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Vendors Plug Thin Client As Security Elixir

Thursday, 28 September 2006 by Michel Roth

Marketers of thin-client technology are pushing the model as an answer to IT administrators' data security headaches. The U.S. Commerce Department released a statement on Sept. 21 admitting that more than 1,100 of its laptop computers were either lost or stolen over the last five years, with at least 249 of those machines confirmed to have held sensitive data.

With the litany of security issues facing Windows-based desktops and laptops, and other devices with the ability to store sizeable amounts of data locally, proponents of thin-client computing say such events provide a perfect example of why their technologies are getting a closer look from many enterprises these days.

From stolen devices to sophisticated malware viruses and data protection measures mandated by regulatory compliance laws, the ever-growing list of security concerns piling up on the desks of IT administrators worldwide is demanding that companies rethink the ways they handle and store data. Coupled with the push by workers to be allowed to access corporate networks from wherever they may be located, thin-client experts say businesses are already considering a shift to using larger numbers of the devices that depend on centralized systems to store and protect critical information.

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