[jve]

I know Windows has many security features disabled by default. Where do I start to learn about them and maybe get some nice baseline recommendations for my home/office laptop?

[pjmlp]

One of the ways is to dive into "Windows Internals" book series,

https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/windows-internals-...

https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/store/windows-internals-...

Some of the content is available for free,

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/resources/win...

One of the main differences from Windows 11 to its predecessors is that all those defaults are now turned on,

Here are some of them,

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pr...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pr...

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-hardware-cert...

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2020/07/08/int...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/informati...