Atakama vs. Traditional Web Security Tools

Why Browser Security Is the Missing Layer in Modern Defense

As organizations move to cloud-first operations, the browser has become the primary workspace for employees—and the primary target for attackers. Yet many businesses still rely on traditional web security tools that were designed for a different era.

This gap is why browser security has emerged as a critical category—and why Atakama's browser security delivers protection traditional tools simply cannot.

The Limits of Traditional Web Security Tools

Traditional web security tools such as DNS filtering, Secure Web Gateways, CASB, and endpoint protection focus on traffic, domains, and devices. While valuable, these tools operate around the browser—not inside it.

As a result, they struggle to stop modern threats that:

• Execute without clicks or downloads

• Live inside legitimate websites or SaaS platforms

• Abuse browser extensions

• Exploit credentials and OAuth sessions

• Exfiltrate data through normal browser actions

Traditional tools cannot see what the browser actually renders, executes, or displays to the user.

Why the Browser Is the New Security Boundary

Today’s work happens in the browser:

• SaaS logins

• File uploads and downloads

• AI tool usage

• Credential entry and authentication

• Third-party access

This makes the browser the intersection of identity, data, and applications—and the most important place to enforce secure browsing.

Browser security solutions focus on live browser sessions, user behavior, and rendered content. This is where Atakama operates.

Atakama vs. Traditional Web Security

Visibility

Traditional Web Security Tools

• See domains, IPs, and network traffic

• Blind to browser scripts, extensions, and user actions

• Limited or no insight into credential behavior

Atakama Browser Security

• Full visibility into live browser activity

• Tracks websites, SaaS usage, extensions, credentials, and AI tools

• Provides contextual insights at the user level

Threat Prevention

Traditional Tools

• Rely on reputation, signatures, or known bad domains

• Often allow compromised legitimate sites to load

• Detect issues after execution has started

Atakama 

• Blocks malicious behavior at the browser boundary

• Stops zero-click and script-based attacks before execution

• Prevents credential misuse and data exfiltration in real time

Credential Protection

Traditional Tools

• Depend on password managers, MFA tools, or identity providers

• Little to no visibility into how credentials are actually used in the browser

Atakama 

• Monitors credential hygiene directly in the browser

• Detects weak, reused, shared, and breached credentials

• Analyzes federated and OAuth logins—without storing passwords

Extension & AI Risk Management

Traditional Tools

• Limited control over browser extensions

• No visibility into AI tool usage inside the browser

Atakama 

• Enforces extension allow/block policies

• Detects risky permissions and rogue extensions

• Tracks and governs AI usage across the organization

Data Loss Prevention

Traditional Tools

• Focus on network-level DLP

• Miss browser actions like copy/paste, uploads, and downloads

Atakama

• Prevents data loss inside live browser sessions

• Controls uploads, downloads, and sensitive data exposure

• Enforces policies without disrupting productivity