Citrix makes desktop virtualization secure enough for secret environments

Using desktop virtualization in highly secret environments is very challenging. Desktop systems may only be allowed to communicate with certain servers over certain secure networks. Individuals may be limited to working with data that their role and security clearance allows. In the past, no commercial, off-the-shelf, VDI product was secure enough to satisfy all of the requirements presented by government agencies, contractors and suppliers. Without a great deal of work, commercial products just couldn’t address the network, application and data isolation and access control required.

I had an opportunity to speak with a couple of folks (Peter Blum, Director of Product Management, and Raymond Chew, Senior Product Manager) from Citrix about addressing the security challenges found in enterprises and the extreme requirements found in government agencies. They detailed what sort of work had to be done to make commercial products address that level of security challenge. They also introduced me to XenClient 2 and XenClient XT.
Here’s how Citrix describes the XenClient family of desktop virtualization products

    XenClient is a client-side hypervisor that enables virtual desktops to run directly on client devices. By separating the operating system from the underlying hardware, desktop images can now be created, secured, deployed and moved across any supported hardware, greatly reducing the maintenance burden on IT and simplifying disaster recovery for laptop users. Optimized for Intel vPro XenClient delivers the high definition experience that users expect.

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