub Extended plan, Amazon Web Services’ unified security solution. This integration enables customers to enforce safe browsing and AI governance directly inside any browser, through a single-vendor experience with one contract, one bill, consolidated support, and flexible pricing through AWS.

IGEL, a global leader in endpoint security and provider of the IGEL Secure Endpoint OS Platform™ for now & next, has honored Island with the 2025 IGEL Ready Application Excellence Partner of the Year Award. The recognition, announced at IGEL Now & Next 2025 in Miami, highlights Island’s contributions to accelerating secure digital transformation for distributed and hybrid workforces.

Island, the Enterprise Browser company, today announced the appointment of Tim MacCarrick as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). MacCarrick brings more than 25 years of financial and operational leadership across high-growth software and technology organizations, including both public companies and private equity-backed firms.

Island, the Enterprise Browser company, announced the participation of J.P. Morgan Private Capital's Growth Equity Partners as a strategic investor in its previously announced Series E funding round. Coatue Management led the round, which valued Island at nearly $5 billion.

Island, the Enterprise Browser company, announced a new integration with Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities for the world's largest enterprises. Island is now listed on the Ping Identity Integration Directory.

Island, the Enterprise Browser company, announced its $250 million Series E financing round. This brings Island’s valuation to $4.8 billion in less than five years since its 2020 founding.

Island, the Enterprise Browser company, announced the participation of ServiceNow Ventures as a strategic investor in its previously announced Series D funding round, which valued the company at $3 billion and was led by Coatue Management and Sequoia Capital with participation from Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures and EDBI.

Island, the Enterprise Browser company, announced the participation of EDBI, the strategic investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board, in its previously announced Series D funding round. The deal signals Island’s global ambitions, expands its funding footprint to the Asia-Pacific region, and builds on its presence in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Island, the Enterprise Browser company, announced the participation of Citi Ventures, a venture capital arm of Citigroup, in its previously announced Series D funding round.

Fast Company recently announced its sixth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list, honoring organizations and businesses that demonstrate an inspiring commitment to encourage and develop innovation at all levels. Island is a finalist on the Enterprise Products and Services list for its “Islands of Innovation” organizational model.

Island, the pioneer and category leader in enterprise browsers, today announced that it has been named to the Forbes 2024 Cloud 100 – the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, published by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.

Island, the pioneer and category leader in enterprise browsers, today announced its $175 million Series D financing. The new funding round brings Island’s valuation to $3 billion, doubling the last valuation from less than a year ago. The round was led by new investor Coatue and existing investor Sequoia Capital, with additional funding from other existing investors.

As Island scales globally in the wake of strong U.S. and International demand for its market-leading Enterprise Browser, Island today announced the addition of Matt Fairbanks to its executive team as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the appointment of Ellen Roeckl, Island’s former head of marketing, as the company’s first Chief Communications Officer (CCO). Fairbanks is tasked with global expansion of pipeline and product leadership; Roeckl will drive category awareness and communicate Island’s vision, capabilities, and perspectives to the company’s growing community of stakeholders and influencers.

Island, the pioneer and leader in the enterprise browser market, today announced that it has raised $100 million in its Series C financing round, which values Island at $1.5 billion. The round was led by Prysm Capital and joined by Canapi Ventures, as well as Island’s current funding partners Insight Partners, Stripes, Sequoia, Cyberstarts and Georgian. This latest funding round brings Island’s total outside investment to over $325 million.

Island, the pioneer and leader in the enterprise browser market, is excited to share that they were named a Customers’ Choice in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Security Service Edge. Gartner defines Security Service Edge as “SSE secures access to the web, cloud services and private applications regardless of the location of the user or the device they are using or where that application is hosted. It also provides enhanced security, and visibility for the software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) environments accessed by the end users.”

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced the addition of Steve Tchejeyan to its executive team as President. Tchejeyan brings decades of executive leadership experience driving successful business strategies and growth initiatives for some of the world’s leading technology and cybersecurity companies. He is tasked with driving scale across the business to meet burgeoning demand for the company’s award-winning, market-leading Enterprise Browser.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, announced today that the Island Enterprise Browser is now available in the AWS Marketplace. AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog that customers can use to find, buy, deploy and manage third-party software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), the most widely used cloud computing platform.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced the availability of an enterprise-grade set of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities for all popular interactive AI-type applications including ChatGPT, Bard and others, within its award-winning Enterprise Browser. These features are available in multiple deployment modes to accommodate various interaction types; integrated into the browser itself, managing AI extensions; and as a standalone desktop application, delivering the industry’s broadest set of protections for this rapidly growing category of productivity products.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced the first password manager natively built into an enterprise browser, providing IT teams and employees with powerful new capabilities to eliminate password abuse, help ensure organizational custody of corporate passwords, and embrace passwordless user authentication flows. By offering an advanced password management system within Island’s award-winning Enterprise Browser, Island offers enterprise-grade capabilities to more effectively meet organizational requirements absent in consumer-grade extension-based password managers.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced Self-Protection for the Enterprise Browser, delivering a fundamentally new approach and level of security to enterprise work. Island has introduced the ideal solution for organizations with extremely sensitive data and applications, to ensure safe operation even on devices beyond the organization’s control and traditional protections.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced an advanced set of powerful and profoundly simple productivity tools for its award-winning Enterprise Browser, setting a new standard for workplace productivity.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, announces support for legacy applications that rely on Internet Explorer as Microsoft continues to execute against its announced End of Life for the Internet Explorer browser. The Island Enterprise Browser can fully support legacy applications that require Internet Explorer while adding modern controls like device posture assessment, multi-factor authentication, and robust last-mile controls to keep sensitive information secure.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, announced today that it has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Startup Employers. The award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., a leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced the addition of Keith Weatherford to its executive team as Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales. Weatherford brings more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing channel partner strategies for leading security companies and will be tasked with building and scaling Island’s global channel presence.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced the addition of Richard Greene to its executive team as Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. Greene has spent decades building and leading multi-million-dollar, fast-paced companies driving strategy, directing high-performance sales teams, scaling startups, and maximizing revenue.

