Security News > 2020 > November > Apple Unveils Security Features in New M1 Chip
Apple this week unveiled its new M1 chip and the company has provided a brief description of its security features.
The tech giant told SecurityWeek that it will detail the M1's security features in the coming weeks.
In terms of security features, Apple says the M1 chip includes the latest generation Secure Enclave, a high-performance storage controller with AES encryption hardware, and hardware‑verified secure boot.
Security researcher Daniel Gruss told SecurityWeek that the M1 chip does not appear to contain any breakthroughs in terms of security.
Jesse Michael, principal researcher at hardware security company Eclypsium, explained that by adding its own AES encryption hardware to the storage controller, Apple doesn't have to depend on possibly-broken encryption in the SSD itself and it prevents the main CPU from being bogged down due to encryption duties.