Dell’s new security solutions guard thin clients and virtual desktops against malware

NEW DELHI: Dell announced the addition of two new security solutions aimed at providing organizations with advanced threat prevention. The new solutions range from endpoints to data centers for Windows-based thin clients and virtual desktops. They also use artificial intelligence and machine learning against threat vectors including malware, advanced persistent threats and zero-day attacks.


“While other vendors depend on a ‘detect and remediate’ approach that alerts IT staff to an attack after the damage has been done, Dell employs a ‘prevent and protect’ approach that prevents these attacks from succeeding, and has been shown to be 99% effective against even zero-day and polymorphic malware attacks,” said Jeff McNaught, executive director and chief strategy officer, Dell Cloud Client-Computing.

The two new solutions, falling under Dell Data Protection suite are called Threat Defense and Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise.

Threat Defense provides advanced threat protection for Windows-based thin clients. On the other hand, Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise offers advanced threat protection, authentication and file-level encryption to Windows-based virtual desktops.

Both solutions can be deployed across Dell and non-Dell systems alike. Threat Defense will be bundled with Dell’s Wyse Windows-based thin clients and will also be available for organizations deploying Windows thin clients from any compatible manufacturer.