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Windows 11 Quietly Mandates Enterprise Kernel DMA Protection
Microsoft has been quietly tightening Windows 11 Enterprise security requirements, and the latest mandate is Kernel DMA Protection for all new certified PCs. Lucas and Luna dive into what this means for IT admins: the hardware requirements (Intel VT-d, AMD IOMMU, or Qualcomm's hypervisor), the threat model it addresses (Thunderbolt and USB-C direct memory access attacks), and the gotchas for legacy peripherals. They discuss the phased rollout starting with Windows 11 24H2 and how this fits into Microsoft's broader zero-trust push. A concrete look at a security feature that's easy to miss but…
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