Ermes vs. Surface Security Comparison Chart

cside is the leading client-side intelligence platform. Protecting organizations from advanced client-side threats such as script injection, data skimming, and browser-based attacks, risks often overlooked by traditional security measures. Leveraging client-side intelligence to provide evidence to fight chargeback fraud cases. It also addresses the growing challenge of web supply chain risk, ensuring real-time visibility and control over third-party scripts running in user environments. cside provides proactive protection that helps organizations meet compliance requirements like PCI DSS 4.0.1, safeguard sensitive data, and uphold user privacy, all without compromising performance.

Built through collaboration with global banks, HERE Enterprise Browser provides enterprise security, workforce productivity and seamless integration of enterprise AI. HERE’s Chromium-based, zero-trust security model includes integration with Microsoft Entra and other IDPs, app access controls, data loss prevention controls, executable protection and auditability for compliance. HERE supercharges productivity through app interoperability and Supertabs that combine multiple tabs into persona or task-based dashboards. It provides federated enterprise search to Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce and other platforms. HERE also has its own Notification Center and an AI Center that enables integration of enterprise AI models into end user workflows. The company is backed by major banks and IQT, the not-for-profit strategic investor that accelerates the introduction of groundbreaking technologies to enhance the national security of America and its allies.

Chrome Enterprise is a suite of business offerings that includes Chrome browser, Chrome's cloud management tool Chrome Enterprise Core, and the advanced security capabilities in Chrome Enterprise Premium. Chrome offers a dedicated enterprise download bundle, giving admins access to additional resources and policy templates for managing Chrome across desktop environments in their organization. Chrome Enterprise Core provides admins with simple, centralized management from the cloud. It allows admins to manage their enterprise browser deployment across platforms all from the same place. Chrome Enterprise Premium enables secure access to applications and resources, and offers integrated threat and data protection in the browser. It adds an extra layer of security to safeguard your Chrome browser environment, including DLP, real-time URL and file scanning, and context aware access for SaaS and web apps.

Criminal IP equips security teams with the actionable Threat Intelligence needed to proactively identify, analyze, and respond to emerging threats. Powered by AI and OSINT, it delivers threat scoring, reputation data, and real-time detection of a wide array of malicious indicators, ranging from C2 servers and IOCs to masking services like VPNs, proxies, and anonymous VPNs, across IPs, domains, and URLs. Its API-first architecture ensures seamless integration into security workflows to boost visibility, automation, and response.

Airlock Digital is an application control solution that enforces a Deny by Default security posture. It enables organizations to define trusted applications, scripts, libraries, and processes at a granular level using file hash, path, publisher, or parent process. Only those explicitly defined as trusted are allowed to execute. The platform supports Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, including legacy operating systems and operational technology (OT) environments. Airlock Digital includes allowlisting and blocklisting capabilities, integrated file reputation checks via VirusTotal, and detailed logging for audit and compliance. Exception management is supported through features such as rule-based overrides and time-bound One-Time Passwords (OTPs). Centralized policy management allows consistent enforcement across large and distributed environments. The platform is available as an on-premises deployment, in the cloud, or as a managed hosted service.

Cloudflare is the foundation for your infrastructure, applications, and teams. Cloudflare secures and ensures the reliability of your external-facing resources such as websites, APIs, and applications. It protects your internal resources such as behind-the-firewall applications, teams, and devices. And it is your platform for developing globally scalable applications. Your website, APIs, and applications are your key channels for doing business with your customers and suppliers. As more and more shift online, ensuring these resources are secure, performant and reliable is a business imperative. Cloudflare for Infrastructure is a complete solution to enable this for anything connected to the Internet. Behind-the-firewall applications and devices are foundational to the work of your internal teams. The recent surge in remote work is testing the limits of many organizations’ VPN and other hardware solutions.

ThreatLocker is a Zero Trust Platform that prevents cyber threats by blocking unknown applications, enforcing least privilege, and controlling what can run across your environment. Using Allowlisting, Ringfencing, Network Control, and more, ThreatLocker stops ransomware, zero-day attacks, and unauthorized activity before execution, rather than relying on detection after the fact. Built for modern IT and cybersecurity teams, the platform delivers centralized visibility and policy management across endpoints, users, and applications. ThreatLocker reduces attack surface, limits lateral movement, and supports compliance with detailed audit logs. With fast deployment, a large built-in application library, and streamlined approvals, organizations can strengthen security while minimizing operational overhead and maintaining business continuity.

NINJIO lowers human-based cybersecurity risk through engaging training, personalized testing, and insightful reporting. Our multi-pronged approach to training focuses on the latest attack vectors to build employee knowledge and the behavioral science behind human engineering to sharpen users’ intuition. The proprietary NINJIO Risk Algorithm™ identifies users’ social engineering vulnerabilities based on phishing simulation data and informs content delivery to provide a personalized experience that changes individual behavior. With NINJIO you get: - NINJIO AWARE attack vector-based training that engages viewers with Hollywood style, micro learning episodes based on real hacks. - NINJIO PHISH3D simulated phishing identifies the specific social engineering tricks most likely to fool users in your organization. - NINJIO SENSE is our new behavioral science-based training course that shows employees what it “feels like” when hackers are trying to manipulate them.

Iris delivers flexible, integration-ready identity protection solutions that enable businesses to embed powerful security features directly into their existing digital experiences — without the cost or complexity of building from scratch. Whether you want full control or a pre-built experience, Iris offers two seamless approaches: Identity Protection API A developer-first solution that delivers Iris solutions (dark web monitoring, credit services, & much more) directly into your platform. Ideal for teams that want to fully customize the user experience while leveraging powerful protection behind the scenes. Micro-Experiences Customizable, embeddable components (“drop-in” modules) that can be added to your app or website. Perfect for quickly launching high-impact protection features with minimal development lift. Iris helps you turn identity protection into a seamless, value-added feature of your platform, driving engagement, trust, and long-term customer loyalty.

Bitdefender Small Business Security delivers enterprise-grade, layered cyber-protection designed specifically for small organizations. It covers Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices with centralized, easy-to-use management, so businesses without a dedicated IT staff can deploy and monitor security from one dashboard. Key features include multi-layered endpoint protection (machine learning, behavioral analytics, real-time monitoring, process termination, and rollback) to prevent known and unknown threats. It offers ransomware prevention and mitigation (detecting abnormal encryption attempts and restoring files from backups), fileless attack protection (memory/back-injection interference, script blocking), phishing & fraud prevention (blocking deceptive sites and warning users), and advanced exploit protection (real-time shield of browsers, Office apps, Adobe Reader) for comprehensive endpoint defense.