Microsoft wants to beef up Windows security to prevent CrowdStrike-like fiascos, but there are critical concerns: "A world where only Microsoft can provide effective endpoint security is not a more secure world"

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What you need to know

• Microsoft wants to develop a new platform that will satisfy the needs of security vendors after the CrowdStrike fiasco.
• The tech giant hasn't categorically indicated that it will block access to Windows in kernel mode, but endpoint security systems might have limited access at the very least.
• Security vendors have raised concerns and called for regulatory intervention and scrutiny of Microsoft's advances in this matter.