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The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint platform includes the security pillars shown in the following diagram. In this version of Windows, Defender for Endpoint includes powerful analytics, security stack integration, and centralized management for better detection, prevention, investigation, response, and management. This feature can help prevent ransomware and other destructive malware from changing your personal files. In some cases, apps that you normally use might be blocked from making changes to common folders like Documents and Pictures.
When an app is blocked, it will appear in a recently blocked apps list, which you can get to by clicking Manage settings under the Ransomware protection heading.
Click Allow an app through Controlled folder access. Select any of the apps to add them to the allowed list. You can also browse for an app from this page. You can add specific rules for a WSL process just as you would for any Windows process.
For example, when a Linux tool wants to allow access to a port from the outside like SSH or a web server like nginx , Windows Defender Firewall will prompt to allow access just like it would for a Windows process when the port starts accepting connections. This was first introduced in Build Device Guard has always been a collection of technologies that can be combined to lock down a PC, including:. But these protections can also be configured separately. To help underscore the distinct value of these protections, code integrity policies have been rebranded as Windows Defender Application Control.
Endpoint detection and response is improved. Enterprise customers can now take advantage of the entire Windows security stack with Microsoft Defender Antivirus detections and Device Guard blocks being surfaced in the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint portal.
Windows Defender is now called Microsoft Defender Antivirus and now shares detection status between M services and interoperates with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Additional policies have also been implemented to enhance cloud based protection, and new channels are available for emergency protection. For more information, see Virus and threat protection and Use next-gen technologies in Microsoft Defender Antivirus through cloud-delivered protection.
We've also increased the breadth of the documentation library for enterprise security admins. The new library includes information on:. Some of the highlights of the new library include Evaluation guide for Microsoft Defender AV and Deployment guide for Microsoft Defender AV in a virtual desktop infrastructure environment.
We've invested heavily in helping to protect against ransomware , and we continue that investment with updated behavior monitoring and always-on real-time protection. Endpoint detection and response is also enhanced. New detection capabilities include:. Use the threat intelligence API to create custom alerts - Understand threat intelligence concepts, enable the threat intel application, and create custom threat intelligence alerts for your organization.
Custom detection. With custom detections, you can create custom queries to monitor events for any kind of behavior such as suspicious or emerging threats. This can be done by leveraging the power of Advanced hunting through the creation of custom detection rules.
Improvements on OS memory and kernel sensors to enable detection of attackers who are using in-memory and kernel-level attacks. Historical detection capability ensures new detection rules apply to up to six months of stored data to detect previous attacks that might not have been noticed.
Threat response is improved when an attack is detected, enabling immediate action by security teams to contain a breach:.
Additional capabilities have been added to help you gain a holistic view on investigations include:. Threat analytics - Threat Analytics is a set of interactive reports published by the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint research team as soon as emerging threats and outbreaks are identified.
The reports help security operations teams assess impact on their environment and provides recommended actions to contain, increase organizational resilience, and prevent specific threats. Query data using Advanced hunting in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Use Automated investigations to investigate and remediate threats. Investigate a user account - Identify user accounts with the most active alerts and investigate cases of potential compromised credentials.
Alert process tree - Aggregates multiple detections and related events into a single view to reduce case resolution time. Check sensor health state - Check an endpoint's ability to provide sensor data and communicate with the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint service and fix known issues. Integration with Azure Defender - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integrates with Azure Defender to provide a comprehensive server protection solution. With this integration Azure Defender can leverage the power of Defender for Endpoint to provide improved threat detection for Windows Servers.
Integration with Microsoft Cloud App Security - Microsoft Cloud App Security leverages Microsoft Defender for Endpoint signals to allow direct visibility into cloud application usage including the use of unsupported cloud services shadow IT from all Defender for Endpoint monitored machines. You'll be able to onboard Windows Server in the same method available for Windows 10 client machines. Onboard previous versions of Windows - Onboard supported versions of Windows machines so that they can send sensor data to the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint sensor.
