System updates, sandboxing, and verified boot
ChromeOS’s cloud-first design has major security benefits, including a reduced need to protect locally installed applications from compromise. However, a reduction of a security threat doesn’t equal the elimination of that threat. Therefore, even ChromeOS needs tools to protect its software from being exploited by cyberattacks and malware.
In this section, we’ll take a look at some of the tools ChromeOS supplies to help us prevent software compromise.
System updates
No matter how well a piece of software is designed, there will inevitably be some feature that was not included or some flaw that was overlooked. As software developers push the limits of their creativity and ingenuity to provide consumers with the latest and greatest software tools, things won’t always work as intended. In the old days of software development, this would result in product delays and recalls. However, in modern computing...
