Option 7 — Allowed:Debug Policy Augmented
XML Value: <Rule><Option>Allowed:Debug Policy Augmented</Option></Rule>
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Option 8 — Required:EV Signers
XML Value: <Rule><Option>Required:EV Signers</Option></Rule>
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Option 9 — Enabled:Advanced Boot Options Menu
XML Value: <Rule><Option>Enabled:Advanced Boot Options Menu</Option></Rule>
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Part 8: AppLocker, Managed Installer (Option 13) & Selective MSI Allowlisting — End-to-End
AppLocker is a Windows feature that lets administrators restrict which applications users can run. It predates WDAC and operates at a higher abstraction level
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Part 1: Introduction & Key Concepts
Traditional security solutions are reactive — they respond after a threat has already executed. This creates a gap between detection and response that attackers
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Part 3: Application ID Tagging Policies & Managed Installer
AppID Tagging Policies do not allow or block execution. They tag applications and files based on predefined rules using custom labels. Because no enforcement de
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Part 5: Create a Base Policy for Fully Managed Devices
Two approaches are covered for creating a base policy for fully managed devices:
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Part 7: Maintaining Policies with Azure DevOps (or PowerShell)
This document describes how to maintain App Control for Business policies as code, using an Azure DevOps Pipeline for automated deployment and PowerShell 7 for
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Part 6: Sign, Apply and Remove Signed Policies
Unsigned policies are appropriate for testing and lab environments. Signed policies are required for secure production environments. An unsigned policy that has
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Part 4: Starter Base Policy for Lightly Managed Devices
The goal of this part is to build a starter base policy suitable for lightly managed devices — environments where employees currently have broad software freedo
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Part 2: Policy Templates & Rule Options
Microsoft ships a set of example base policies with Windows and the WDAC Wizard. These serve as starting points for creating custom policies rather than writing
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