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Windows 10 for Enterprise Administrators

By : Richard Diver, Manuel Singer, Jeff Stokes
Book Image

Windows 10 for Enterprise Administrators

By: Richard Diver, Manuel Singer, Jeff Stokes

Overview of this book

Microsoft's launch of Windows 10 is a step toward satisfying enterprise administrators' needs for management and user experience customization. This book provides enterprise administrators with the knowledge needed to fully utilize the advanced feature set of Windows 10 Enterprise. This practical guide shows Windows 10 from an administrator's point of view. You'll focus on areas such as installation and configuration techniques based on your enterprise requirements, various deployment scenarios and management strategies, and setting up and managing admin and other user accounts. You'll see how to configure Remote Server Administration Tools to remotely manage Windows Server and Azure Active Directory. Lastly, you will learn modern mobile device management for effective BYOD and how to enable enhanced data protection, system hardening, and enterprise-level security with the new Windows 10 in order to prevent data breaches and to impede attacks. By the end of this book, you will know the key technologies and capabilities in Windows 10 and will confidently be able to manage and deploy these features in your organization.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Credential Guard

As already described in the Windows Hello section, the PtH vulnerability has become a very common threat. Hacker tools such as Mimikatz can dump the system memory and debug your LSASS.exe, containing all the currently active credentials, including hashes. When PtH was weaponized, Windows 7 was already mainstream, and the design of Windows 8.0 was also completed. They could not react/redesign their kernel to prevent this memory dump. Every service was able to dump your Local Security Authority Subsystem (LSASS). With Windows 8.1, a new protected process level (PPL) was introduced. When RunAsPPL was activated, the LSASS process would run with a higher protection level (system level) and therefore no longer be accessible by illegal/corrupt services. But Mimikatz evolved and found a weak spot with device drivers. Even when running in the PPL, LSASS could be accessed...