Windows 11’s insistence that low-level drivers must be signed is the single most effective consumer-facing defense Microsoft has built for the Windows kernel — and it’s also one of the clearest examples of security that feels, at times, actively hostile to the people who own the hardware it runs...
anti-cheat
byovd
code integrity
driver signing
ev code signing
hvci
kerneldmaprotectionkernel security
legacy hardware
open source
secure boot
tpm 2.0
vulnerable driver blocklist
windows 11
windows hardware dev center
