"Intel Boasts Attack Surface Reduction With New 13th Gen Core vPro Platform"

Intel recently announced the latest version of its vPro platform for the newly launched 13th Gen Core processors, claiming that it significantly improves security.  The vPro platform is designed to enhance performance, security, manageability, and stability.  In terms of security, Intel says it can provide protection to hardware, firmware, operating systems, and applications through technologies such as Hardware Shield, Control Flow Enforcement Technology (CET), Threat Detection Technology (TDT), and Total Memory Encryption Multi-Key (TME-MK).  Intel claims that the latest version of its vPro platform provides dozens of security capabilities that can help reduce the attack surface of a 13th Gen Core-powered computer by as much as 70% compared to a 4-year-old PC.  This is based on an attack surface study conducted by cybersecurity firm IOActive.  A study conducted by IDC found that, compared to non-Intel Windows PCs, Intel-powered Windows devices have a 26% lower risk of major security events and 21% fewer impactful security events, as well as 17% efficiency gains for security teams.  However, it’s worth noting that Intel commissioned both studies so they might have some bias in them.  
 

SecurityWeek reports: "Intel Boasts Attack Surface Reduction With New 13th Gen Core vPro Platform"