Secure Browsing Environment

This paper will describe the current browsing environment and potential security issues. This is a very relevant topic as one reads about zero-day exploits or vulnerabilities in current browsers and/or applications like Adobe Flash or Acrobat Reader. Also, this paper will describe and detail the technical implementation of a Linux-based VM browsing environment with a step-by-step install and configuration guide. As people use web browsers on a daily basis, an interest in how one can securely and confidently conduct financial business using Windows is critical in today's computing environment.