Nortel Offers Secure ‘Office on a Stick’

Nortel hopes to keep remote work more secure with a USB drive preloaded with VPN client software.

According to InfoWorld, the drive is part of the Nortel Secure Portable Office, which offers services to help enterprises set up policies and user permissions.

The "office on a stick" allows users to plug into almost any PC, enter a username and password, and away they go. The stick will check for viruses and the set up a fully encrypted remote session. All data entered or downloaded goes from the PC's memory onto the encrypted USB drive, so IT administrators don't have to worry about sensitive information getting out.