Windows 11 Security

This chapter covers all aspects of Windows 11 security. While we have covered some aspects of security in some of the previous chapters of this book, we will look at them collectively and in more detail in this single security-focused chapter. If you are a security professional, this chapter is dedicated to your role and responsibilities in securing Windows 11 in a company.

The attacker’s chain of events can be prevented and disrupted through a zero-trust and defense-in-depth approach. We need to put multiple obstacles in the attacker’s way and increase their attack costs so that they will move on to launching an easier attack elsewhere that offers the least resistance. We will look at both of these approaches in subsequent sections of this chapter and understand why it is important to implement a good security posture to address these threats.

In this chapter, we’ll learn about the following:

• Introducing security posture
• Zero...