HP Incorporates Safeguards to Protect PC from Physical Attacks

Olawale Ajimotokan 

 HP Inc. has announced the launch of HP Enterprise Security Edition that includes multilayered safeguards to protect PC hardware and firmware from targeted physical attacks.

This was disclosed in a statement by Manager, HP Middle East and Africa, Myroessa Metaxa.

Metaxa described the HP Enterprise Security Edition as a unique suite of security capabilities designed to enhance the physical security of HP business class PCs while giving IT admins unparalleled visibility to help detect unauthorized firmware, and component tampering throughout a device’s life cycle.

PCs are facing an increased risk of being compromised by attackers with brief physical access due to the rise of hybrid work and Work from Anywhere (WFA).

 HP Enterprise Security Edition help defends against such attacks by preventing harm to hardware and firmware layers in the PC, while also enabling IT teams to check if hardware and firmware have been altered by malicious third parties during a device’s lifetime.

Quoting the Global Head of Security for Personal Systems at HP Inc, Dr. Ian Pratt, the statement said: “Physical attacks are riskier and more difficult to perform, so they are typically targeted and organized – for instance, as part of a nation-state campaign or corporate espionage. But the lucrative market for selling access to corporate networks means more opportunistic attacks – spotting an unattended PC and briefly plugging in a ThunderboltTM device – could be worth the risk for a cybercriminal,”