From d536a77139a0cc30d5069ca781cc11292500cd4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denise Vangel-MSFT Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:16:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update configure-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus.md --- .../configure-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-antivirus/configure-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus.md b/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-antivirus/configure-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus.md index 4d3ba69753..55b286bcf0 100644 --- a/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-antivirus/configure-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus.md +++ b/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-antivirus/configure-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus.md @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ ms.localizationpriority: medium author: denisebmsft ms.author: deniseb ms.custom: nextgen -ms.date: 03/12/2020 ms.reviewer: manager: dansimp --- @@ -41,8 +40,11 @@ Defining exclusions lowers the protection offered by Microsoft Defender Antiviru The following is a list of recommendations that you should keep in mind when defining exclusions: - Exclusions are technically a protection gap—always consider additional mitigations when defining exclusions. Additional mitigations could be as simple as making sure the excluded location has the appropriate access-control lists (ACLs), audit policy, is processed by an up-to-date software, etc. + - Review the exclusions periodically. Re-check and re-enforce the mitigations as part of the review process. + - Ideally, avoid defining proactive exclusions. For instance, don't exclude something just because you think it might be a problem in the future. Use exclusions only for specific issues—mostly around performance, or sometimes around application compatibility that exclusions could mitigate. + - Audit the exclusion list changes. The security admin should preserve enough context around why a certain exclusion was added. You should be able to provide answer with specific reasoning as to why a certain path was excluded. ## Related articles