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Active Directory Security Module

Windows PowerShell is a scripting language used to automate system tasks. Tracking PowerShell events gives system administrators insights about critical activities like data gathering, dumping credentials, etc.

The following is a comparison between working with security scripts on Windows PowerShell and the tracking of PowerShell activity by ADAudit Plus:

Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell cmdlets simplify tasks that earlier required lengthy codes involving ADSI.

Examples of a few cmdlets:

```
Get-Acl
```
This cmdlet gets the security descriptor, which in turn contains the access control list, of a file or resource.
```
Set-Acl
```
This cmdlet changes the security descriptor of a specified file, to match the values in a security descriptor that you provide.
```
Get-PfxCertificate
```
This cmdlet gets an object representing each specified .pfx certificate file. A .pfx file includes the certificate and a private key.
```
Get-Credential
```
This cmdlet creates a credential object for a specified user name and password which can be used in security operations.
```
New-FileCatalog
```
This cmdlet creates a catalog of file hashes that can be used to validate the authencity of a file.

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Windows PowerShell Auditing:

Tracking PowerShell activity is important since PowerShell can be used to automate tasks such as gathering data, stealing system information, dumping credentials, etc.
ADAudit Plus' PowerShell auditing reports help track PowerShell along with the commands executed in them.
ADAudit Plus enables you to audit the following versions of PowerShell:
1. PowerShell version 5.0
2. PowerShell version 4.0

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Related Resources

ADAudit Plus Trusted By

Meet all auditing and IT security needs with ADAudit Plus.

A single pane of glass for complete Active Directory Auditing and Reporting

Active Directory
management Manage, track, and secure Active Directory

Identity governance
and administrationOrchestrate user identity management and access controls for Zero Trust

Privileged access
managementControl and secure privileged access to critical enterprise systems

Enterprise and IT service
managementDeliver a consistent employee experience across business functions

Customer service
managementBuild a one-stop portal for customers with efficient account management

IT asset
managementCentralize and automate the complete IT asset life cycle

Network and server
performance monitoringEnsure network, server, and storage reliability with AI-powered insights

IT incident
managementEfficiently manage and resolve IT incidents while ensuring transparency

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and hybrid infrastructure