Enable conditional access to better protect users, devices, and data. Click Manage providers to see a list of all the other security providers including antivirus, firewall, and web protection that are running on your device. Also see New capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint further maximizing the effectiveness and robustness of endpoint security.
Microsoft Intune helps you create and deploy your Windows Information Protection WIP policy, including letting you choose your allowed apps, your WIP-protection level, and how to find enterprise data on the network.
You can also now collect your audit event logs by using the Reporting configuration service provider CSP or the Windows Event Forwarding for Windows desktop domain-joined devices. This release enables support for WIP with Files on Demand, allows file encryption while the file is open in another app, and improves performance. The minimum PIN length is being changed from 6 to 4, with a default of 6.
For more information, see BitLocker Group Policy settings. New features in Windows Hello enable a better device lock experience, using multifactor unlock with new location and user proximity signals. Using Bluetooth signals, you can configure your Windows 10 device to automatically lock when you walk away from it, or to prevent others from accessing the device when you are not present.
New features in Windows Hello for Business include:. You can now reset a forgotten PIN without deleting company managed data or apps on devices managed by Microsoft Intune. Windows Hello is now password-less on S-mode. Account Protection will encourage password users to set up Windows Hello Face, Fingerprint or PIN for faster sign in, and will notify Dynamic lock users if Dynamic lock has stopped working because their phone or device Bluetooth is off.
Previously, you had to navigate deep into Settings to find Windows Hello. It is easier to set up Dynamic lock, and WD SC actionable alerts have been added when Dynamic lock stops working ex: phone Bluetooth is off.
Windows Defender Credential Guard is a security service in Windows 10 built to protect Active Directory AD domain credentials so that they can't be stolen or misused by malware on a user's machine. It is designed to protect against well-known threats such as Pass-the-Hash and credential harvesting. Windows Defender Credential Guard has always been an optional feature, but Windows 10 in S mode turns this functionality on by default when the machine has been Azure Active Directory joined.
This provides an added level of security when connecting to domain resources not normally present on devices running Windows 10 in S mode. For more information, see Credential Guard Security Considerations. Microsoft has released new Windows security baselines for Windows Server and Windows A security baseline is a group of Microsoft-recommended configuration settings with an explanation of their security impact.
Windows security baselines have been updated for Windows A security baseline is a group of Microsoft-recommended configuration settings and explains their security impact. The new security baseline for Windows 10 version has been published. An issue, known as SMBLoris , which could result in denial of service, has been addressed. You can still get to the app in all the usual ways — simply ask Cortana to open Windows Security Center WSC or interact with the taskbar icon.
The WSC service now requires antivirus products to run as a protected process to register. Products that have not yet implemented this will not appear in the Windows Security Center user interface, and Microsoft Defender Antivirus will remain enabled side-by-side with these products. It will now dynamically size the categories on the main page if more room is needed for extra info. We also updated the title bar so that it will use your accent color if you have enabled that option in Color Settings.
This security policy setting determines whether the username is displayed during sign in. The setting only affects the Other user tile.
You can quickly take action on threats from this screen:. The GPT partition format is newer and enables the use of larger and more disk partitions. It also provides added data reliability, supports additional partition types, and enables faster boot and shutdown speeds. For more information, see DISM operating system uninstall command-line options. You can now run your own custom actions or scripts in parallel with Windows Setup.
Setup will also migrate your scripts to next feature release, so you only need to add them once. For more information, see Run custom actions during feature update.
It is also now possible to run a script if the user rolls back their version of Windows using the PostRollback option. Portions of the work done during the offline phases of a Windows update have been moved to the online phase. This has resulted in a significant reduction of offline time when installing updates.
For more information, see We're listening to you. SetupDiag is a new command-line tool that can help diagnose why a Windows 10 update failed. SetupDiag works by searching Windows Setup log files. When searching log files, SetupDiag uses a set of rules to match known issues.
In the current version of SetupDiag there are 53 rules contained in the rules.
