Nowadays, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has become the new standard across industries around the world. The benefits of VDI include simpler administration, support for many types of devices, and stronger security. Virtual desktops are quite secure by default. However, due to their importance in modern workforces, virtualized desktops need an extra layer of security to ensure the highest level of protection against unauthorized access.
Rublon protects your VMware Horizon View (VDI) by introducing strong Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to all user logins, thus protecting your users from unauthorized access and consequences of weak passwords.
What Is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure?
In short, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a cost-efficient and scalable technology that allows you to run virtualized desktops on virtual machines (VMs). Each virtual desktop has an operating system image (e.g., Windows Server) and operates within one of the VMs on a centralized server.
Users can remotely access a virtual desktop from a multitude of locations and devices. When a user accesses a virtual desktop remotely, they can use it as if they were running it locally.
A user must use a VDI client to access a virtual desktop. VDI clients allow users to connect to virtual desktops by providing their usernames and passwords.
What Is VMware Horizon View?
VMware Horizon View is a desktop virtualization product used to deploy and manage virtual desktop infrastructure.
Being a VDI solution, VMware Horizon View is an ideal choice for users who want to access their desktops from various locations. VMware Horizon View is also a good pick if your users want to use several devices to connect to the same desktop. In addition to that, VMware Horizon View can significantly improve the performance of your remote employees.
VMware Horizon View allows users to connect to virtual desktops using their PCs, smartphones, or low-priced computing devices such as thin clients and zero clients. Users connect to the virtual desktops using the VMware Horizon Client. When a user logs in to a virtual desktop, they must authenticate using their login and password.
Unfortunately, passwords are not secure enough to provide robust and reliable authentication for users. A company that wants to protect its users has to deploy Multi-Factor Authentication for its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
Why Your VDI Needs Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
The last couple of years have seen a dramatic increase in cybercrime. Companies, small and big alike, have been experiencing ransomware attacks, password leaks, and MitM attacks. Many of these attacks were successful, resulting in huge financial costs and loss of reputation. If you do not want the same to happen to your company, you must act now.
Thankfully, you can prevent most cyberattacks with just one simple trick: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
MFA adds an extra layer of security to your users’ log-in experience. In addition to the standard login and password, MFA requires users to present another proof of their identity, using one of these second-factor authentication methods. Thanks to MFA, even if a malicious actor gets to know a user’s password, the second factor still thwarts them from gaining access to the user’s account.
Enable MFA On VMware Horizon View
Rublon provides comprehensive protection for all kinds of applications and services. For years, we have been working really hard to deliver the best airtight security to our customers. Along with cloud applications, VPNs, Remote Desktop, and Linux SSH, we now also provide robust MFA for VMware Horizon View.
