Security in business: Intel tells business to do more

One of the debates about how well tablet PCs will do in the enterprise market centers around security concerns. After all, a tablet PC is easily stolen and if there's no passwords or encryption then full access is given. It's a corporate espionage dream. CRN reports that Intel is saying that businesses need to sharpen up their act when it comes to security. That's a fair call considering that research has shown that 70% of laptops stolen over recent years had no security on them at all.

If only VIA based netbooks or tablets were more readily available ... VIA processors have a built in security technology on the processor die. With it they can provide things like the recently released VIA VDSS software package.

"The VIA VDSS software package provides a solution to protect on-disk data at volume and disk level. This means that not only can user's files be protected, but operating system and other software and browser files can also be protected, including vulnerable cookies and passwords. This includes data that is invisible to the normal user, such as user data saved in swap files or partitions, in hibernated files, etc.

The VIA VDSS takes advantage of the VIA PadLock Security Engine which is included in VIA's x86 processors, to perform encryption and/or decryption without impacting on system performance."

Now that's what processor manufacturers need to be cooking up when it comes to mobile computing!