#attack-surface-reduction

ASR rules don't detect malware, they block the specific techniques malware needs to work. Here's what each major rule actually stops, and how it fits into Intune's wider hardening toolkit.

Eleven stages, in the exact order they actually depend on each other, from a blank Windows machine to a fully hardened, Conditional-Access-protected endpoint.

Nine controls that actually move the needle on Windows security, what each one stops, the exact Intune blade to configure it in, and the order to roll them out safely.