Island

150 CISOs voted on this year’s most innovative cybersecurity startups. And Island made the list. Notable Capital 's 2026 Rising in Cyber recognizes 30 companies solving real problems for security leaders at global organizations – including browser security gaps, AI governance, data protection, and where legacy tech has fallen short. As we continue to build a workspace designed around the real security needs of modern enterprises, we do not take this recognition lightly. A big thank you to Rising in Cyber and the security community. NYSE | HITCH PARTNERS | HSBC Innovation Banking | Morgan Stanley | Upstarts Media

The 100-to-1 ratio of agents to humans in the enterprise will disrupt proxy-based architecture. That’s not a forecast. It’s math. So we reimagined SASE for the AI era—with the Island Enterprise Network. Here’s the story. Traditional SASE was built for a world of offices, data centers, and managed devices. It inspects traffic at a distant cloud proxy, on a 15-year-old architecture, and it only sees a fraction of what actually moves across your network. Now add AI. Agents are 100X-ing the workforce, moving inside and across apps at a speed and scale traditional SASE could never handle. And with no way to understand the context inside a browser tab, or the user intent behind an AI session or agentic workflow, the old architecture is simply breaking down. And work along with it. If you can’t see inside an AI session, you’re not governing AI. You’re guessing. The Island Enterprise Network is a fundamental reimagining of this architecture, built on what we call the Perfect Packet. Policy is enforced at the moment of interaction—across any OS, device, app, and browser—before data ever leaves the device. All work activity is fully visible. And traffic goes to the network only when it truly needs to. Which means: → 10x faster app access → 90% of sessions avoid the backhaul entirely → Zero SSL/TLS break-and-inspect for browser traffic → 100% visibility into AI sessions, agent workflows, and data interactions This is the Island Enterprise Network—SASE reimagined for the AI era. Read more about the Island Enterprise Network: https://gag.gl/eGYFFw Special thanks to the builders who made this possible: Raviv Israeli Idan Kestenboum Roi Leibovich Yiftach Karkason Ofer Yorkovsky Shimi Gersner Ron Sobol Omri Himelbrand Roy Azachi Michael Fey Dan Amiga Bradon Rogers Eric Appel Steve Tchejeyan Daniel Kandel Alon B. Michael Leland Jason Trunk Kevin Reardon Ashley Brinsford 🏝️

I don’t post on LinkedIn often but I had to say something about this release. I absolutely love working at Island - the ease of using the browser, the pace of innovation and the way the product keeps pushing forward is always exciting. In my role, I spend a lot of time working with customers, which means I’m constantly inside their VDI and SASE environments just to connect into their networks and do my job. If I'm being honest, after doing this for the better part of a decade, I can say it’s often been way more painful, slow, and cumbersome than it should be. That’s why I’m genuinely excited about what we just released with the Island Enterprise Network. This feels different! It’s SASE rethought for an AI-native world, and I’m proud to be part of it. I can already see the impact it’s going to have - making life dramatically simpler for contractors, end users and anyone who just needs secure access to get work done without fighting the network every step of the way. When you zoom out, it becomes even clearer why this matters. We’re heading into a world where AI agents will outnumber humans in the enterprise by 100 to 1. That shift isn’t just about having more “users” on the network. AI agents work differently—they move faster, interact across systems constantly and operate at a scale traditional architectures were never designed for. That’s why, instead of trying to force new demands onto old infrastructure, we stepped back and rethought the approach from the ground up for this new reality. The result is the Island Enterprise Network: 90% less traffic backhaul. Full visibility into AI sessions. Here’s what that looks like in practice: → ~90% of sessions no longer need backhaul → Up to 10x faster application performance through reduced latency → No SSL/TLS break-and-inspect for browser traffic → 100% visibility into AI sessions, agent workflows, and data interactions This is what SASE looks like when it’s rebuilt for how work is actually happening now. Imran Ali Brittany Lewandowski Kevin Reardon Aaron Davies-Morris, CISSP Kat Matthews Ian Turner

Using consumer browsers in the workplace exposes organizations to a world of risks. Not only security threats like phishing, malware, and fraud. But also a whole other category of risk — productivity slowdown. The delays, disruptions, and blockages users encounter from all the security tools surrounding the workspace that constantly get in their way. Dan Amiga joined J.D. Durkin from NYSE to share how Island addresses both. The Island Enterprise Browser embeds security controls directly into the workspace, applying policies in the flow of work while staying unobtrusive. So you’re not only more secure, your people can get more done. And that’s what we’d call a win-win. Watch the full interview here:

