In this episode, hosts Heather and Linda are joined by Ben Murphy, Director of Applied Engineering at Lakeside Software, to talk about the cybersecurity threats known as Meltdown and Spectre. Ben shares his initial findings on CPU load differences pre and post applying patches against the threats (time stamp: 6:40) and we discuss what that could mean for VDI users. Finally, we close out with some suggested steps IT admins can take to protect users and mitigate performance impacts.