NovaCustom NV41 laptop review

I did run fwupdmgr security from a Fedora 39 Liveusb

Host Security ID: HSI:0! (v1.9.5)

HSI-1
✔ MEI key manifest:              Valid
✔ Platform debugging:            Disabled
✔ SPI lock:                      Enabled
✔ Supported CPU:                 Valid
✔ TPM empty PCRs:                Valid
✔ TPM v2.0:                      Found
✔ UEFI bootservice variables:    Locked
✔ UEFI platform key:             Valid
✔ csme override:                 Locked
✔ csme v0:16.1.25.1865:          Valid
✘ SPI BIOS region:               Unlocked
✘ SPI write:                     Enabled
✘ csme manufacturing mode:       Unlocked

HSI-2
✔ IOMMU:                         Enabled
✔ Intel BootGuard:               Enabled
✔ Platform debugging:            Locked
✘ Intel BootGuard ACM protected: Invalid
✘ Intel BootGuard OTP fuse:      Invalid
✘ Intel BootGuard verified boot: Invalid
✘ TPM PCR0 reconstruction:       Invalid

HSI-3
✔ Intel CET Enabled:             Enabled
✔ Pre-boot DMA protection:       Enabled
✘ Intel BootGuard error policy:  Invalid
✘ Suspend-to-idle:               Disabled
✘ Suspend-to-ram:                Enabled

HSI-4
✔ Intel SMAP:                    Enabled
✘ Encrypted RAM:                 Not supported

Runtime Suffix -!
✔ Intel CET Active:              Not supported
✔ Linux kernel:                  Untainted
✔ Linux swap:                    Encrypted
✔ fwupd plugins:                 Untainted
✘ Linux kernel lockdown:         Disabled
✘ UEFI secure boot:              Disabled

It seems I have a few tweaks to make to improve the security, per the output (trimmed, sorry :D)

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