Microsoft Security Baselines
A security baseline is a group of Microsoft-recommended configuration settings that explains their security implications. These settings are based on feedback from Microsoft security engineering teams, product groups, partners, and customers.
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Optional Overrides for Microsoft Security Baselines
Highly recommended to apply these overrides. Use Optional Overrides when applying the hardening measures on Azure VMs.
- Create AppControl Policy
- Create Supplemental Policy
- System Information
- Configure Policy Rule Options
- Policy Editor
- Simulation
- Allow New Apps
- Build New Certificate
- Create Policy From Event Logs
- Create Policy From MDE Advanced Hunting
- Create Deny Policy
- Merge App Control Policies
- Deploy App Control Policy
- Get Code Integrity Hashes
- Get Secure Policy Settings
- Update
- Sidebar
- Validate Policies
- View File Certificates
- Microsoft Graph
- Firewall Sentinel
- Data Analysis in AppControl Manager
- Protect
- Microsoft Security Baselines
- Microsoft Security Baselines Overrides
- Microsoft 365 Apps Security Baseline
- Microsoft Defender
- Attack Surface Reduction
- Bitlocker
- Device Guard
- TLS Security
- Lock Screen
- User Account Control
- Windows Firewall
- Optional Windows Features
- Windows Networking
- Miscellaneous Configurations
- Windows Update
- Edge Browser
- Certificate Checking
- Country IP Blocking
- Non Admin Measures
- Group Policy Editor
- Manage Installed Apps
- File Reputation
- Audit Policies
- Cryptographic Bill of Materials
- Intune
- Configuration Service Provider (CSP)
- Service Manager
- Exploit Mitigations
- Sandbox Maker
- Duplicate Photos Finder
- EXIF Manager
- Download Manager
- Bootable Drive Maker
- Introduction
- How To Generate Audit Logs via App Control Policies
- How To Create an App Control Supplemental Policy
- The Strength of Signed App Control Policies
- How To Upload App Control Policies To Intune Using AppControl Manager
- How To Create and Maintain Strict Kernel‐Mode App Control Policy
- How to Create an App Control Deny Policy
- App Control Notes
- How to use Windows Server to Create App Control Code Signing Certificate
- Fast and Automatic Microsoft Recommended Driver Block Rules updates
- App Control policy for BYOVD Kernel mode only protection
- EKUs in App Control for Business Policies
- App Control Rule Levels Comparison and Guide
- Script Enforcement and PowerShell Constrained Language Mode in App Control Policies
- How to Use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Advanced Hunting With App Control
- App Control Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- System Integrity Policy Transformations | XML to CIP and Back
- About Code Integrity Policy Signing
- How To Install Microsoft Store Apps Completely Offline
- Create Bootable USB flash drive with no 3rd party tools
- Event Viewer
- Group Policy
- How to compact your OS and free up extra space
- Hyper V
- Git GitHub Desktop and Mandatory ASLR
- Signed and Verified commits with GitHub desktop
- About TLS, DNS, Encryption and OPSEC concepts
- Things to do when clean installing Windows
- Comparison of security benchmarks
- BitLocker, TPM and Pluton | What Are They and How Do They Work
- How to Detect Changes in User and Local Machine Certificate Stores in Real Time Using PowerShell
- Cloning Personal and Enterprise Repositories Using GitHub Desktop
- Only a Small Portion of The Windows OS Security Apparatus
- Rethinking Trust: Advanced Security Measures for High‐Stakes Systems
- Clean Source principle, Azure and Privileged Access Workstations
- How to Securely Connect to Azure VMs and Use RDP
- Basic PowerShell tricks and notes
- Basic PowerShell tricks and notes Part 2
- Basic PowerShell tricks and notes Part 3
- Basic PowerShell tricks and notes Part 4
- Basic PowerShell tricks and notes Part 5
- How To Access All Stream Outputs From Thread Jobs In PowerShell In Real Time
- PowerShell Best Practices To Follow When Coding
- How To Asynchronously Access All Stream Outputs From Background Jobs In PowerShell
- Powershell Dynamic Parameters and How to Add Them to the Get‐Help Syntax
- RunSpaces In PowerShell
- How To Use Reflection And Prevent Using Internal & Private C# Methods in PowerShell
