Microsoft is repositioning Windows 11 from an “open but hopeful” platform to a secure-by-default operating system with two tightly linked changes: Windows Baseline Security Mode (BSM), which shifts runtime integrity protections to a default-deny posture that blocks unsigned or improperly signed...
Microsoft’s latest security push for Windows 11 marks a deliberate turn toward a consent-first, secure‑by‑default desktop: the company has announced Windows Baseline Security Mode (BSM) and User Transparency and Consent, a pair of features that together limit runtime execution to verified...
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