Summary

In this chapter, we reviewed additional areas and next-generation features to incorporate into baseline controls that complement a Windows security baseline. Taking a holistic approach to security is key for improving your overall hardening and establishing a robust layer of protection for your endpoints. We covered baseline recommendations from CIS and Microsoft for Edge and Chrome, and how to manage sign-in settings and control extensions. We provided examples of the different methods for delivering policies using Intune with Intune security baselines, the settings catalog, and ADMX ingestion for managing third-party apps. We discussed the importance of protecting Microsoft 365 apps and provided an overview of using the Office cloud policy service in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center.

Next, we reviewed many of the advanced protection features available in the Microsoft Defender suite of products and the importance of enabling them to reduce the attack surface beyond...