Microsoft and the PC industry have quietly opened a narrow but critical window to prevent a pre‑OS security gap this year: Windows will start rolling replacement Secure Boot certificates into device firmware via staged OS updates, while Microsoft is simultaneously intensifying its public push...
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IT administrators now have practical, fleet-scale ways to check whether Windows devices are carrying the updated Secure Boot certificate chain and whether they’re ready to accept the upcoming Secure Boot updates — a crucial capability as Microsoft and OEMs rotate the platform’s cryptographic...