CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1909 Benchmark

Rationale:

This policy setting helps reduce the impact of malware that has already infected your system.

Audit:

Navigate to the UI Path articulated in the Remediation section and confirm it is set as prescribed. This group policy setting is backed by the following registry location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Policies\EarlyLaunch:DriverLoadPo licy

Remediation:

To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to Enabled: Good, unknown and bad but critical:

Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Early Launch Antimalware\Boot-Start Driver Initialization Policy

Note: This Group Policy path may not exist by default. It is provided by the Group Policy template EarlyLaunchAM.admx/adml that is included with the Microsoft Windows 8.0 & Server 2012 (non-R2) Administrative Templates (or newer).

Impact:

None - this is the default behavior.

Default Value:

Disabled. (Boot-start drivers determined to be Good, Unknown or Bad but Boot Critical are initialized and the initialization of drivers determined to be bad is skipped.)

References:

1. CCE-33231-2

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