Honest opinion on Island
Rating: 9 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Island for security purposes, as it mantain the confidentiality that both the customer and the client needs, preventing sensitive data leak, downloads and copies. It also controls the apps that can be installed and blocks unsafe websites. That guarantee the safety that the organization needs, that previously could only be achieved physically, but now with Island it can be done remotely
Pros
- The agent can still see the customer's data that they need to help the customers, but without the ability to screenshot, copy and download outside the Island browser, that also prevent data leaks
- The organization also saves money without the need of hiring only local employees, people can download it on their personal desktops
- Can replace setups with VPN that are expensive or virtual desktops
- Blocks unsafe websites that can also copy the client and customer data
Cons
- Sometimes the advisors may experience some glitches to copy and paste the information they need even if they're still inside the Island browser
- Sometimes some apps don't behave exactly the same and they would in other browsers
- It takes some time to setup it accordingly with what the company needs and it requires some tests
Likelihood to Recommend
The only reason I didn't gave the maximum rating is because it's not cheap, if you have a smaller company you can use some plugins instead depending on what you need. But I completely understand it's not safer than the Island browser. However, it would be great to have a simpler version for small companies too, that wouldn't require much testing to setup. Besides that, Island is my first choice when thinking about safety for remote workers.
Vetted Review
2 years of experience