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Each risk factor includes Recommendation and Remediation sections that provide guidance on reducing or eliminating the associated risk. To view this information, open the Risk factor details page by clicking the risk factor name in a grid.

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Remediation

The Remediation section contains one or more approaches for resolving the risk factor. Depending on the nature of the issue, remediation guidance may include instructions for:
  • Individual endpoints
  • Group Policy (GPO)
  • Microsoft Intune
  • Security baselines
  • Administrative tools or operating system settings
Remediation instructions are intended as general guidance and are not tailored to a specific endpoint or environment. Before applying any changes, review the instructions and ensure they are appropriate for your organization’s configuration, policies, and operational requirements.

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Recommendations

The Recommendations section provides security best practices and preventive measures intended to reduce the likelihood of the risk occurring in the future. Recommendations may include:
  • Security hardening guidance
  • Configuration best practices
  • Policy and compliance recommendations
  • Monitoring and auditing suggestions
  • Deployment recommendations for enterprise environments
  • Additional security controls that can improve protection
Recommendations complement remediation instructions by helping organizations establish and maintain a stronger security posture over time.
Recommendations and remediation instructions are provided as general guidance. They may require adaptation to match your organization’s infrastructure, security policies, and management tools

How to investigate risk factors

Investigate risk factors affecting an endpoint, review available technical details, and understand the underlying conditions or activities that caused a risk to be detected.

How to investigate and remediate event-based risks

Investigate event-based risk factors and implement corrective actions to eliminate their root cause and reduce the likelihood of recurrence.

How to prevent risk recurrence

Learn how to prevent remediated risks from reoccurring by implementing recommended configurations, security controls, and user awareness practices.

About risk factors and probes

Understand how risk factors and probes are evaluated on endpoints.