A computing device (102; 202; 302; 400) comprising: a processor; and a plurality of components operable by the processor during a boot phase (104; 204) of the computing device, the components including: a kernel-mode component (308; 410) configured to monitor activity of the computing device and to determine whether the activity is indicative of a security exploit; a library component of a driver of an integrity manager (310; 412) associated with the kernel-mode component (308; 410), the library component to be processed before initialization (128; 224) of drivers (106, 108, 110; 206, 208, 210; 416) by an operating system (316; 404) of the computing device and which, when processed, ensures that the driver of the integrity manager is the first of the drivers in an initialization order (112; 318) of the drivers utilized by the operating system; the driver of the integrity manager (310; 412) which, when initialized, causes the computing device to launch the integrity manager (310; 412); and the integrity manager (310; 412) which, when launched: determines that a driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) is not next in the initialization order (112; 318) after the driver of the integrity manager (310; 412); and alters the initialization order (112; 318) to place the driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) next in the initialization order (112; 318) to initialize the driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) before initializing remaining ones of the drivers. a processor; and a plurality of components operable by the processor during a boot phase (104; 204) of the computing device, the components including: a kernel-mode component (308; 410) configured to monitor activity of the computing device and to determine whether the activity is indicative of a security exploit; a library component of a driver of an integrity manager (310; 412) associated with the kernel-mode component (308; 410), the library component to be processed before initialization (128; 224) of drivers (106, 108, 110; 206, 208, 210; 416) by an operating system (316; 404) of the computing device and which, when processed, ensures that the driver of the integrity manager is the first of the drivers in an initialization order (112; 318) of the drivers utilized by the operating system; the driver of the integrity manager (310; 412) which, when initialized, causes the computing device to launch the integrity manager (310; 412); and the integrity manager (310; 412) which, when launched: determines that a driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) is not next in the initialization order (112; 318) after the driver of the integrity manager (310; 412); and alters the initialization order (112; 318) to place the driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) next in the initialization order (112; 318) to initialize the driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) before initializing remaining ones of the drivers. a kernel-mode component (308; 410) configured to monitor activity of the computing device and to determine whether the activity is indicative of a security exploit; a library component of a driver of an integrity manager (310; 412) associated with the kernel-mode component (308; 410), the library component to be processed before initialization (128; 224) of drivers (106, 108, 110; 206, 208, 210; 416) by an operating system (316; 404) of the computing device and which, when processed, ensures that the driver of the integrity manager is the first of the drivers in an initialization order (112; 318) of the drivers utilized by the operating system; the driver of the integrity manager (310; 412) which, when initialized, causes the computing device to launch the integrity manager (310; 412); and the integrity manager (310; 412) which, when launched: determines that a driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) is not next in the initialization order (112; 318) after the driver of the integrity manager (310; 412); and alters the initialization order (112; 318) to place the driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) next in the initialization order (112; 318) to initialize the driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) before initializing remaining ones of the drivers. determines that a driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) is not next in the initialization order (112; 318) after the driver of the integrity manager (310; 412); and alters the initialization order (112; 318) to place the driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) next in the initialization order (112; 318) to initialize the driver of the kernel-mode component (308; 410) before initializing remaining ones of the drivers.