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* Secure Boot

* BitLocker: Hard-drive encryption backed by TPM & Secure Boot

With the above two and DMA protection, physical access attacks become very difficult.

* Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) - separate OS running on the hypervisor that can perform sensitive operations. Which enables:

1. Device Guard - Runs code integrity protection, i.e. only allowing signed code to run, from within the VSM.

2. Credential Guard - Runs user-mode security subsystem (LSA) inside VSM.

parent wildmusings 9 years ago

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