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PowerShell for Security Professionals

Unlock the power! Learn to apply PowerShell from both the red and blue team perspectives. In this PowerShell for Security Professionals course, you will learn the fundamentals of PowerShell and how it can be used to improve the automation of tasks across large organizational networks.

Course Overview

Overall Proficiency Level
2 - Intermediate
Training Purpose
Skill Development
Specific Audience
All
General Public
Delivery Method
Online, Self-Paced
  • Online, Self-Paced

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, learners should be able to:

Create PowerShell scripts to help automate security.
Review and deliver PowerShell scripts on remote systems.
Develop necessary infrastructure (including the ability to debug) to improve operational security.
Enumerate tasks and extract data needed to minimize risk using automated tooling and related scripts.
Expand on your ability to safely run PowerShell scripts (via already existing code) to thousands of computers across the network.
Identify key points of compromise necessary to defend against PowerShell malware and ransomware.
Reflect on your findings in a meaningful way to interpret data correctly.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Feedback

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