Island, the leader and pioneer in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced an extension of its Series B with a $60M investment led by Georgian. This investment will further fuel Island’s mission to reshape the future of work by redefining the role of the browser for the enterprise. By embedding the core needs of the enterprise in the browser itself, Island gives organizations complete control over the last mile of user interaction with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and web applications, enabling a simpler and stronger security posture, while improving productivity for users as well as IT and security organizations. SC Magazine recently named the Island Enterprise Browser the Best Enterprise Security Product of the Year.

Island, the leader in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced Apple iOS, iPadOS and Android support for its Enterprise Browser, enabling customers to close the final unmanaged mobile gap in their hybrid workplace, contractor and BYOD strategies. With this announcement, the Island Enterprise Browser is the only Enterprise Browser that will support all major operating systems, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, Chromebook, Linux and Android.

Island today announced that its innovative Enterprise Browser has won the 2022 SC Awards in Excellence for Best Enterprise Security Solution of the Year. This recognition comes just seven months after Island emerged from stealth and brought its Enterprise Browser to market. Island recently closed its Series B funding round, bringing Island’s total funds raised to more than $200 million, and its valuation to over $1.3 billion.

Island, an emerging leader in the enterprise browser market, today announced an investment from Cisco Investments, further fueling Island’s mission to redefine the role of the browser for the enterprise. Island’s Enterprise Browser provides organizations with complete control over the last mile of user interaction with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and web applications to enable a simpler and stronger security posture, while improving productivity for users and their supporting IT and security functions.

Island, the leader in the enterprise browser market, today announced Island Private Access, a new set of expanded capabilities built into the Island Enterprise Browser delivering secure, native, and simple access to private and semi-private SaaS and internal applications. Island Private Access offers new capabilities to support Zero Trust Architectures, redefining how organizations protect their most critical information resources without the need for additional endpoint agents.

Island, the leader in the Enterprise Browser market, today announced that it has successfully completed a SOC 2 Type 2 compliance audit. The Island team worked with auditors from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to review The Enterprise Browser and Island Cloud platform, along with all security controls and practices. No deficiencies were found.

Island, developer of the Enterprise Browser, announced the appointment of Jennifer Park as its first Chief People Officer (CPO). Park joins Island’s senior leadership team with over 20 years’ experience fostering rich, innovative and diverse work environments. Her appointment reflects Island’s commitment to creating a culture that fully empowers its employees and attracts top-level global talent.

Island, developer of the Enterprise Browser, has expanded its senior leadership team with the appointment of Ellen Roeckl as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Roeckl joins Island with decades of experience leading integrated marketing efforts at B2B technology leaders including Fastly, Symantec and Juniper Networks, as well as multiple executive leadership roles at Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s largest communications firms.

Island, creator of the Enterprise Browser, today announced that it has raised $115 million in its Series B financing round at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round was led by New York-based global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners, which led Island’s prior financing round. Existing investors Stripes and Sequoia Capital also participated in this round, bringing Island’s total funds raised to over $200 million.

Island, developer of the Enterprise Browser, announced it has added a select group of investor advisors to its strong bench of strategic partners, including Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI); Joe Sexton, former President AppDynamics; Mickey Boodaei, co-founder and CEO of Transmit Security and Rakesh Loonkar, co-founder and President of Transmit Security.

Today Island unveiled a new category of enterprise software that revolutionizes security control, visibility and governance with the introduction of the world’s first Enterprise Browser. After almost two years of product development, the company emerged today from stealth mode to introduce the Enterprise Browser, eliminating the massive gaps between current consumer-focused browsers and the increasingly complex IT and security requirements of enterprises worldwide. With core needs of the enterprise naturally embedded within the browser itself, Island is the first browser to provide end-users with the same Chromium-based experience they expect, while giving the enterprise much needed functionality to vastly improve corporate security and employee productivity.