Description
Introduction
PowerShell for InfoSec — a focused, hands-on course teaching the essential PowerShell skills every information security professional needs. Use this short introduction as a meta description to attract learners who want practical scripting, automation, and incident-response techniques tailored to modern red-team/blue-team workflows.
Course Overview
The PowerShell for InfoSec course delivers practical, security-focused PowerShell training for penetration testers, incident responders, SOC analysts, and defensive engineers. Unlike generic scripting classes, this bootcamp emphasizes security use-cases: discovery and enumeration, secure automation, forensic artifact collection, threat hunting, and defensive hardening. The curriculum balances fundamentals with advanced techniques — from secure scripting best practices to in-memory operational techniques used by threat actors (and how to detect them).
What You Will Learn
- PowerShell language fundamentals: cmdlets, objects, pipelines, and modules
- Secure scripting practices to avoid common pitfalls and accidental data exposure
- Automating reconnaissance, discovery, and asset inventory across Windows environments
- Using PowerShell for threat hunting: parsing logs, querying Event Logs, and extracting indicators of compromise
- Offensive techniques (for lab use): lateral movement patterns, remote execution, and persistence — and how to detect and mitigate them
- Forensic collection with PowerShell: memory snapshots, registry and file system artifacts
- Integrating PowerShell with SIEM, EDR, and automation platforms (Playbooks and Lambda-like workflows)
Course Modules (Curriculum Breakdown)
- Module 1: PowerShell Basics & Secure Environment Setup
- Module 2: Scripting Patterns, Modules, and Advanced Functions
- Module 3: Windows Internals for PowerShell-based Security Tasks
- Module 4: Threat Hunting & Log Analysis with PowerShell
- Module 5: Offensive Techniques (Lab) and Defensive Detection
- Module 6: Automation, Orchestration, and Integrations (SIEM/EDR)
- Module 7: Incident Response Playbooks & Forensic Collection
Hands-on Labs & Projects
Every module includes step-by-step labs and realistic projects: build a secure inventory automation script, create a PowerShell-based hunter that parses Event Logs and flags anomalies, perform controlled red-team simulations in isolated labs, and produce incident response artifacts suitable for handoff to a SOC.
Prerequisites
- Basic familiarity with Windows administration and command line
- Comfort with fundamental networking and security concepts (helpful but not required)
Who Should Enroll?
This course is ideal for:
- Security Analysts and SOC Engineers
- Incident Responders and Forensic Investigators
- Penetration Testers and Red Teamers (defensive focus included)
- IT Administrators who want to automate secure operations
Certification & Career Path
Completing this course prepares you for roles that require automation and scripting in security contexts, improves your practical toolkit for incident response, and strengthens resumes for SOC, Threat Hunting, and Red/Blue team positions.
Explore These Valuable Resources
- Microsoft PowerShell Documentation
- PowerShell Gallery — Modules & Community Scripts
- SANS: PowerShell for Defenders & Adversaries (articles)
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Why This Course Matters
PowerShell remains a central tool in Windows environments and is widely used by both defenders and attackers. Knowing how to script securely, gather forensic data, and automate detection dramatically reduces mean-time-to-detect and respond. This course gives you those practical, immediately applicable skills.
Conclusion
Enroll in PowerShell for InfoSec to transform your scripting knowledge into a powerful security asset — from automating defensive workflows to confidently performing incident response. Gain real-world labs, sample playbooks, and scripts you can adapt to your organization.
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