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Cybersecurity
March 29, 2022
5 min read

3 steps to secure your multicloud and hybrid infrastructure with Azure Arc

In this blog, we will share how you can increase security for on-premises and hybrid infrastructure through offerings including Azure Arc, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Secured-core for Azure Stack HCI.

Cybersecurity
December 7, 2021
6 min read

New Secured-core servers are now available from the Microsoft ecosystem to help secure your infrastructure

With cyberattacks continuing to rise, the need for secure computing has never been more important.

Cybersecurity
April 19, 2021
5 min read

Surface expands its Secured-core portfolio with the new Surface Laptop 4 powered by AMD Ryzen™ Mobile Processors

Microsoft is proud to announce our latest Secured-core offering, the all-new Surface Laptop 4 powered by AMD Ryzen™ Mobile Processors.

Cybersecurity
January 11, 2021
3 min read

New Surface PCs enable virtualization-based security (VBS) by default to empower customers to do more, securely

The new Surface Pro 7+ for Business will ship with virtualization-based security (VBS) and Hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI, also commonly referred to as memory integrity) enabled out of the box to give customers even stronger security that is built-in and turned on by default.

Cybersecurity
November 12, 2020
6 min read

System Management Mode deep dive: How SMM isolation hardens the platform

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.

Cybersecurity
September 1, 2020
8 min read

Force firmware code to be measured and attested by Secure Launch on Windows 10

For important security features on Windows to properly do their jobs, the platform’s firmware and hardware must be trustworthy and healthy.

Cybersecurity
August 20, 2020
2 min read

Taking Transport Layer Security (TLS) to the next level with TLS 1.3

TLS 1.3 eliminates obsolete cryptographic algorithms, enhances security over older versions, and aims to encrypt as much of the handshake as possible.

Cybersecurity
May 13, 2020
3 min read

Secured-core PCs help customers stay ahead of advanced data theft

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.

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