The Surface Pro 7+ comes with new hardware-based security capabilities to help tackle escalation of privilege attacks.
Microsoft has revealed some more details regarding the Surface Pro 7+ for Business it recently announced at CES 2021. According to the company, the new device is not only three times faster than its predecessor, the Surface Pro 7, but will also come with enhanced hardware security features. In a new blog post, Microsoft outlined the risk posed by escalation of privilege attacks, which enable threat actors to fully compromise an individual’s device and operating system. To combat these threats, Microsoft developed a couple of hardware-based capabilities, including virtualization-based security (VBS) and Hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI).
