
For details about the rules in each group, see Threat protection rules, below. The Threat Protection policies are managed in the following groups. Attackers use password stealing malware to access these credentials, giving them privileged access to the most sensitive parts of the organization.
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These applications save the credentials of these privileged users, who can run code remotely and connect almost everywhere in the organization. The remote access and IT applications protected by the Threat Protection policies are those used by IT personnel to manage the critical infrastructure of an organization, such as WinSCP and mRemoteNG. These Threat Protection policies protect the key assets in Microsoft against attacks, stopping attackers from escalating and moving laterally in the system.įor more details, see Detect a potential security threat. These are used to assist the user, especially in Single Sign-On (SSO) situations, which allow users to authenticate at a single location and access a range of services without re-authenticating. Microsoft retains passwords and credentials in many locations.

Attackers can steal these passwords without needing administrator privileges, giving them an easy path to achieve lateral movement. Privilege Threat Protection is not available for Immediate Enforcement Agents.ĮPM's Threat Protection policies guard against threats to environments that retain user passwords that are often similar to the users' corporate passwords.

This policy is only applicable for EPM on Windows endpoints.EPM's advanced anti credential theft capabilities helps organizations detect and block attempted theft of Windows credentials and those stored by popular web browsers and file cache credential stores. This topic focuses on credential theft, which plays a major part in any attack.
