PowerShell Scripting for Penetration Testing and Security Auditing

PowerShell is a powerful administrative tool, but in the hands of a security professional, it becomes an essential asset for identifying vulnerabilities and auditing system defenses. This text-only course guides you from PowerShell basics to practical security testing techniques, helping you understand how attackers leverage scripting and how to defend against these tactics. What you'll learn: - Learn the foundational syntax, cmdlets, and pipeline mechanics of PowerShell. - Understand how to perform reconnaissance and system discovery using native scripts. - Apply post-exploitation concepts and privilege escalation checks safely in a controlled environment. - Practice writing custom scripts to automate vulnerability discovery and system auditing. - Configure logging and analyze script block execution to detect malicious PowerShell activity. - Explore modern security controls, execution policies, and containment strategies. The course begins with core PowerShell concepts and basic scripting terminology before moving into practical security-focused scenarios, threat analysis, and defensive configuration. This ensures you build a solid theoretical foundation before exploring real-world security use cases. This course is designed for aspiring penetration testers, ethical hackers, and system administrators looking to understand PowerShell security from the ground up, with no prior scripting experience required. Start reading today to master PowerShell for security testing and system defense.