The Banking Executive Magazine - August 2021

Windows 11 & The Banking Sector 11 will be released on October 2021 and we can expect to see new Win- dows 11 PCs (meeting Windows 11 hardware requirements) in 2021's fourth quarter. By January 2023, Windows 11 may be ready. WINDOWS 11 COST Windows 11 will be available as a free upgrade for those who are al- ready running Windows 10, 7, and Windows 8.1 in their systems. Providing Windows 11 for free will help Microsoft to bring more users to the latest version of Microsoft Win- dows. It will also help safely remov- ing the old operating systems from the devices of users who are no longer supported by the company. WINDOWS 11 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS For Windows 11, the system require- ments are higher than Windows 10. There is no more 32-bit support, and older single-core CPUs will not be supported. We also need at least 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. The system requirements for Win- dows installation are: • 2.0 GHz dual-core processor or faster • 4 GB RAM or more • 1680 x 1050 screen resolution or higher • Approximately 18 GB of available hard disk space. WINDOWS 11 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS The biggest roadblock is the require- ment of Trusted Platform Module TPM 2.0 for Windows 11. Trusted Platform Module TPM is a security feature built into most of the proces- sors that shipped in the past five to seven years. TPM processor performs hardware-based cryptographic oper- ations to secure encryption and pre- vent malicious attacks from attacking hardware and the boot process. TPM comes in two versions, 1.2 and 2.0. The latter is the more secure one, and is needed for Windows 11. TPM can be purchased separately for desktop PCs. Most Intel and AMD chips released in the past 5 to 7 years should support TPM. Intel and AMD added TPM technology to many of the CPUs released after 2013, and they support TPM 2.0. But they have specific names for each platform. Intel calls it Intel Platform Trust Tech- nology (Intel PTT). AMD has its own name for it (AMD Platform Security Processor AMD PSP fTPM). TPM 2.0 should be enabled on Win- dows 10 installation before trying the Windows 11 beta release or in- stalling the final Windows 11 ver- sion. To enable TPM 2.0 we need to turn it on in the BIOS before the computer boots. Microsoft’s PC Health Check can be used to check if TPM is enabled in a PC. Security is a major bullet point on ISSUE 152 AUGUST 2021 the BANKING EXECUTIVE 45