windows-itpro-docs/windows/security/TOC.yml

- name: Windows security
  href: index.yml
- name: Zero Trust and Windows
  href: zero-trust-windows-device-health.md
  expanded: true
- name: Hardware security
  items:
    - name: Overview
      href: hardware.md
    - name: Microsoft Pluton security processor
      items:
        - name: Microsoft Pluton overview
          href: information-protection/pluton/microsoft-pluton-security-processor.md
        - name: Microsoft Pluton as TPM
          href: information-protection/pluton/pluton-as-tpm.md
    - name: Trusted Platform Module
      href: information-protection/tpm/trusted-platform-module-top-node.md
      items:
        - name: Trusted Platform Module overview
          href: information-protection/tpm/trusted-platform-module-overview.md
        - name: TPM fundamentals
          href: information-protection/tpm/tpm-fundamentals.md
        - name: How Windows uses the TPM
          href: information-protection/tpm/how-windows-uses-the-tpm.md
        - name: TPM Group Policy settings
          href: information-protection/tpm/trusted-platform-module-services-group-policy-settings.md
        - name: Back up the TPM recovery information to AD DS
          href: information-protection/tpm/backup-tpm-recovery-information-to-ad-ds.md
        - name: View status, clear, or troubleshoot the TPM
          href: information-protection/tpm/initialize-and-configure-ownership-of-the-tpm.md
        - name: Understanding PCR banks on TPM 2.0 devices
          href: information-protection/tpm/switch-pcr-banks-on-tpm-2-0-devices.md
        - name: TPM recommendations
          href: information-protection/tpm/tpm-recommendations.md
    - name: Hardware-based root of trust
      href: threat-protection/windows-defender-system-guard/how-hardware-based-root-of-trust-helps-protect-windows.md
    - name: System Guard Secure Launch and SMM protection
      href: threat-protection/windows-defender-system-guard/system-guard-secure-launch-and-smm-protection.md
    - name: Enable virtualization-based protection of code integrity
      href: threat-protection/device-guard/enable-virtualization-based-protection-of-code-integrity.md
    - name: Kernel DMA Protection
      href: information-protection/kernel-dma-protection-for-thunderbolt.md
    - name: Windows secured-core devices
      href: /windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/oem-highly-secure
- name: Operating system security
  items:
   - name: Overview
     href: operating-system.md
   - name: System security
     items:
     - name: Secure the Windows boot process
       href: information-protection/secure-the-windows-10-boot-process.md
     - name: Trusted Boot
       href: trusted-boot.md
     - name: Cryptography and certificate management
       href: cryptography-certificate-mgmt.md
     - name: The Windows Security app
       href: threat-protection/windows-defender-security-center/windows-defender-security-center.md
       items:
       - name: Virus & threat protection
         href: threat-protection\windows-defender-security-center\wdsc-virus-threat-protection.md
       - name: Account protection
         href: threat-protection\windows-defender-security-center\wdsc-account-protection.md
       - name: Firewall & network protection
         href: threat-protection\windows-defender-security-center\wdsc-firewall-network-protection.md
       - name: App & browser control
         href: threat-protection\windows-defender-security-center\wdsc-app-browser-control.md
       - name: Device security
         href: threat-protection\windows-defender-security-center\wdsc-device-security.md
       - name: Device performance & health
         href: threat-protection\windows-defender-security-center\wdsc-device-performance-health.md
       - name: Family options
         href: threat-protection\windows-defender-security-center\wdsc-family-options.md
     - name: Security policy settings
       href: threat-protection/security-policy-settings/security-policy-settings.md
     - name: Security auditing
       href: threat-protection/auditing/security-auditing-overview.md
   - name: Encryption and data protection
     href: encryption-data-protection.md
     items:
     - name: Encrypted Hard Drive
       href: information-protection/encrypted-hard-drive.md
     - name: BitLocker
       href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-overview.md
       items:
        - name: Overview of BitLocker Device Encryption in Windows
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-device-encryption-overview-windows-10.md
        - name: BitLocker frequently asked questions (FAQ)
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-frequently-asked-questions.yml
          items:
            - name: Overview and requirements
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-overview-and-requirements-faq.yml
            - name: Upgrading
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-upgrading-faq.yml
            - name: Deployment and administration
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-deployment-and-administration-faq.yml
            - name: Key management
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-key-management-faq.yml
            - name: BitLocker To Go
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-to-go-faq.yml
            - name: Active Directory Domain Services
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-and-adds-faq.yml
            - name: Security
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-security-faq.yml
            - name: BitLocker Network Unlock
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-network-unlock-faq.yml
            - name: General
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-using-with-other-programs-faq.yml
        - name: "Prepare your organization for BitLocker: Planning and policies"
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/prepare-your-organization-for-bitlocker-planning-and-policies.md
        - name: BitLocker deployment comparison
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-deployment-comparison.md
        - name: BitLocker basic deployment
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-basic-deployment.md
        - name: Deploy BitLocker on Windows Server 2012 and later
