Moving Beyond EMET II – Windows Defender Exploit Guard

[Deleted member 178]

Since we last wrote about the future of EMET and how it relates to Windows 10 back in November 2016 (see Moving Beyond EMET), we have received lots of invaluable feedback from EMET customers and enthusiasts regarding the upcoming EMET end of life. Based on that feedback, we are excited to share significant new exploit protection and threat mitigation improvements coming with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update!

We recently introduced Windows Defender Exploit Guard (WDEG) which will complete our journey to incorporate all of the security benefits of EMET directly into Windows. This effort was significantly influenced by two insights that came up most frequently in our survey data, customer support calls, and conversations with EMET stakeholders and security enthusiasts. More than anything else, our customers have expressed that they want (1) a user-friendly UI for configuring mitigation settings and (2) a way to protect their legacy apps on Windows 10.

As such, with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you can now audit, configure, and manage Windows system and application exploit mitigations right from the Windows Defender Security Center (WDSC). You do not need to deploy or install Windows Defender Antivirus or any other additional software to take advantage of these settings, and WDEG will be available on every Windows 10 PC running the Fall Creators Update. Windows Insiders can start trying out WDEG today following these simple steps:

Moving Beyond EMET II – Windows Defender Exploit Guard

 

[Dave Russo]

Sounds good,any date when update will happen?

 

[DeepWeb]

So..... will this be available for Windows 10 Home and Pro or just Enterprise and Server?

 

[SHvFl]

It's still for the paid module windows defender atp so again useless for almost all of us here.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

It's still for the paid module windows defender atp so again useless for almost all of us here.

I think you hit the nail on the head there brother

 

[brambedkar59]

So..... will this be available for Windows 10 Home and Pro or just Enterprise and Server?

You do not need to deploy or install Windows Defender Antivirus or any other additional software to take advantage of these settings, and WDEG will be available on every Windows 10 PC running the Fall Creators Update

 

[brambedkar59]

It's still for the paid module windows defender atp so again useless for almost all of us here.

But it says you don't even need Windows defender for it to work.

 

[SHvFl]

But it says you don't even need Windows defender for it to work.

Exactly because it's a different thing.
Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

and here it tells us that WDEG is part of windows defender atp
Announcing end-to-end security features in Windows 10 - Windows For Your Business

Nowhere does it say it will be in home/pro/enterprise versions but i guess we have to wait a few weeks and we will see.

 

[Duotone]

Nowhere does it say it will be in home/pro/enterprise versions but i guess we have to wait a few weeks and we will see.

Let's hope they reconsider and add this to home/pro/enterprise versions... until then there is still a free alternative MBAE.

 

[Solarquest]

Let's hope they reconsider and add this to home/pro/enterprise versions... until then there is still a free alternative MBAE.

One day they probably will.. it's like selling a car and offering airbag only to some buyers....the question is when will they understand we all need it for the safety of all...