{"id":15182,"date":"2018-08-22T14:20:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/browser-isolation\/"},"modified":"2018-08-22T14:20:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T14:20:37","slug":"browser-isolation","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/33199\/browser-isolation","title":{"rendered":"Browser Isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_browser_isolation_mean\">What Does Browser Isolation Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Browser isolation is a cutting-edge idea in cybersecurity that consists of maintaining browser operations away from a bare-metal environment or intermediate server hardware system, in order to provide barriers against malware, viruses and other threats. 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