## set the path to the xml xccdf file.
$BenchMarkFilePath = '~\Documents\U_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_MS_STIG_V2R6_Manual-xccdf.xml'
## load the content as XML
[xml]$Stigx = Get-Content -Path $BenchMarkFilePath -EA Stop

# start by parsing the xccdf security benchmark
if($Stigx){
    $StigCollection = @()
    # loop through the xccdf benchmark collecting data into an object collection
    foreach ($rule in $StigX.Benchmark.Group.Rule){
        # create a new PSObject collecting and stripping out as required.
        $STIG = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property ([ordered]@{
            RuleID    = $rule. id
            RuleTitle = $rule.title 
            Severity = $rule.severity
            VulnerabilityDetails = $($($($rule.description) -split '</VulnDiscussion>')[0] -replace '<VulnDiscussion>', '')
            Check = $rule.check.'check-content'
            Fix = $rule.fixtext.'#text'
            ControlIdentifier = $rule.ident.'#text'
            Control = $null # control is null as it will be added from the CCI List
        })
        $StigCollection += $STIG
    }# close foreach
}# close if