Secured Boot and Measured Boot: Hardening Early Boot Components Against Malware

Download information about the early boot protection features for Windows operating systems, with guidelines for anti-malware and other security solution developers to develop security solutions to protect early boot components from malware.

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This paper provides information about the early boot protection features for Windows operating systems. It provides guidelines for anti-malware and other security solution developers to develop security solutions to protect early boot components from malware. It assumes that the reader is familiar with developing kernel mode drivers and has some familiarity with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

Included in this paper:

• Early Launch of AM Software
• Measured Boot

 

 

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