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Citrix Chief Security Strategist Discusses Safety of Virtual Web Browsers with internetnews.com

Kurt Roemer, Citrix chief security strategist, participated in an article on the security advantages of using virtual browsers instead of natively running browsers.

9/12/2008 » internetnews.com, Sean Michael Kerner » Citrix executive Kurt Roemer added his perspective to an article exploring the additional security offered by virtual browsers. To the point that “… separating the browser from the underlying system is an approach used by a number of vendors to mitigate potential risk,” Roemer noted that XenApp and XenDesktop enable users to virtualize their browser. He also pointed out that virtualization expedites the patch process for browser software, resulting in greater consistency across the organization.

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