The system requirements when using Browser Security Plus include the following:

Note: All the policies and configurations offered by Browser Security Plus will work as expected on domain joined computers as long as they are in contact with the domain controller. Certain policies and configurations will NOT work on computers in workgroups. Click here to see which of the policies will and won't work on computers in workgroup.

Hardware Requirements

This section gives you information about the hardware requirements for MSSQL database, Browser Security Plus servers and agents.

 
1 to 250 computers
 
251 to 500 computers
251 to 500 computers
Server Parameter Requirement
Browser Security Plus Server Processor information Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.4 Ghz 3 MB cache
Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors (2.4 Ghz 3 MB cache)
RAM size 4 GB
Hard disk space 10 GB*
Browser Security Plus Agents Processor Intel Pentium
Processor Speed 1.0 GHz
RAM size 512 MB
Hard disk space 3 GB**
Network requirement Network card speed Minimum 1 GBPS Network Interface Card (NIC)
Bandwidth Minimum 1 MBPS (T1 connection)
SQL Server Processor information Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.4 Ghz 3 MB cache
Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors (2.4 Ghz 3 MB cache)
RAM size 4 GB
Hard disk space 10 GB**
Edition Standard/Enterprise

* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning

** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer

 
501 to 1000 computers
 
1001 to 3000 computers
 
3001 to 5000 computers
 
5001 to 10000 computers
 
10001 to 15000 computers
 
15001 to 20000 computers
 
20001 to 25000 computers
 
25001 to 30000 computers
 
Above 30000 computers
 
Distribution Server

Software requirements for Secure Gateway Server

You can install Secure Gateway Server on any of these Windows operating system versions:

  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022

Hardware requirements for Secure Gateway Server

The hardware requirements for Secure Gateway Server include the following :

 
 
1 to 5000 computers
 
 
5001 to 9000 computers
 
 
9001 to 15000 computers
 
 
15001 to 18000 computers
 
 
18001 to 25000 computers
 
 
Above 25000 computers

Software Requirements

This section gives you information about the software requirements for Browser Security Plus server and agents.

Supported OS for Browser Security Plus Server

  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows server 2016
  • Windows server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022

Supported OS for Browser Security Plus Agents

Windows OS Windows Server OS macOS
Windows 11 Windows server 2022
  • macOS 14 Sonoma
  • macOS 13 Ventura
Windows 10 Windows server 2016 macOS 12 Monterey
Windows 8.1 Windows server 2012 R2 macOS 11 Big Sur
Windows 8 Windows server 2012 macOS 10.15 Catalina
Windows 7 Windows server 2008 R2 macOS 10.14 Mojave

Supported Browsers for web console

You are required to install any of the following browsers on your computer to access the Browser Security Plus console:

  • Microsoft Edge
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome

Note: The screen resolution should be 1280 x 1024 pixels or higher.

Browsers that can be managed using Browser Security Plus

  • Google Chrome 62 and later versions
  • Firefox 60 and later versions
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and later versions
  • Microsoft Edge: Windows version 1603 and later versions
  • Other Chromium-based browsers :
    • Brave
    • Yandex
    • Vivaldi
    • Cốc Cốc
    • Naver Whale

Supported Database

Browser Security Plus supports the following databases:

  • PGSQL
  • MSSQL
    • SQL Server 2008
    • SQL Server 2012
    • SQL Server 2014
    • SQL server 2016
    • SQL server 2017
    • SQL server 2019

Supported Web Servers

Browser Security Plus uses the following web servers:

  • Apache (for static file services)
  • Nginx (for static file services)
  • Tomcat (for application related services)