Modern work is no longer constrained to corporate headquarters and physical buildings—work now happens anywhere and everywhere. With a laptop and internet connection, your employees can (and do!) make independent decisions every single day about what cloud apps they adopt, what data gets shared, what gets integrated, and who gets access.

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More and more, these decisions are being made through a web browser. That’s why Nudge Security is excited to expand our reach with the launch of a new browser extension as part of our complete SaaS security and governance solution.

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Modern work happens in the browser. Security and governance should, too.

Our new browser extension enriches your understanding of employee SaaS and AI usage, delivering real-time behavioral data and promoting safe security practices with just-in-time browser nudges, helping you foster a more secure work environment—without getting in the way of productivity.

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With our new browser extension you can:

• Capture real-time user activities across SaaS and AI apps, including logins, authentication methods, usage patterns, file sharing, API usage, and other key behaviors.
• Detect identity security risks to your SaaS data, including weak passwords, credential sharing, password reuse, MFA or SSO bypass attempts, and unauthorized password manager usage.
• Deliver automated guardrails directly in the browser to guide employees toward safe, compliant SaaS and AI use in line with your SaaS security policies.

Let’s take a look:

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Manage SaaS and AI usage across your organization.

Nudge Security’s browser extension provides IT and security teams with an additional vantage point for SaaS security and governance at what we call the Workforce Edge. This visibility builds on our patented email-based discovery method, along with our more recent addition of app-specific insights through connected apps, to deliver a 360° view of SaaS usage.

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Once deployed, the extension offers fresh insights into app access, authentication, and utilization. Real-time detection of weak passwords, password re-use, missing MFA and other security gaps helps you proactively address potential risks.

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More importantly, the browser extension makes it possible to enforce policies and guide employees’ SaaS use with highly contextual, just-in-time guardrails.

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Secure SaaS identities using context-rich insights.

Our browser extension delivers detailed identity security insights from browser activity. It detects how people use SaaS and AI apps, including their authentication methods, login frequency, password practices, and data sharing behaviors.

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Here are a few things the browser extension can detect and show you:

• App Activity and Access: Last active date, account status, user-app mapping
• Authentication: Authentication method, MFA & SSO details, last login activity
• Password hygiene: Password strength, password reuse, password manager use
• NHI & third-party Access: Passkey use, OAuth grants, API keys
• Data protection: File upload monitoring

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Contain sprawl and risk with smart, automated guardrails.

The browser extension gives you unparalleled, multi-angle visibility and helps you understand the context of SaaS and AI tool engagement using accurate real-time insights. The next step is changing behavior. That’s where browser nudging comes in.

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With the browser extension, you can redirect employee behavior in the moment with an in-browser nudge that pops up on a user’s screen. Here’s an example:

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By giving employees the power to choose how they proceed, they become active participants in your SaaS security strategy when they make the security-conscious decision.

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Our automated in-browser nudges guide users to approved applications to help you:

• Encourage safe SaaS and GenAI usage by directing employees to approved tools.
• Protect your SaaS identities by guiding employees away from risky apps.
• Control SaaS sprawl by preventing adoption of unapproved apps.
• Reduce shadow spend by curbing unapproved SaaS use.

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A three-pronged approach to SaaS governance

No single approach to SaaS discovery is sufficient on its own, but when multiple approaches like email discovery, API integrations, and browser extensions are combined, they make any SaaS and AI security strategy a heckuva lot stronger. With this modern, multi-layered approach, IT and security teams can deliver just-in-time SaaS and GenAI security and governance right where work happens.

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Start your 14-day free trial of Nudge Security, and tap into the workforce edge.