A Windows 8.1 Security Feature Goes Missing: Why?
Microsoft is mum on the matter for the moment, but some analysts are hopeful that a security feature originally planned for Windows 8.1 -- code-named "Provable PC Health' -- will some day see the proverbial light of day.
At Microsoft's TechEd conference back in June, Chris Hallam, senior product manager for Windows client side, announced Provable PC Health, referring to it as the "most interesting" among a slate of Windows 8.1 security enhancements which also includes network behavior monitoring, for beefed-up anti-malware protection, and built-in fingerprint reader secrurity, for instance.
Hallam told conference attendees that Provable PC Health will let users remotely analyze "the security state of the device and its integrity." As Hallam saw it, Microsoft would use the feature to "warn [users and] help them get their device back into a serviceable state."