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-how-to-deploy-on-windows-server.md
        - name: BitLocker management for enterprises
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-management-for-enterprises.md
        - name: Enable Network Unlock with BitLocker
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-how-to-enable-network-unlock.md
        - name: Use BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools to manage BitLocker
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-use-bitlocker-drive-encryption-tools-to-manage-bitlocker.md
        - name: Use BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-use-bitlocker-recovery-password-viewer.md
        - name: BitLocker Group Policy settings
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-group-policy-settings.md
        - name: BCD settings and BitLocker
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bcd-settings-and-bitlocker.md
        - name: BitLocker Recovery Guide
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-recovery-guide-plan.md
        - name: BitLocker Countermeasures
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-countermeasures.md
        - name: Protecting cluster shared volumes and storage area networks with BitLocker
          href: information-protection/bitlocker/protecting-cluster-shared-volumes-and-storage-area-networks-with-bitlocker.md
        - name: Troubleshoot BitLocker
          items:
            - name: Troubleshoot BitLocker
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/troubleshoot-bitlocker.md
            - name: "BitLocker cannot encrypt a drive: known issues"
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/ts-bitlocker-cannot-encrypt-issues.md
            - name: "Enforcing BitLocker policies by using Intune: known issues"
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/ts-bitlocker-intune-issues.md
            - name: "BitLocker Network Unlock: known issues"
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/ts-bitlocker-network-unlock-issues.md
            - name: "BitLocker recovery: known issues"
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/ts-bitlocker-recovery-issues.md
            - name: "BitLocker configuration: known issues"
              href: information-protection/bitlocker/ts-bitlocker-config-issues.md
            - name: Troubleshoot BitLocker and TPM issues
              items:
                - name: "BitLocker cannot encrypt a drive: known TPM issues"
                  href: information-protection/bitlocker/ts-bitlocker-cannot-encrypt-tpm-issues.md
                - name: "BitLocker and TPM: other known issues"
                  href: information-protection/bitlocker/ts-bitlocker-tpm-issues.md
                - name: Decode Measured Boot logs to track PCR changes
                  href: information-protection/bitlocker/ts-bitlocker-decode-measured-boot-logs.md
     - name: Personal Data Encryption (PDE)
       items:
       - name: Personal Data Encryption (PDE) overview
         href: information-protection/personal-data-encryption/overview-pde.md
       - name: Personal Data Encryption (PDE) frequently asked questions (FAQ)
         href: information-protection/personal-data-encryption/faq-pde.yml
       - name: Configure Personal Data Encryption (PDE) in Intune
         href: information-protection/personal-data-encryption/configure-pde-in-intune.md    
     - name: Configure S/MIME for Windows
       href: identity-protection/configure-s-mime.md
   - name: Network security
     items:
     - name: VPN technical guide
       href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-guide.md
       items:
        - name: VPN connection types
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-connection-type.md
        - name: VPN routing decisions
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-routing.md
        - name: VPN authentication options
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-authentication.md
        - name: VPN and conditional access
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-conditional-access.md
        - name: VPN name resolution
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-name-resolution.md
        - name: VPN auto-triggered profile options
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-auto-trigger-profile.md
        - name: VPN security features
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-security-features.md
        - name: VPN profile options
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-profile-options.md
        - name: How to configure Diffie Hellman protocol over IKEv2 VPN connections
          href: identity-protection/vpn/how-to-configure-diffie-hellman-protocol-over-ikev2-vpn-connections.md
        - name: How to use single sign-on (SSO) over VPN and Wi-Fi connections
          href: identity-protection/vpn/how-to-use-single-sign-on-sso-over-vpn-and-wi-fi-connections.md
        - name: Optimizing Office 365 traffic with the Windows VPN client
          href: identity-protection/vpn/vpn-office-365-optimization.md
     - name: Windows Defender Firewall
       href: threat-protection/windows-firewall/windows-firewall-with-advanced-security.md
   - name: Windows security baselines
     href: threat-protection/windows-security-configuration-framework/windows-security-baselines.md
     items:
      - name: Security Compliance Toolkit
        href: threat-protection/windows-security-configuration-framework/security-compliance-toolkit-10.md
      - name: Get support
        href: threat-protection/windows-security-configuration-framework/get-support-for-security-baselines.md
   - name: Virus & threat protection
     items:
      - name: Overview
        href: threat-protection/index.md
      - name: Microsoft Defender Antivirus
        href: /microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/microsoft-defender-antivirus-windows
      - name: Attack surface reduction rules
        href: /microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction
      - name: Tamper protection
        href: /microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/prevent-changes-to-security-settings-with-tamper-protection
      - name: Network protection
        href: /microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/network-protection
      - name: Controlled folder access
