Windows 10: "Standard hardware security not supported" in Windows Security recurring bug

To my understanding this has been a recurring bug with Windows Security for a while now.https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1418383-build-22621-standard-hardware-security-not-supported-in-device-security/#commentsSince I updated to 22h2 the device security pane has started showing the message above, the smart app control has a similar issue. I do in fact meet all the hardware requirements with everything enabled tpm 2.0, secure boot etc... but I keep getting this message.Is Microsoft aware of this bug, are they actively working on it and is there any workarounds as of right now?

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WIndows 11 - Standard hardware security not supported

Hi MP. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

Here's how to fix Standard hardware not supported:

https://winresolver.com/fix-standard-hardware-s...

https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsinsiders/commen...



https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-22h2-bui...

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/bkjs...



https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/o9s...

Make sure TPM2 is enabled in the BIOS:

https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-enable-...



Report back results for each step so I know what else to suggest.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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Standard hardware security not supported

I'm replying to Jetta48's post since I'm building off of his reference, which is where I got the original information I used as the basis for my own facetious rant above. Reviewing the section related to Standard Hardware Security:

At the bottom of the Device security screen, one of the following messages will appear indicating the security capability of your device:

Your device meets the requirements for standard hardware security
This means your device supports memory integrity and core isolation and also has:

• TPM 2.0 (also referred to as your security processor)
• Secure boot enabled
• DEP
• UEFI MAT

As most PC systems built since the time of at least Vista and most probably during the later period of the WinXP era would contain hardware DEP and Secure boot was often enabled on higher-end systems even with Windows 8, these typically wouldn't be involved
in the display of this message for recent systems.

However, since both the TPM 2.0 and UEFI MAT hardware (really firmware) requirements are relatively new, either and often both of these might be involved on any system such as Jetta48's, since only the newest models might typically include these.

While looking for some of this info, I found the following Microsoft Docs article that provides some additional detail for these and other

Standards for a highly secure Windows 10 device.

Both the TPM and UEFI MAT are either described or include a reference to other documentation in their respective hardware or firmware sections.

Rob

 

standard hardware security not supported in Microsoft Defender

Device protection in Windows Security (microsoft.com)

Mine gives the same message and always has. I don't worry

about it.