{"id":89440,"date":"2019-05-21T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/\/?p=89440"},"modified":"2023-05-15T23:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:10:06","slug":"step-9-protect-your-os-top-10-actions-secure-your-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2019\/05\/21\/step-9-protect-your-os-top-10-actions-secure-your-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 9. Protect your OS: top 10 actions to secure your environment"},"content":{"rendered":"
In \u201cStep 9. Protect your OS\u201d of the Top 10 actions to secure your environment<\/a> blog series, we provide resources to help you configure Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP) to defend your Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android devices from advanced threats.<\/p>\n In an advanced threat, hackers and cybercriminals infiltrate your network through compromised users or vulnerable endpoints and can stay undetected for weeks\u2014or even months\u2014while they attempt to exfiltrate data and move laterally to gain more privileges. Microsoft Defender ATP helps you detect these threats early and take action immediately.<\/p>\n Enabling Microsoft Defender ATP and related products will help you:<\/p>\n Threat & Vulnerability Management<\/strong> is a new component of Microsoft Defender ATP that provides:<\/p>\n To use Threat & Vulnerability Management<\/a>, you\u2019ll need to turn on the Microsoft Defender ATP preview features<\/a>.<\/p>\n Attack surface reduction limits the number of attack vectors that a malicious actor can use to gain entry. You can configure attack surface reduction<\/a> through the following:<\/p>\n Enable these capabilities to reduce your attack surface:<\/p>\n\n
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Attack surface reduction<\/h3>\n
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