Windows Internals

Glossary term

Mitigation policy

The per-process bitmask of which of these defenses are active, queryable via `GetProcessMitigationPolicy`.

Where Mitigation policy appears

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Exploit mitigations (CFG, ACG, ASLR, CIG)

OS- and compiler-level defenses that constrain what a memory-corruption bug can actually do, even after it fires.