Credential Guard

Definitions

1. A Microsoft Windows security feature that isolates certain credential material using virtualization-based security to make theft from normal operating-system processes harder. It is designed specifically to reduce credential-dumping risk.

   In plain English: A Windows feature that protects credentials by isolating them more securely.

   Example: "Credential Guard blocked the older attack path that expected direct access to reusable secrets in memory."

Related Terms

• Secret Scanning
• Air-Gapped Network
• Data Diode
• Snapshot Isolation
• App Sandboxing
• Chroot Jail
• Container Escape
• Credential Dumping
• PowerShell Attack