Carbon Black Cloud: Are OS environmental variables supported as part of a policy rule?

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Environment

• Carbon Black Cloud: All versions
• Windows: all supported versions

Question

Is that possible to use operating system environment variables in a path as part of a CB PSC policy rule in the prevention tab of a policy?

Answer

Environmental variables are supported in policy rules.

Additional Notes

• System variables are allowed, for example:
  • %WINDIR%

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