Key to defending the hypervisor, and by extension the rest of the OS, from low-level threats is protecting System Management Mode (SMM), an execution mode in x86-based processors that runs at a higher effective privilege than the hypervisor.
For important security features on Windows to properly do their jobs, the platform’s firmware and hardware must be trustworthy and healthy. Learn about Secure Launch, which leverages the principle of Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement (DRTM), and System Management Mode (SMM) protection.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily routines, the ways we work, and our reliance on technology. As we spend more time online, it’s more important than ever to remember the basics of online safety have not changed.
Guidance on how to make your endpoints one of the strongest.
Secured-core PCs provide customers with Windows 10 systems that come configured from OEMs with a set of hardware, firmware, and OS features enabled by default, mitigating Thunderspy and any similar attacks that rely on malicious DMA.
As the volume of remote workers quickly increased over the past two to three months, IT teams in many companies have been scrambling to figure out how their infrastructures and technologies will be able to handle the increase in remote connections.
We are happy to release to the public The Windows 10 random number generation infrastructure white paper, which provides details about the Windows 10 pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) infrastructure, and lists the primary RNG APIs. The whitepaper also explains how the entropy system works, what the entropy sources are, and how initial seeding works.
Learn how Towne Properties uses Windows Defender Antivirus and Morphisec to protect against advanced memory-based attacks while simplifying operations.
The deep integration of Windows Defender Antivirus with hardware-based isolation capabilities allows the detection of artifacts of attacks that tamper with kernel-mode agents at the hypervisor level.
With the Windows 10 May 2019 Update we delivered several important features for Windows Defender Application Control. Our focus for this release was responding to some longstanding feedback on manageability improvements. We’re excited to introduce new capabilities in Windows Defender Application Control.
