windows-itpro-docs/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-exploit-guard/memory-integrity.md

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Memory integrity

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)

Memory integrity is a powerful system mitigation that leverages hardware virtualization and the Windows Hyper-V hypervisor to protect Windows kernel-mode processes against the injection and execution of malicious or unverified code. Code integrity validation is performed in a secure environment that is resistant to attack from malicious software, and page permissions for kernel mode are set and maintained by the Hyper-V hypervisor. Memory integrity helps block many types of malware from running on computers that run Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.

Note

For more information, see Device protection in Windows Defender Security Center.