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Are there any security advantages to using machine virtualization versus application virtualization for running a virtual desktop?

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Are there any security advantages to using machine virtualization versus application virtualization for running a virtual desktop?

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Application virtualization has a number of benefits for minimizing conflicts between applications. This approach makes perfect sense for managed corporate PCs, or consumer desktop-on-a-USB applications. But if you’re planning to run a corporate virtual desktop on third-party machines, such as employee home PCs or contractor laptops, you really need to control the entire OS stack. This is the only way to really control the security of a virtual desktop, because applications and data are constantly exposed to the low-level components of the underlying OS. Machine virtualization combined with encryption, centralized patch management, and leak prevention techniques enables you to isolate the VM from vulnerabilities in the underlying OS. For more information about Kidaro’s virtualization solutions, please contact Nazli Ekim at SS PR, (646) 278 6014 -office (917) 355 9650 -cell nekim@sspr.com.