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Microsoft Windows 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers.
Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers.
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Early Launch Antimalware, Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy must prevent boot drivers.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The default behavior is for Early Launch Antimalware - Boot-Start Driver Initialization policy is to enforce "Good, unknown and bad but critical" (preventing "bad"). By being launched first by the kernel, ELAM ( Early Launch Antimalware) is ensured to be launched before any third-party software, and is therefore able to detect malware in the boot process and prevent it from initializing.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>