Why Surface: Why On-Prem, Why Now
Why enterprises choose Surface Security
Purpose-built for organizations that demand on-premises control, data sovereignty, and zero disruption to existing workflows.
| Feature | Recommended  Surface Security On-prem browser extension | Browser Security Extensions Cloud-only SaaS extensions | Enterprise Secure Browsers Full browser replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-premises deployment | Fully supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| No browser replacement | Fully supported | Fully supported | Not supported |
| Local adaptive learning * | Fully supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Air-gapped network support | Fully supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Full data sovereignty | Fully supported | Not supported | Partial or limited |
| Works with existing browsers | Fully supported | Fully supported | Not supported |
| Low deployment friction | Fully supported | Fully supported | Not supported |
| Custom detection rules | Fully supported | Partial or limited | Partial or limited |
| Real-time threat detection | Fully supported | Partial or limited | Fully supported |
| SIEM/SOAR integration | Fully supported | Partial or limited | Partial or limited |
Fully supported
Partial or limited
Not supported
* Patent pending
10/10
Surface Security
3/10
Browser Extensions
1/10
Secure Browsers
Architected for the Sovereign Enterprise
Designed for Government, Finance, and Critical Infrastructure. Surface complies with the world's most stringent data residency requirements by design, not as an afterthought.
Designed for regulated industries (finance, healthcare, government)
Supports air-gapped and network-isolated deployments
Complete data sovereignty — no vendor cloud dependencies
Deploy on your existing infrastructure (VMs, containers, bare metal)
Customer Infrastructure
Employee Endpoints
Browser extensions deployed via GPO/MDM
ChromeEdgeFirefox
Surface Platform
Detection engine, policy manager, API
DockerKubernetesVM
Internal Data Lake
Full telemetry stored on your infrastructure
PostgreSQLElasticsearchS3-compatible
SIEM / SOAR
Your existing security operations stack
SplunkSentinelXSOAR
Data flows within your perimeter
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
ISO 27001
Vendor Cloud
Not required. No external data transmission.
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