Powershell Security Best Practices

AmicusKOI

Enrollment in this course is by invitation only

About this course

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.

Please Note: Learners who successfully complete this course can earn a CloudSwyft digital certificate and skill badge - these are detailed, secure and blockchain authenticated credentials that profile the knowledge and skills you’ve acquired in this course.

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.

Course Syllabus

PowerShell Fundamentals

PowerShell Operational Security

Configuration management

Delegation of Administration

PowerShell Auditing and Logging

PowerShell-based exploits and their remediation

Lab

Exam

Prerequisites

In addition to their professional experience, students should have:

Experience with Windows networking
Experience with Windows Server administration
Experience with using Windows PowerShell

Meet the instructors

Marcin Policht

System Engineer SR Tech

Marcin is a systems engineer with 20+ years of experience in IT.

MVP: Microsoft MVP in Directory Services for the last 10 years
MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer