Seminar – Introduction to Auditing with PowerShell®

Today’s auditors need data from a variety of sources and formats to execute their audits.  This data could be in basic files such as CSVs, spreadsheets, and documents.  Other data is located in applications, such as Active Directory and Azure.  Auditors need tools to aide them in obtaining data from these and other sources and preparing them for analysis and work paper documentation.  Microsoft’s PowerShell is a platform that can be used to perform these and many, many more tasks.  While PowerShell is designed to aide administrators in managing their Windows systems, it has an extensive array of capabilities that auditors can use in their audits.

This one-day virtual class is designed for students who want to learn different ways that PowerShell can be used in performing audits.  Students will learn the basics of PowerShell, including commands to import, view, summarize, and export data.  Students will also be taught how PowerShell can be used to obtain data from Windows Event Logs, Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and other data sources.  There will be hands-on exercises as well to reinforce basic concepts and provide students with a good start in using the PowerShell platform.

This seminar is for IT Audit and Cybersecurity professionals or anyone else looking to incorporate PowerShell into their toolkits for accomplishing audits and projects.

Registration closed on June 8, 2022 @ 5pm. Participants can use the link below to access CPE Certificates and the feedback survey. Instructions on how to access these resources are located on the Access Your CPE Certificate page.

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Course Details

Seminar Outline

• Overview of PowerShell
• Basics of Using PowerShell Commands
• PowerShell Commands to Import, Summarize, View, and Export Data
• Overview of Using PowerShell to Import Data from XML and Text Files
• Overview of Using PowerShell to Import Data from Windows Event Logs
• Overview of Using PowerShell to Import Data Word and Excel Files
• Overview of Using PowerShell to Import Data from Active Directory and Azure Active Directory
• Excercises for importing, manipulating, summarizing, and exporting CSV files
• Resources and Recap

Instructor

Additional Details

Zoom Instructions

• Group Internet-Based. Zoom link delivered prior to the event.
• Prior to the event, participants must install the Zoom app on their respective devices. Participants using the web-based Zoom or calling via the phone may not be entitled to CPE credits.
• Participants must respond to all the poll questions via the Zoom polling feature or chat log in order to receive NASBA CPE credits.
• ISACA Greater Washington, D.C. will not be responsible for the participant’s inability to respond to the polls.

Presentations

The instructor will distribute all class materials

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CPE Information

Earn up to 7 Continuing Professional Education (CPE)credit in the area of Information Technology. The ISACA® Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org

CPE Distribution and Evaluation Survey

CPEs will be distributed via e-mail along with the event evaluation survey after the completion of the event. Attendees must be present the full day and respond to polling questions to receive full CPE credit.

Learning Objective

After completing this seminar, students will have skills to use PowerShell to import, summarize, and output data.  Students will also have an awareness of potential data sources that PowerShell can be used with.

CPE-Related Details

• Prerequisites:  Students should be familiar with using Windows and using CSV files
• Advance Preparation: Students should have access to a Windows computer where the PowerShell command line can be used.  User rights are all that’s necessary; administrative rights are not required.  Students will be provided exercise files in advance that should be downloaded to the computer.
• Program Knowledge Level: Basic
• Delivery Method:  Group Internet based
• Field of Study:  Specialized Knowledge – Information Technology