Strengthening Public-Sector Security with Chrome Enterprise Premium

For state and local agencies, more day-to-day work is happening through browser-based applications and cloud tools. Employees may be accessing agency systems, sharing files, working with sensitive information, or using AI tools from different locations and devices.

As you can imagine, this creates a security challenge for IT teams. Endpoint security can help protect the device, but there is also activity happening within the browser that agencies need to account for. Files can be uploaded or downloaded, sensitive information can be copied into web applications, and access to agency resources can happen from different devices and locations.

As more work moves into the browser, agencies need security that accounts for what happens there, too.

Chrome Enterprise Core vs. Chrome Enterprise Premium

Before we can explain what Chrome Enterprise Premium adds, it is important to understand the difference between Chrome Enterprise Core and Chrome Enterprise Premium.

Chrome Enterprise Core provides centralized browser management, policies, and foundational reporting at no cost. IT teams can manage browser settings across departments, locations, and supported operating systems from one place.

Chrome Enterprise Premium builds on that foundation with more advanced security capabilities, including data protection, threat prevention, context-aware access, and deeper security insights.

So, what does that look like in practice for state and local agencies? Let’s take a closer look at how those added protections can support employees, protect sensitive information, and give IT teams more visibility into what is happening within the browser.

Secure a Distributed Government Workforce

Consistency can be difficult to maintain when different teams have different needs, policies, and ways of working. For IT, having one place to manage browser settings can make it easier to keep those standards aligned across the organization.

Chrome Enterprise Core Centralizes Browser Policies

IT teams can use centralized, cloud-based management to apply browser policies across departments, locations, and supported operating systems.

Chrome Enterprise Premium Adds Protection Across Work Environments

Chrome Enterprise Premium extends that foundation with advanced protections that remain in place whether employees are working in an office, remotely, or in the field.

This helps agencies maintain consistent security standards without needing to manage each environment separately.

Defend Against Browser-Based Threats

Even with the right policies in place, users can still encounter threats as they browse. A convincing phishing site or unsafe download may only take one click to create a larger problem.

Chrome Enterprise Core Sets Browser Security Policies

Centralized browser policies give IT teams more control over how Chrome is configured and used across the organization.

Chrome Enterprise Premium Adds Real-Time Threat Protection

Chrome Enterprise Premium adds real-time URL scanning to help identify phishing sites, malicious websites, and other online threats.

It can also perform more in-depth scanning of unknown or high-risk downloads, helping reduce the chance that malware reaches sensitive agency systems or data.

Protect Sensitive Data with Data Loss Prevention

Protecting data does not stop once access has been granted. Agencies also need to think about where sensitive information can be moved, copied, or shared after someone is already working with it.

Chrome Enterprise Core Manages Browser Policies

Chrome Enterprise Core gives IT teams a central place to establish and manage browser policies.

Chrome Enterprise Premium Adds Data Loss Prevention

Premium adds data loss prevention policies that can help control how sensitive information is copied, uploaded, downloaded, printed, or shared through websites and cloud applications.

That can include constituent information, financial records, and internal operational data.

These controls can also help agencies manage AI use by preventing sensitive information from being entered into unsanctioned AI tools.

Strengthen Access with Zero Trust Controls

Having the right credentials is one part of access security. But IT teams may also want to know more about the circumstances surrounding an access request before allowing it.

Chrome Enterprise Core Provides Centralized Policy Management

Core provides the browser management and policy foundation IT teams use across their environment.

Chrome Enterprise Premium Adds Context-Aware Access

Chrome Enterprise Premium adds context-aware access, allowing agencies to evaluate factors such as user identity, location, and device security status before granting access.

These controls can be applied to SaaS platforms, Google Cloud services, and private web applications, helping agencies make access decisions based on more than a username and password.

Improve Security Visibility

Preventing an issue is ideal, but IT teams also need enough information to understand what happens when something does go wrong.

Chrome Enterprise Core Provides Browser Reporting

Chrome Enterprise Core includes foundational reporting that gives teams visibility into their managed browser environment.

Chrome Enterprise Premium Adds Actionable Security Insights

Premium provides deeper insight into risky user behavior, sensitive data transfers, and unsanctioned AI use.

Teams can use those insights to investigate incidents and respond to potential threats more quickly. That added visibility can also help identify where existing policies may need to be adjusted.

Bringing It All Together

Chrome Enterprise Core and Chrome Enterprise Premium both help IT teams manage Chrome across their environment, but Premium adds more advanced security capabilities for agencies that need greater control and visibility within the browser.

For agencies already using Chrome Enterprise Core, Premium provides a way to add more protection around the activity happening within the browser without giving up the centralized management already in place.