public/maester/defender/Test-MtMdeRealtimeScanDirection.ps1

function Test-MtMdeRealtimeScanDirection {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Checks if real-time scan direction is set to monitor both incoming and outgoing files

    .DESCRIPTION
        Verify that real-time scan direction is configured to monitor both incoming and
        outgoing files. Limited scan direction may miss malware in certain file operations.
    .PARAMETER ComplianceLogic
        Determines how policy compliance is evaluated. 'AllPolicies' requires every assigned policy to be compliant; 'AnyPolicy' requires at least one. Default: 'AllPolicies'.

    .PARAMETER PolicyFiltering
        Determines which Defender Antivirus policies are evaluated. 'OnlyAssigned' (default) checks only assigned policies; 'IncludeUnassigned' includes unassigned policies; 'All' includes every policy.


    .PARAMETER ComplianceLogic
        Specify compliance logic: AllPolicies or AnyPolicy

    .PARAMETER PolicyFiltering
        Specify policy filtering: All, IncludeUnassigned, or OnlyAssigned

    .EXAMPLE
        Test-MtMdeRealtimeScanDirection

        Returns true if all assigned Defender AV policies have real-time scan direction set to monitor both incoming and outgoing files.

    .LINK
        https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Test-MtMdeRealtimeScanDirection
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([bool])]
    param(
        [ValidateSet('AllPolicies', 'AnyPolicy')]
        [string]$ComplianceLogic = 'AllPolicies',

        [ValidateSet('All', 'IncludeUnassigned', 'OnlyAssigned')]
        [string]$PolicyFiltering = 'OnlyAssigned'
    )

    Write-Verbose "Running Test-MtMdeRealtimeScanDirection..."

    if (!(Test-MtConnection Graph)) {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause NotConnectedGraph
        return $null
    }

    $deviceCount = 0
    $policyConfig = $null
    try {
        $deviceCount = Get-MdeDeviceCount
        $policyConfig = Get-MdePolicyConfiguration -PolicyFiltering $PolicyFiltering
    } catch {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Error -SkippedError $_
        return $null
    }

    if ($deviceCount -eq 0) {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Custom -SkippedCustomReason "No MDE-managed Windows devices found"
        return $null
    }

    if ($policyConfig.TotalCount -eq 0) {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Custom -SkippedCustomReason "No assigned Microsoft Defender Antivirus policies found"
        return $null
    }

    try {
        $compliance = Test-MdePolicyCompliance -PolicyConfiguration $policyConfig `
            -ComplianceLogic $ComplianceLogic `
            -SettingId "device_vendor_msft_policy_config_defender_realtimescandirection" `
            -ComplianceCheck "Enum" `
            -ValidValues @("_0", "_1")

        $testResult = $compliance.IsCompliant

        if ($testResult) {
            $testResultMarkdown = "Well done. Real-time scan direction is correctly configured in all $($policyConfig.TotalCount) assigned Defender Antivirus policies."
        } else {
            $testResultMarkdown = "Real-time scan direction is not properly configured in all policies."
            if ($compliance.NonCompliantPolicies.Count -gt 0) {
                $testResultMarkdown += "`n`nNon-compliant policies: $($compliance.NonCompliantPolicies -join ', ')"
            }
            if ($compliance.NotConfiguredPolicies.Count -gt 0) {
                $testResultMarkdown += "`n`nPolicies without this setting configured: $($compliance.NotConfiguredPolicies -join ', ')"
            }
        }
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -Result $testResultMarkdown

        return $testResult
    } catch {
        Add-MtTestResultDetail -SkippedBecause Error -SkippedError $_
        return $null
    }
}