Store, franchise, and vendor teams work in your web apps — yet your controls stop at login.
Which access workflow is worth tightening first?
Start with the web apps your store, franchise, commerce, and vendor teams use every day. Look at who needs access, the devices involved, and how your business data should move.
Store and franchise workforce access
Store associates, franchise teams, and seasonal staff log into enterprise web apps from shared store devices *and* personal ones, across every location and every shift. Give them sanctioned access without reimaging a device for everyone who rotates in.
Good place to start. Store and franchise access is a decision retail IT, security, and operations all have a stake in.
Vendor and partner app access
Vendors, agencies, and partners reach your retail web apps from hardware you don't control. Control what they do *in* the app, not the device they're on.
A practical next step. Vendor access pulls in security, procurement, and the teams who own the relationship.
Commerce and browser data governance
Business data moves through store, commerce, and vendor web apps all day, through copy, paste, download, and upload. Make the rules for that data movement explicit, and enforce them in the browser.
Increasingly the one that matters. Governing data in retail web apps touches security, architecture, and risk.
Now see what tighter workflows can mean for your role
Align store access with how the business runs.
Store and franchise work spans locations, apps, and business owners. Start with one workflow and agree on the priority before planning a wider rollout.
- The business app and the accountable owner
- Access friction and deployment needs
- A practical evaluation and decision criteria
This complements what you already run and moves one workflow at a time.
Unblock one store access bottleneck, with the people who own it.
Store, franchise, and commerce work needs clear access ownership across IT and operations. Map one bottleneck with the team responsible for the workflow.
- Employee, franchise, or vendor onboarding steps
- App access and operating ownership
- The next step, agreed with IT and security
Control at the point of work, without slowing the people doing it.
Define the data boundary after login.
Access approval is only part of it. Define what vendors, partners, and store teams can do with your data once they're inside retail web apps.
- Session and browser policy
- Permitted data movement: copy, paste, download, upload
- Evidence for your assurance reviews
Island runs alongside your identity, endpoint, DLP, and SIEM. Nothing gets replaced.
Check the evidence behind the access model.
Assurance, privacy, and procurement teams need current evidence for the requirements that apply to a store, franchise, or vendor workflow — by region.
- Current security and privacy documentation
- Vendor, local, and contractual requirements
- Evidence gaps and the assurance owner
Island deploys to a defined scope, so you can validate one workflow before anything wider.
Map identity and policy to retail apps.
A useful evaluation starts with the application, identity, and device context. See where browser-layer policy fits in your existing retail access design.
- Identities, devices, and business web apps
- Policy and integration requirements
- Technical discovery scoped with a solutions engineer
We use neutral criteria to show fit alongside your identity, endpoint, DLP, SIEM, and the tools you already run.
Plan rollout around the store workload.
Store IT needs a clear view of devices, support, and the workflows in scope before changing access.
- Device and local support requirements
- Rollout ownership across store and franchise teams
- VDI only where browser-based workload fit is confirmed
This isn't broad VDI replacement. We score applications one at a time for browser fit and move only what makes sense.
See the results customers like you experience
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The Island Enterprise browser is a game changer when it comes to I.T.
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The altruistic goal in security is to raise the bar while lowering friction. In my career, I've truly achieved that maybe twice, Island is one of them.
Island is built for how your stores and partners actually work.
Store and franchise workforce access
Secure access to retail web apps across stores and franchises, on shared and personal devices, with local privacy fit in mind.
Vendor and partner access
Fast, governed access to retail web apps for vendors and partners, without a managed device.
Browser data governance
Set and enforce the rules for data movement, copy, paste, download, and upload—in the browser.
Deployment and workload fit
Map the rollout and support model. Assess VDI only for browser-suitable workloads with a verified need.
SaaS and web app access
Secure the apps your people use all day, in the browser.
Data loss prevention
Control copy, paste, download, upload, and print in session.
Privileged user access
Just-in-time, least-privilege access for admin consoles and sensitive systems.
Zero trust access
Verify user, device, and context on every session.
Secure browsing
Protect people on the open web without slowing them down.
Distributed delivery
Consistent, secure access for teams in every region you operate.
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