Enabled:UMCI extends Windows Defender Application Control enforcement from kernel-mode code down into the full user-mode execution space. Without this option,

Current Support Status: Not currently supported by Windows

Required:WHQL tightens the kernel-mode driver signing standard from the broader Microsoft-signed requirement to the stricter Windows Hardware Quality Labs cert

Enabled:Audit Mode places an App Control for Business policy in a non-enforcing observation state. When Audit Mode is active, the Code Integrity engine evaluate

Disabled:Flight Signing removes the implicit trust that WDAC / App Control for Business policies grant to Windows Insider build certificates. In the default WD

XML Value: <Rule><Option>Enabled:Inherit Default Policy</Option></Rule>

XML Value: <Rule><Option>Enabled:Unsigned System Integrity Policy</Option></Rule>

XML Value: <Rule><Option>Allowed:Debug Policy Augmented</Option></Rule>

Applies to Supplemental Policies: No

XML Value: <Rule><Option>Required:EV Signers</Option></Rule>

Applies to Supplemental Policies: No

Applies to Supplemental Policies: No

XML Value: <Rule><Option>Enabled:Advanced Boot Options Menu</Option></Rule>

Applies to Supplemental Policies: Yes

Dependency: Requires Option 14

Applies to Supplemental Policies: Yes

Minimum OS Version: Windows 10 version 1903 / Windows Server 2022

Minimum OS Version: Windows 10 version 1709 / Windows Server 2019

XML Token: Enabled:Dynamic Code Security

Minimum OS Version: Windows 10 version 1903 / Windows Server 2022

XML Token: Enabled:Developer Mode Dynamic Code Trust

XML Token: Enabled:Revoked Expired As Unsigned

AppLocker is a Windows feature that lets administrators restrict which applications users can run. It predates WDAC and operates at a higher abstraction level

Traditional security solutions are reactive — they respond after a threat has already executed. This creates a gap between detection and response that attackers