Until the release of Windows 11, the upgrade proposition for Windows operating systems was rather straightforward: you considered whether the current version of Windows on your system still fulfilled ...

The Trusted Platform Module is a hardware component built into PCs and laptops. It's designed to securely generate and store encryption keys, passwords, and digital certificates. The Trusted Platform ...

The latest specification integrates NIST-standardized ML-KEM and ML-DSA to help device owners safeguard sensitive data ...

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) provisioning service is a necessary one on Windows PC if you use BitLocker and other security features. It needs to work for them to be able to function better. Some ...

Four researchers from the National Security Research Institute of South Korea have figured out (PDF) that there are some exploitable flaws in the Trusted Platform Module 2.0, which has been around ...

Editorial When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. During yesterday's announcement, one of the most controversial changes to Windows 11 ...

Windows 11 has caused a lot of confusion over the past few days with its TPM 2.0 requirement. This hardware encryption module isn’t present on every device, causing a lot of machines to fail Microsoft ...

I'm thinking of getting a TPM module for my PC. I need an older model 20pin one, for my Asus Ranger 7 Maximus mobo. Since they are essentially for security on a PC, it seems they would be an obvious ...

TPM processors come in two versions - an older and less secure 1.2 version and a more secure 2.0 version, which is a requirement for Windows 11. Since 2013, Intel and AMD added firmware TPM technology ...

Facepalm: The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) secure crypto-processor became a topic for public debate in 2021 when Microsoft forced TPM 2.0 adoption as a minimum ...

Sometimes, as you try to sign in to Microsoft Teams or Outlook, you may encounter the TPM error 80284001. So, even though you are connected to the network, you may ...