Hardware enforced solution against advanced, persistent and coordinated attacks to prevent kernel mode malware

Description

The security of applications hinges on the trustworthiness of the operating system, as applications rely on the OS to protect code and data. As a result, multiple protections for safeguarding the integrity of kernel code and data are being continuously proposed and deployed. These existing protections, however, are far from ideal as they either provide partial protection, or require complex and high overhead hardware and software stacks. The aim is to create a low- overhead, hardware assisted, memory protection scheme that safeguards the operating system from rootkits and kernel-mode malware.