Google Chrome gets a paid version with top-notch security features

What do you want to know

• Google is revamping Chrome for business with Chrome Enterprise Premium, offering advanced security features for a monthly subscription.
• Chrome Enterprise Premium offers both a paid and free version. The paid version emphasizes enhanced security features such as data loss prevention and in-depth malware scans.
• Chrome Enterprise Premium uses context-aware access controls to identify and mitigate potential data leaks, even from unauthorized apps.

Google is giving Chrome a security overhaul for businesses. Called Chrome Enterprise Premium, it adds plenty of advanced security features for those willing to pay monthly.

Google has been using enterprise Chrome for some time, allowing IT administrators to control things like browser settings and apps used by enterprise users. Chrome Enterprise also offers data protection, malware protections, and phishing protection.

At $6 per month per user, Chrome Enterprise Premium further strengthens security, recognizing that browsers are now where most of the work happens.

As users around the world use Chrome on their work phones and devices and use various software versions and platforms, Google supports them. Chrome Enterprise Premium offers plenty of tools to keep things locked down every step of the way.

Chrome Enterprise Premium is available in two versions: Core, which is free, and Premium. Google touts this version as a web browser that doubles down on online security, performing deep malware scanning, stopping data leaks, and even letting you filter URLs based on the type of websites they are.

However, the paid and free versions of Chrome Enterprise have big differences. The Premium tier offers data loss prevention and in-depth malware scans, but the Core (free) tier does not. But even with Core, you still get basics like phishing and malware protection.

There’s also a kind of AI magic in there, with Google saying it uses artificial intelligence to combat malware and phishing head-on.

Chrome Enterprise Premium doesn’t stop there: it gives Zero Trust a boost with contextual access controls. This means it can detect potential data leaks, whether from approved applications or those that IT hasn’t given the green light.

Google is also adding even more controls, giving administrators the power to implement policies and keep software up to date with automatic updates to eliminate any new bugs that appear.

This edition of Chrome is also designed to stop shady add-ons, ensuring that hackers can’t slip through the cracks. Plus, it works well with other Google and third-party security tools to cover all your bases.