How it works

Click the app. FirmBrowser does the rest.

Identity proves who you are. FirmBrowser governs what happens next — from the moment the managed browser launches to the audit record left behind.

  1. Step 01

    User launches FirmBrowser

    The managed browser environment starts under enterprise policy.

  2. Step 02

    User and device context verified

    Identity, role, device posture and access period are checked before anything opens.

  3. Step 03

    Recipe Book made available securely

    The user's authorised applications and policies are released to the session under policy.

  4. Step 04

    User clicks the application

    One click. No usernames, no passwords, no MFA fumbling.

  5. Step 05

    Correct authentication method chosen

    SSO hand-off to an approved identity provider, or execution of the authorised login recipe.

  6. Step 06

    Application opens

    The user lands inside the app in a controlled browser context.

  7. Step 07

    Post-login controls keep applying

    URL Rules, Element Rules, workflow restrictions and data-movement policy stay in force.

  8. Step 08

    Security and audit events recorded

    Access, blocked actions and policy events become defensible evidence.

  9. FirmBrowser does not stop working when the login page disappears. Authentication is an event — FirmBrowser governs the session.
Authentication paths

One experience, two authentication models

FirmBrowser hands off to your identity provider where the application supports it, and executes an authorised App Recipe where it does not.

One click for the user

The user clicks the app. FirmBrowser determines the correct authentication method and takes care of the rest.

Path A

Native SSO

Where an application supports your organisation's preferred identity provider, FirmBrowser launches the application and lets authentication be handled by that approved platform — Entra ID, Okta, Google Identity or another approved SAML/OIDC provider.

  • Identity stays with your identity platform
  • FirmBrowser continues browser and session controls
  • Post-login policy still applies
Path B

Recipe-driven access

Where an application does not use your preferred SSO mechanism, FirmBrowser can use a secure App Recipe to perform the authorised login workflow on the user's behalf.

  • The user never knows or types the password
  • Nothing to copy, save, share or remember
  • Same controls apply after login

Different authentication technologies underneath. One controlled experience for the user.

Post-login control

Security does not stop when the login page disappears

The same cloud application, presented as the role is permitted to use it.

app.cloudsuite.com — standard access
  • Dashboard
  • Reports
  • Settings
  • Users
  • Admin
  • Export
  • Download
  • Delete
  • Change Password
  • Billing

Every user sees every function the application ships with.

FirmBrowser policy
  • Element Rules
  • URL Rules
  • Role Policy
app.cloudsuite.com — through FirmBrowser
  • Dashboard
  • Reports
  • Approved Workflow
  • Element Rule — Settings, Admin, Users removed
  • URL Rule — password-reset route redirected
  • Export — blocked
  • Password Reset — restricted

Same cloud application. Different permitted experience.

For CIOs, CTOs and security teams

One control plane for browser-based applications

Manage users, devices, identity providers, applications, Recipe Books, rules, credential policy, audit and compliance evidence from a single place.

FirmBrowser Admin Control Centre
Users
Groups
Roles
Devices
Identity Providers
Applications
Recipe Books
Recipes
URL Rules
Element Rules
Credential Lockdown
Mail Security
Audit
Sessions
Risk
Compliance
Administrators manage access outcomes — not passwords.

Authentication is an event. FirmBrowser governs the session.

See the full access flow applied to your firm's own cloud application stack.