The 100-to-1 ratio of agents to humans in the enterprise will disrupt proxy-based architecture. That’s not a forecast. It’s math. So we reimagined SASE for the AI era—with the Island Enterprise Network. Here’s the story. Traditional SASE was built for a world of offices, data centers, and managed devices. It inspects traffic at a faraway cloud proxy, on a 15-year-old architecture, and it only sees a fraction of what actually moves across your network. Now add AI. Agents are 100X-ing the workforce, moving inside and across apps at a pace and scale traditional SASE was never meant to handle. And with no way to understand the context inside a browser tab, or the user intent behind an AI session or agentic workflow, the old architecture is simply breaking down. And work along with it. If you can’t see inside an AI session, you’re not governing AI. You’re guessing. The Island Enterprise Network is a fundamental reimagining of this architecture, built on what we call the Perfect Packet. Policy is enforced at the moment of interaction - across any OS, device, app, and browser - before data ever leaves the device. All work activity is fully visible. And traffic goes to the network only when it truly needs to. Which means: → 10x faster app access → 90% of sessions avoid the backhaul entirely → Zero SSL/TLS break-and-inspect for browser traffic → 100% visibility into AI sessions, agent workflows, and data interactions This is the Island Enterprise Network - SASE reimagined for the AI era. Read more about the Island Enterprise Network: https://gag.gl/eGYFFw Special thanks to the builders who made this possible: Raviv Israeli Idan Kestenboum Roi Leibovich Yiftach Karkason Ofer Yorkovsky Shimi Gersner Ron Sobol Omri Himelbrand Roy Azachi Michael Fey Dan Amiga Bradon Rogers Eric Appel Steve Tchejeyan Daniel Kandel Alon B. Michael Leland Jason Trunk Kevin Reardon Ashley Brinsford 🏝️

We’ve just launched the Island Enterprise Network - SASE reimagined for the AI era. But anyone can claim they’re shaking up the entire SASE industry. How can you be sure this time it’s the real deal? Good point. So we asked SASE to decide for himself. Here’s what he had to say. 👇🏼 PS: Thank you Sassi Keshet! It was... perfect. 👌 And when exactly did you learn how to act, Roi Leibovich ??? 🎬⭐🎥🍿

Earlier this week, Island disrupted an entire established industry with the launch of the Island Enterprise Network. It’s a pretty big deal. And there was a whole video we made that explained it. But great big stories don’t always need to be told in great big ways. Sometimes the restraint makes it easier to grasp, identify with, appreciate. One person. Trying to open one app. That’s the great big story. The checklist I used for this creative format: - Does it speak directly to a specific person? - Can that person easily picture the specific situation we’re talking about? - Is the pain point vivid in their mind? - Is it entertaining enough to watch through to the end, but not so entertaining that it overshadows the message itself? - Would I share it as an example of great storytelling in a presentation on brand storytelling? Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. (Obligatory open-ended cta in 5…4…) Agree? Disagree? What do you think?

At our London Roadshow last week, we gathered some of the UK’s top security leaders for focused discussions on the future of enterprise work. A unifying theme stood out: organizations are actively rethinking how work is delivered in a landscape shaped by AI, SaaS, BYOD, and increasingly distributed teams. Highlights from the day included: - Michael Fey sharing Island’s vision for what's ahead - A fireside chat with Matt Rowe (CSO at Lloyds Banking Group ) on secure web access at scale - Paul Murgatroyd 🏝 demonstrating the Island Enterprise Platform in action - A keynote on leadership and winning mindsets from the renowned Sir Geoff Hurst It was a privilege to exchange insights with leaders shaping what comes next. Thanks to everyone who joined us for an invaluable afternoon. Ashley Brinsford 🏝️ Georgina McWeeney Michelle M.

Zero trust isn’t intended to end at the network level. Yet many ZTNA solutions stop there. They reveal who connected. Not what they did. They safeguard managed devices. Not unmanaged ones. And they can’t govern where data travels after the connection is established. Island Private Access enacts zero trust access at the final mile, in the browser, on the device, at the moment of interaction. Full story here: https://gag.gl/CxZ8kO