        href: /microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/controlled-folders
      - name: Exploit protection
        href: /microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/exploit-protection
      - name: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
        href: /microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint
   - name: More Windows security
     items:
      - name: Override Process Mitigation Options to help enforce app-related security policies
        href: threat-protection/override-mitigation-options-for-app-related-security-policies.md
      - name: Use Windows Event Forwarding to help with intrusion detection
        href: threat-protection/use-windows-event-forwarding-to-assist-in-intrusion-detection.md
      - name: Block untrusted fonts in an enterprise
        href: threat-protection/block-untrusted-fonts-in-enterprise.md
      - name: Windows Information Protection (WIP)
        href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/protect-enterprise-data-using-wip.md
        items:
         - name: Create a WIP policy using Microsoft Intune
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/overview-create-wip-policy.md
           items:
            - name: Create a WIP policy in Microsoft Intune
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/create-wip-policy-using-intune-azure.md
              items:
                - name: Deploy your WIP policy in Microsoft Intune
                  href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/deploy-wip-policy-using-intune-azure.md
                - name: Associate and deploy a VPN policy for WIP in Microsoft Intune
                  href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/create-vpn-and-wip-policy-using-intune-azure.md
            - name: Create and verify an EFS Data Recovery Agent (DRA) certificate
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/create-and-verify-an-efs-dra-certificate.md
            - name: Determine the enterprise context of an app running in WIP
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/wip-app-enterprise-context.md
         - name: Create a WIP policy using Microsoft Configuration Manager
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/overview-create-wip-policy-configmgr.md
           items:
            - name: Create and deploy a WIP policy in Configuration Manager
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/create-wip-policy-using-configmgr.md
            - name: Create and verify an EFS Data Recovery Agent (DRA) certificate
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/create-and-verify-an-efs-dra-certificate.md
            - name: Determine the enterprise context of an app running in WIP
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/wip-app-enterprise-context.md
         - name: Mandatory tasks and settings required to turn on WIP
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/mandatory-settings-for-wip.md
         - name: Testing scenarios for WIP
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/testing-scenarios-for-wip.md
         - name: Limitations while using WIP
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/limitations-with-wip.md
         - name: How to collect WIP audit event logs
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/collect-wip-audit-event-logs.md
         - name: General guidance and best practices for WIP
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/guidance-and-best-practices-wip.md
           items:
            - name: Enlightened apps for use with WIP
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/enlightened-microsoft-apps-and-wip.md
            - name: Unenlightened and enlightened app behavior while using WIP
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/app-behavior-with-wip.md
            - name: Recommended Enterprise Cloud Resources and Neutral Resources network settings with WIP
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/recommended-network-definitions-for-wip.md
            - name: Using Outlook Web Access with WIP
              href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/using-owa-with-wip.md
         - name: Fine-tune WIP Learning
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/wip-learning.md
         - name: Disable WIP
           href: information-protection/windows-information-protection/how-to-disable-wip.md
- name: Application security
  items:
   - name: Overview
     href: apps.md
   - name: Windows Defender Application Control and virtualization-based protection of code integrity
     href: threat-protection/device-guard/introduction-to-device-guard-virtualization-based-security-and-windows-defender-application-control.md
   - name: Windows Defender Application Control
     href: threat-protection\windows-defender-application-control\windows-defender-application-control.md
   - name: Microsoft Defender Application Guard
     href: threat-protection\microsoft-defender-application-guard\md-app-guard-overview.md
   - name: Windows Sandbox
     href: threat-protection/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview.md
     items:
        - name: Windows Sandbox architecture
          href: threat-protection/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-architecture.md
        - name: Windows Sandbox configuration
          href: threat-protection/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-configure-using-wsb-file.md
   - name: Microsoft Defender SmartScreen overview
     href: threat-protection/microsoft-defender-smartscreen/microsoft-defender-smartscreen-overview.md
     items:
        - name: Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen
          href: threat-protection\microsoft-defender-smartscreen\phishing-protection-microsoft-defender-smartscreen.md
   - name: Configure S/MIME for Windows
     href: identity-protection\configure-s-mime.md
   - name: Windows Credential Theft Mitigation Guide Abstract
     href: identity-protection\windows-credential-theft-mitigation-guide-abstract.md
- name: User security and secured identity
  items:
    - name: Overview
      href: identity.md
    - name: Windows Hello for Business
      href: identity-protection/hello-for-business/index.yml
    - name: Windows credential theft mitigation guide
      href: identity-protection/windows-credential-theft-mitigation-guide-abstract.md
