Microsoft’s Windows 8 Security Includes UEFI Secure Boot

Microsoft’s Windows 8 security measures include secure boot. As demonstrated at BUILD, this means compromised systems can refuse to boot. – Microsoft is detailing some of its
security procedures for Windows 8.
Key to Windows 8s platform integrity
architecture is its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), a set of
specifications for how the operating system communicates with platform firmware
during the boot-up process. UE…