Chrome OS Now Second-Most Popular Desktop Operating System

## Executive Summary This marketing and awareness article highlights the surge in Chromebook usage during the COVID-19 pandemic, outlines general security and privacy risks for students and administrators (e.g., phishing, malicious apps, insecure Wi‑Fi, OS exploits), and promotes "zIPS for Chromebooks" as an on‑device, machine learning–based security solution that detects phishing, malicious Wi‑Fi, and risky Android apps while providing administrator visibility.