    - name: Enterprise Certificate Pinning
      href: identity-protection/enterprise-certificate-pinning.md
    - name: Protect derived domain credentials with Credential Guard
      href: identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard.md
      items:
        - name: How Credential Guard works
          href: identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-how-it-works.md
        - name: Credential Guard Requirements
          href: identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-requirements.md
        - name: Manage Credential Guard
          href: identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-manage.md
        - name: Hardware readiness tool
          href: identity-protection/credential-guard/dg-readiness-tool.md
        - name: Credential Guard protection limits
          href: identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-protection-limits.md
        - name: Considerations when using Credential Guard
          href: identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-considerations.md
        - name: "Credential Guard: Additional mitigations"
          href: identity-protection/credential-guard/additional-mitigations.md
        - name: "Credential Guard: Known issues"
          href: identity-protection/credential-guard/credential-guard-known-issues.md
    - name: Protect Remote Desktop credentials with Remote Credential Guard
      href: identity-protection/remote-credential-guard.md
    - name: Configuring LSA Protection
      href: /windows-server/security/credentials-protection-and-management/configuring-additional-lsa-protection?toc=/windows/security/toc.json&bc=/windows/security/breadcrumb/toc.json
    - name: Technical support policy for lost or forgotten passwords
      href: identity-protection/password-support-policy.md
    - name: Access Control Overview
      href: identity-protection/access-control/access-control.md
      items:
        - name: Local Accounts
          href: identity-protection/access-control/local-accounts.md
        - name: User Account Control
          href: identity-protection/user-account-control/user-account-control-overview.md
          items:
            - name: How User Account Control works
              href: identity-protection/user-account-control/how-user-account-control-works.md
            - name: User Account Control security policy settings
              href: identity-protection/user-account-control/user-account-control-security-policy-settings.md
            - name: User Account Control Group Policy and registry key settings
              href: identity-protection/user-account-control/user-account-control-group-policy-and-registry-key-settings.md
    - name: Smart Cards
      href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-windows-smart-card-technical-reference.md
      items:
        - name: How Smart Card Sign-in Works in Windows
          href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-how-smart-card-sign-in-works-in-windows.md
          items:
            - name: Smart Card Architecture
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-architecture.md
            - name: Certificate Requirements and Enumeration
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-certificate-requirements-and-enumeration.md
            - name: Smart Card and Remote Desktop Services
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-and-remote-desktop-services.md
            - name: Smart Cards for Windows Service
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-smart-cards-for-windows-service.md
            - name: Certificate Propagation Service
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-certificate-propagation-service.md
            - name: Smart Card Removal Policy Service
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-removal-policy-service.md
        - name: Smart Card Tools and Settings
          href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-tools-and-settings.md
          items:
            - name: Smart Cards Debugging Information
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-debugging-information.md
            - name: Smart Card Group Policy and Registry Settings
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-group-policy-and-registry-settings.md
            - name: Smart Card Events
              href: identity-protection/smart-cards/smart-card-events.md
        - name: Virtual Smart Cards
          href: identity-protection/virtual-smart-cards/virtual-smart-card-overview.md
          items:
            - name: Understanding and Evaluating Virtual Smart Cards
              href: identity-protection/virtual-smart-cards/virtual-smart-card-understanding-and-evaluating.md
              items:
                - name: "Get Started with Virtual Smart Cards: Walkthrough Guide"
                  href: identity-protection/virtual-smart-cards/virtual-smart-card-get-started.md
                - name: Use Virtual Smart Cards
                  href: identity-protection/virtual-smart-cards/virtual-smart-card-use-virtual-smart-cards.md
                - name: Deploy Virtual Smart Cards
                  href: identity-protection/virtual-smart-cards/virtual-smart-card-deploy-virtual-smart-cards.md
                - name: Evaluate Virtual Smart Card Security
                  href: identity-protection/virtual-smart-cards/virtual-smart-card-evaluate-security.md
            - name: Tpmvscmgr
              href: identity-protection/virtual-smart-cards/virtual-smart-card-tpmvscmgr.md
- name: Cloud services
  items:
   - name: Overview
     href: cloud.md
   - name: Mobile device management
     href: /windows/client-management/mdm/
   - name: Windows 365 Cloud PCs
     href: /windows-365/overview
   - name: Azure Virtual Desktop
     href: /azure/virtual-desktop/
- name: Security foundations
  items:
    - name: Overview
      href: security-foundations.md
    - name: Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle
      href: threat-protection/msft-security-dev-lifecycle.md
    - name: FIPS 140-2 Validation
      href: threat-protection/fips-140-validation.md
    - name: Common Criteria Certifications
      href: threat-protection/windows-platform-common-criteria.md
- name: Windows Privacy
  href: /windows/privacy/windows-10-and-privacy-compliance