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June 9, 2009
Josh Hilliker
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Windows 7 – Be Ready

Posted by Josh Hilliker Jun 9, 2009

Key challenge with deploying a new operating system is preparing for the upgrade in your enterprise, from legacy applications, deployment schedules and seriously down to the how are you planning to roll out a new OS.  While in the lab testing we discovered a few use cases that highlighted how you could deploy new OSes after normal work hours - Minimize end user and IT productivity impacts and maximize deployment saturation in the shortest period of time using Intel vPro Technology to initiate a remote PXE or media boot or an integrated power on command.

We dug in deeper and found the following value points from our lab test for deploying after you have vPro enabled: 

•       Perform remote OS deployments on bare metal hardware

•       Perform remote OS deployments on PCs where the OS or PC agent are non-responsive

•       Meet defined or mandated OS deployment timelines regardless of PCs’ power state or connectivity (wired / wireless)

 

While I realize that having vPro enabled is not always possible before an OS upgrade, therefore we are going to be posting how to deploy Win7 and enable vPro at the same time to assist with your deployment.   We will be updating the following wiki as the new use cases are completed. 

 

First Use case completed (as seen at MMS)

http://communities.intel.com/click.jspa?searchID=446723&objectType=102&objectID=3232

Windows 7 / vPro Wiki

http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-3096

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Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel
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Importance of protecting company data has led to the advent of various types of encryption solutions being deployed in the companies IT environments. One interesting question that comes to mind is if all of the company data that could potentially reside in different types of devices e.g. Desktops/Laptops/Smartphones etc. need to be encrypted? The answer to this question may need to take into account numerous considerations including security risk analysis, cost, management overhead etc.

 

Considering only laptops and desktops – we have observed that laptop encryption is more prevalent as compared to desktops. The two major questions then are 1) what reasons prevent enterprises from encrypting desktops?; 2) what reasons would motivate encryption of data in desktops?

 

Disadvantages of encrypting desktops

1)      Lack of security need due to low risk of theft – It may be less likely, given the physical and other security measures deployed in a company, that the physical desktops are stolen from the company premises

2)      Manageability costs and maintenance – Admins have to manage additional user credentials, increased helpdesk calls and also recovery of encrypted data is hard.

3)      Trend towards using stateless devices and virtual desktops

 

Advantages of encrypting desktops

1)      Insider Threat – Disgruntled employees stealing data from within the enterprise premises. Most desktops have bigger storage capabilities than laptops

2)      Regulatory Compliances require encryption of all devices

3)      Multi-User Machine- If there are multiple users that are using a common desktop and one of them happens to be malicious then encryption helps protect the data from such users.

 

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