Desktop Virtualisation - simplfied!

There's no doubt security is a business critical and board-level concern.

As the number of high-profile attacks and breaches continue to rise so do the levels of sophistication, average ransom payments and the number of businesses affected.

Given the dependence of security on IT admin bandwidth, virtual desktops hold a tremendous amount of potential for protecting and accessing data at scale.

This neat solution helps enterprises simplify desktop virtualisation and introduce new ways of working, through the provision of security advantages and reduced man hours spent on time-intensive tasks whenever possible.

Here's how 

1  Data Protection

Users can automatically back up Nerdio Manager through scripted actions and store backups in an Azure storage account.  A desktop image versioning feature allows users to backup and restore desktop images to a previous version using Azure Backup. Data is appropriately encrypted both in transit and at rest.

There are also options that allow enterprises to harden security at multiple levels.

2. Data Logs + Records

Detailed data logs are important for IT team accountability, forensics and analysis - even more so for highly regulated industries like financial services that require everything to be tightly monitored and controlled.

All actions are logged and can be easily exported for further analysis if desired. Actions are recorded so companies can see and monitor all accounts and tasks happening across the Azure environment.

Actionable dashboards show users, hosts, and applications utilisation and performance, and alerting via Azure Monitor can be triggered on any combination of logged events.

3. Identity Management

Because the solution uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) for identity management instead of a custom-built solution, customers automatically benefit from Microsoft's huge investment in securing identity across all Azure AD authenticated apps like Outlook and Word online, and across on-premises, hybrid and cloud-only environments. This allows enforcement of all the security tools available with Azure AD such as multi-factor authentication and conditional access.

4  Sensitive Customer Data

As it's an Azure-based application that's installed in, and runs in, a customer’s own Azure subscription. Nerdio’s systems and staff do not collect or interact with customer data, like say a SaaS application would, and data is stored in the region where the solution is deployed.  

Not only does this help from a security perspective, but can also be important from a compliance perspective.

If you're ready to start saving time, money and (security) headaches when it comes to enterprise virtual desktop deployments then get in touch to try your 30-Day FREE TRIAL of  Nerdio Manager for Enterprise!

Related Stories

Sunday, February 05, 2023 | 3 MINS

How to save up to 75% on Azure compute and storage

Simplify management, ensure efficient operations, and lower Azure costs.