Local Security Authority Settings Settings for the Local Security Authority Local Security Authority Allow Custom SSPs and APs to be loaded into LSASS This policy controls the configuration under which LSASS loads custom SSPs and APs. If you enable this setting or do not configure it, LSA allows custom SSPs and APs to be loaded. If you disable this setting, LSA does not load custom SSPs and APs. Configures LSASS to run as a protected process This policy controls the configuration under which LSASS is run. If you do not configure this policy and there is no current setting in the registry, LSA will run as protected process for clean installed, HVCI capable, client SKUs that are domain or cloud domain joined devices. This configuration is not UEFI locked. This can be overridden if the policy is configured. If you configure and set this policy setting to "Disabled", LSA will not run as a protected process. If you configure and set this policy setting to "EnabledWithUEFILock," LSA will run as a protected process and this configuration is UEFI locked. If you configure and set this policy setting to "EnabledWithoutUEFILock", LSA will run as a protected process and this configuration is not UEFI locked. Disabled Enabled with UEFI Lock Enabled without UEFI Lock Configure LSA to run as a protected process