What you'll learn

IT security is everyone's responsibility. System administrators and IT professionals aren't information security gurus but they still need the tools to be an organization's first line of defense. In this course, Building PowerShell 5 Security Tools in a Windows Environment, you will gain the ability to build PowerShell scripts and modules to discover potential and real security threats in your organization through reporting and change management. First, you will learn how to parse the Windows event log and query for and apply Windows patches. Next, you will discover to detect various changes in your environment. Finally, you will explore how to how to encrypt and decrypt sensitive information with PowerShell. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of building PowerShell tools to query for and remediate common security threats needed to secure your IT organization.