Disable the Notifier Per Policy, Custom Rule or Per Notifier

Products

• Carbon Black App Control (formerly Cb Protection)

Issue/Introduction

• Disable the Notifier for a specific Policy or a specific Notifier.
• Create a Custom Rule that blocks files but does not show a Notifier to the user.
• Create a Custom Rule that blocks writes but does not show a Notifier to the user.

Environment

• App Control Console: All Supported Versions
• App Control Agent: All Supported Versions

Resolution

Per Policy:

1. Log in to the Console and navigate to: Rules > Policies > relevant Policy.
2. Review the Notifier settings in the relevant tab(s):
   • Advanced: Default Notifiers for Custom Rules (Ex: Block Unapproved Scripts, Block Banned File Hashes, etc)
   • Device Control Settings: Default Notifiers when using Device Control (Block writes to unapproved removable devices, etc)
3. Change the relevant Notifier(s) to <none>
4. Click Save.

Per Notifier:

1. Log in to the Console and navigate to: Rules > Notifiers > relevant Notifier.
2. To disable the Notifier, change the timeout value to -1 (never display).
3. Click Save.

Per Custom Rule

1. Log in to the Console and navigate to Rules > Software Rules > relevant Custom Rule
2. Uncheck > Use Policy Specific Notifier
3. Custom Notifier dropdown > choose <none>
4. Save the changes.

Additional Information

• Customizing the Notifier
• Server, Agent and Notifier Language Support/Translations