Microsoft is readying a new Windows security platform in the wake of the CrowdStrike incident. The focus is helping move endpoint security out of the Windows kernel.
Microsoft is announcing plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel. The announcement stems from a Microsoft-hosted security summit earlier this week at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters, where it discussed changes to Windows in the wake of the disastrous CrowdStrike incident in July. Windows kernel access has been a hot topic ever since the CrowdStrike catastrophe took down 8.
While Microsoft isn’t directly saying it’s going to close off access to the Windows kernel, it’s clearly at the early stages of designing a security platform that can eventually move CrowdStrike and others out of the kernel. Microsoft last tried to close off access to the Windows kernel in Windows Vista in 2006, but it was met with pushback from cybersecurity vendors and regulators. This time around, security vendors are a lot more open to it.
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