Security News > 2023 > June > Helping Windows 11 fight the hackers

For Windows 11, Microsoft and Intel had worked for over five years on the features that would support Windows 11's secure by default objectives, for example.

The Intel vPro architecture includes a set of features in Intel chips that offer hardware assistance in areas including remote management and security.

The Intel Hardware Shield and remote management tech map to the five levels of device operation outlined in the Windows 11 Security eBook: the computer's processor hardware, the operating system, applications, identity and privacy, and the cloud.

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology marshals the boot process by checking the behavior of boot-time components against a known good sequence, helping to spot any anomalies that could signal a compromise.

Microsoft baked support for this Intel feature into Windows 10 2H20 with the introduction of Hardware Stack Protection, subsequently adding Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection last year in Windows 11 22H2. Onwards and upwards.

"At the end of the day, that's what enables Windows on Intel to have the best security."

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