From the course: Windows 10: Security
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Secure Boot - Windows Tutorial
From the course: Windows 10: Security
Secure Boot
- [Tutor] In this section, we'll go into talk about the boot process in Windows 10. In Windows 10, we can think of the boot process as a three-step process. The first step are group of steps called secure boot, which then leads to trusted boot, which then leads to early launch antimalware. We'll talk about each one of these in detail. The first step secure boot, is handled by the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, which is a standard implementation of your hardware. So Windows 10 is not actually involved in this. At this point in the boot process, the operating system hasn't started running yet, it's just the firmware on your motherboard that's running. UEFI verifies the signature of all the firmware files that are loaded, and that makes it difficult or impossible for these files to be replaced without your authorization, which dramatically reduces the probability of introducing a virus or malware into the boot process,…
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