by Alex Verboon
CIS-CAT stands for Center for internet Security Configuration Assessment Tool. The CIS-CAT tool is used to perform configuration and vulnerability assessments. The Pro version is only available to CIS members, however if you want to try out the software, you Read More …
I am currently working on some automation around Windows Defender, so started to look at the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection query API. Note that this API is still in preview. I wrote two functions for this. Connect-WindowsATP is used Read More …
Nowadays regular deployment of security updates is a must, whether at home or within the enterprise. If you are responsible to keep systems up to date you deploy the latest updates as soon as possible. But it is equally important Read More …
With nowadays rapid development and release cycles it’s a good practice to regularly check whether you have the latest available module versions installed. Using native PowerShell cmdlets you would first list the module installed locally and then search for the Read More …
Today’s mission was to get more familiar with Azure Storage Tables and to manage them with PowerShell. On GitHub I found the AzureTableEntity module from Tao Yang. Below are a number of code snippets I used to get my hands Read More …
One important topic to consider when deploying virtual machines in Azure is the size of the virtual machine as this affects the pricing, but beware that not only virtual machine sizing has a pricing impact other factors like storage and Read More …
Back in June 2012 I posted the Automated download and Installation for the Windows Assessment and Deployment kit article. Not a lot has changed since then,i.e. you still need to first download the sources before you can install them. Nevertheless Read More …
I have multiple Azure subscriptions linked to my account, so anytime I connect to Azure in PowerShell I have to make sure i am working in the right context. To simplify this I wrote a little helper function called Select-MyAzureRmSubscription. Read More …