Select Device Control Default Enforcement Policy

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1607

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Device Control

Options

DefaultEnforcement enum
  • Default Allow -> 1
  • Default Deny -> 2

Description

Default Allow: Choosing this default enforcement, will Allow any operations to occur on the attached devices if no policy rules are found to match. Default Deny: Choosing this default enforcement, will Deny any operations to occur on the attached devices if no policy rules are found to match. Default Enforcement will establish what decision should be made during the Device Control access checks when none of the policy rules match.