Goal: Design a hardened Windows 11's security baseline assum...

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Goal: Design a hardened Windows 11's security baseline assuming you were working with modern hardware e.g CPUs with mandatory enabled Pluton (Zen 4, Snapdragon X, etc.) and nothing below that. The objective is maintaining functionality for modern desktop and laptop use (browsing, developer/pro workflows, anti-cheat engines like Vanguard/BattlEye). The core motto of this is: "Windows 11, but with better/stricter defaults brought by modern hardware assumptions." Success would mean creating a full specification of features one should enable/disable/audit how to achieve the mentioned goal. It should be practical and without requiring too much mental overhead to understand and implement. I'm not sure what the document should look like exactly but ideally it be focusing on already existing baselines and iterating from there rather than being a purely additive baseline. Think about where each header belongs. It should substantive of the position the user is in assuming they were deploying each policy from the ground up following it line by line. Context: The target of these changes would be modern laptops (whether Secured Core or not) and desktop PCs (whether prebuilt or custom). Higher hardware floor like Secured Core are treated as possible but not confirmed. The important part as mentioned above is the hardware floor we established. Assume latest/updated Windows 11 Enterprise as the SKU assumption because it provides the full feature set. The device is locally managed and not joined to a domain, MDM, or Entra tenant but leave the assumption for either MSA or SAM. Third-party tools can be recommended so long as they don't rely on hacky methods/tweaks and instead leverage officially supported Microsoft mechanisms (GPO or PowerShell) to provide an easy deployment option. Note when features require special requirements to enable outside of the established local device context e.g MDM or Entra ID. Constraints: If a high security policy conflicts with a high-usability scenario, provide a workaround or isolated toggle rather than disabling the baseline entirely system wide. Do not optimise for one specific goal is to bring the entire floor up against all threats. Do not assume the highest hardware baseline e.g Secured Core PCs as this is unreasonable for the aforementioned gaming PCs that are either prebuilt (without the same hardware security level) or custom built but still have Pluton support. The goal with these changes is general interoperability; instead note when a feature might only be available through the highest baseline. Skip adding mechanics/implementation guides i.e GPO paths, registry keys, and Powershell scripts. Formatting: Begin with an “Assumptions” section. If you must make assumptions to proceed, list them explicitly. End with an “Open Questions / Verification Needed” section. If you require more context to reach a shared understanding of my goal then feel free to ask rather than jumping in head first.