Privacy and Security Considerations

Because your MultiPoint Services system is, by design, a shared computing environment, you should consider the following privacy and safe computing issues.

Privacy in a MultiPoint Services system

The capabilities of MultiPoint Services to share or keep private user documents may be new to you, other administrative users, MultiPoint Dashboard users, or standard users on your MultiPoint Services system. In MultiPoint Manager, you can see screen activity on all active standard user desktops. Standard users are notified when they log on to the MultiPoint Services system, and must accept this monitoring in order to proceed. For more information about how to share content or keep it private, see Manage User Files.

Security in a MultiPoint Services system

As an administrative user of your MultiPoint Services system, become familiar with the security and safe computing capabilities in Windows. These include Windows automatic updating and support for firewalls, virus protection, and spyware and other malware protection.

Shared computing resources, such as a MultiPoint Services system, may be prone to security threats due to the potentially large number of users of the system and the easy access to station hardware devices and wires. A malicious user may attempt to insert a keystroke logger or similar device at a MultiPoint Services station hub. If you see devices attached to any ports on your MultiPoint Services system that you do not recognize, consider it suspect and follow the security escalation guidelines of your organization.

See Also

Manage User Files Managing Your MultiPoint Services System