Powershell Security Best Practices

edX Powershell Security Best Practices

Platform
edX
Provider
Microsoft
Effort
2-4 hours/week
Length
4 weeks
Language
English
Credentials
Paid Certificate Available
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Overview
This course is part of the Microsoft Professional Program in Cybersecurity.

This course that will teach students how to securely accomplish administrative tasks using Windows PowerShell 5.x. Students will review PowerShell fundamentals, learn Powershell operational security, and configuration management.

Students will also learn how to use administration tools such as Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Just Enough Administration (JEA) to configure and secure servers. This course also looks at new threats, new exploits, the ever-changing attack surface, and how to remediate them.

What you'll learn
After completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Understand the architecture of Powershell
  • Deploy Powershell operational security
  • Analyze PowerShell Auditing and Logging
  • Enhance server management with Desired State Configuration and Just Enough Administration.
  • Analyze and debug scripts
  • Understand Powershell based exploits and their remediation.
Syllabus
PowerShell Fundamentals

PowerShell Operational Security

Configuration management

Delegation of Administration

PowerShell Auditing and Logging

PowerShell-based exploits and their remediation

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Taught by
Marcin Policht
Author
edX
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