The pioneer of the Enterprise Browser — now the engine inside Palo Alto Prisma Access Browser
Talon Cyber Security shipped one of the first commercial Enterprise Browsers and was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in November 2023 for ~$625M. The Talon TalonWork browser is now sold and supported as Palo Alto Prisma Access Browser, with the same Chromium core, the same Talon engineering team, and a full SASE integration on top. If you're evaluating Talon today, you're really evaluating Prisma Access Browser — and Compare Select handles both legacy Talon contracts and current Palo Alto procurement on the same desk.
Founded in 2021 by Ofer Ben-Noon (CEO) and Ohad Bobrov (CTO) — both veterans of IDF Unit 8200 — Talon Cyber Security launched TalonWork as a Chromium-based managed browser purpose-built for hybrid and unmanaged-device work. Talon won the RSA Innovation Sandbox in 2022 and grew rapidly across financial services, manufacturing, and global enterprises. In November 2023, Palo Alto Networks acquired Talon for ~$625M, making it one of the largest pure-play Enterprise Browser exits in the category's short history. Today, the Talon product line is rebranded and shipped as Palo Alto Prisma Access Browser — same Chromium engine, same core team, now layered into Prisma SASE for unified policy across SWG, ZTNA, CASB, and the browser. Existing Talon customers have been migrated to Prisma Access Browser tenants; new buyers should evaluate under the Prisma name.
Deployment model: Managed Chromium browser (now delivered as Prisma Access Browser). Pricing model: Migrated to Palo Alto Prisma Access SKUs; bundled with Prisma SASE. Typical price range: $50–$160/user/year (under Prisma Access Browser pricing). Pricing is negotiable at volume — Compare Select benchmarks quotes against real transacted deals before you sign.
Same TalonWork browser experience users adopted in 2022 — now updated, supported, and shipped under the Prisma Access Browser brand.
Copy, paste, screenshot, print, download, and upload policy enforced inside the browser DOM — a Talon-pioneered capability now standard across the category.
Post-acquisition, Talon shares one policy plane and identity layer with Prisma Access SWG, ZTNA, and CASB through Strata Cloud Manager.
Browser actions stream to Cortex XSIAM for unified XDR investigation — closing the visibility gap between endpoint, network, and SaaS.
Talon won the 2022 RSA Innovation Sandbox — the strongest analyst signal a startup security vendor can earn in its earliest stages.
Built by ex-IDF 8200 leadership — a heritage shared by some of the most successful security companies of the past decade.
| Alternative | How it compares |
|---|---|
| Palo Alto Prisma Access Browser | Same product line — Talon is now sold and supported as Prisma Access Browser. Compare Select bridges legacy Talon contracts to the current SKU. |
| Island Enterprise Browser | Talon and Island launched the Enterprise Browser category nearly in parallel. Island remained independent and grew into the leader; Talon scaled inside Palo Alto's SASE platform. |
| LayerX | LayerX takes the extension-only path; Talon (now Prisma) is a full Chromium replacement. Two valid architectural philosophies for very different deployment realities. |
You own Prisma Access Browser. Palo Alto migrated existing Talon tenants into Prisma Access Browser shortly after the acquisition. The browser is the same Chromium build with the original Talon engineering team continuing development inside Palo Alto. Your renewal will be a Palo Alto SKU, not a Talon SKU.
No — there's no standalone Talon to buy. Evaluate Palo Alto Prisma Access Browser instead, which is the productized continuation. If you want the Talon engineering pedigree without the Palo Alto SASE bundle, the closest philosophical alternative is Island.
Three big changes: (1) the product is now Prisma Access Browser inside Strata Cloud Manager, (2) policy can now be unified with Prisma Access SWG / ZTNA / CASB, and (3) pricing folds into Palo Alto's SASE bundles, which can dramatically improve TCO if you're already a Palo Alto shop.
Because buyers still search for 'Talon Enterprise Browser' and need a clear answer. We keep the entry so that anyone evaluating Talon in 2026 immediately understands the acquisition and gets pointed to the right modern SKU — without losing the historical context that explains why Talon mattered to the category.
Compare Talon Cyber Security (now Prisma Access Browser) against every alternative in our Enterprise Secure Browsers comparison, or browse the full vendor directory. Ready for pricing? Talk to a Compare Select advisor — our guidance is free and vendor-neutral.