Create an App Control policy using a reference computer Use ConvertFrom-CIPolicy to convert the App Control policy to a binary format: [xml]$LamnaServerPolicyXML = Get-Content $LamnaServerPolicy $PolicyId = $LamnaServerPolicyXML SiPolicy PolicyId $LamnaServerPolicyBin = $PolicyPath+$PolicyId+" cip" ConvertFrom-CIPolicy $LamnaServerPolicy $LamnaServerPolicyBin
System Integrity Policy Transformations | XML to CIP and Back This document provides an exhaustive exploration of the processes involved in transforming a System Integrity Policy (SiPolicy, aka App Control Policy, aka WDAC policy) from an XML representation into a binary format with a cip extension, and subsequently reversing that transformation to reconstruct the original XML from the binary data The
PowerShell script to convert WDAC XML file to binary CIP format The PowerShell command below can be used on any Windows 10 11 device (the binary file name should be the GUID of your policy, I’ve just generated a random GUID for this example) ConvertFrom-CIPolicy -XmlFilePath MyPolicy xml -BinaryFilePath "{43558A47-0DAE-499D-96C8-A4206307F83F} cip"
Generate Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) policies This online service lets you create xml and cip Code Integrity (CI) policy files for Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) Such policies facilitate whitelisting or blacklisting of applications and drivers and are hence a powerful mechanism to protect your Windows PC from malware
Deploy App Control for Business policies using script Be sure to replace <Path to policy binary file to deploy> in the following example with the actual path to your App Control policy binary file # Policy binary files should be named as {GUID} cip for multiple policy format files (where {GUID} = <PolicyId> from the Policy XML) $PolicyBinary = "<Path to policy binary file to deploy>" CiTool
powershell - Convert SIPolicy. p7b back to XML? How do I know if Rule 3 . . . On Windows 11 it's recommended to only use cip files, convert policies to multiple policy format and the output will be cip Use CITool for deployment, no reboot required CITool can also list update remove refresh policies among other things
Endpoint Manager and Windows Defender Application Control 3 Test a WDAC policy When your XML has finished building you can convert the XML to a CIP file First open the XML file and copy the <PolicyID> , this can be found at the bottom of the XML file and looks something like {DF4B2E6F-F05F-4D3C-AE70-000F6CCD445C} The name of the CIP file must match the Policy GUID To create a CIP file run:
Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) - Powerful and Persistent . . . Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) is a technology introduced with Windows 10 that allows organizations fine grained control over the drivers and applications that are allowed to run on their Windows machines WDAC policies apply to the entire machine, and affect all users of the device