Desktop Security: Protecting Against Malware and Securing Data Access with Thin Clients

Ziff Davis Media Executive Brief, July 2004

Abstract
Malware—virus, worm and Trojan horse attacks—has become a depressing fact of life for just about every organization, with the constant risk of losing productivity, reputation and revenue from a single event. Companies often struggle to get their systems up and running again after an attack, only to be blindsided by re-infection from an unprotected system.

As if malware weren’t enough of a threat, computer and data theft are very serious problems for most organizations. Add new regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the U.S. and the EC Directive 95/46/EC in Europe, and it all points to the same conclusion: The security risks and their consequences that companies face today have increased exponentially.

This executive brief explores how to fight back with thin-client computing.