ISACA Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter
Serving ISACA GWDC Members since 1974
Upcoming Chapter Events
Below are upcoming chapter conferences, seminars, review courses, and other events. Prior chapter events can also be viewed.
For information on our event policies, see https://isaca-gwdc.org/event-policies/.
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Seminar – Introduction to Auditing with PowerShell Part 2: Working with Data and Scripting
April 28, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm EDT
GWDC Member $125, Non-GWDC Member $200
This one-day virtual seminar is designed for students to expand their skills in using PowerShell® to perform audits. This course explores two fundamental aspects of using PowerShell: working with data and scripting. PowerShell has vast capabilities for working with a variety of data and auditors can use these capabilities to analyze, organize, and export data to meet their audit objectives and requirements. Scripting allows auditors to further use these capabilities to process large amounts of data in a repeatable and efficient manner. This is especially useful if auditors routinely need to perform the same analysis. While built for systems administrators, auditors can use PowerShell’s capabilities to write effective and repeatable scripts for use in their audits that can save time, increase testing populations, and lead to better audit results!
This seminar is for any Auditor, IT Auditor, or Cybersecurity professional who want to incorporate PowerShell into their toolkits for accomplishing audits and projects.
Registration closes on April 27 @ 12pm. Capacity is limited to 30 registrants.
Related Seminar
This seminar builds on the concepts taught in the Introduction to Auditing with PowerShell Part 1: Overview and Basic Commands seminar.
Agenda
Morning Topics
Working with data in PowerShell
Hands-on practice in Working with Data
Afternoon Topics
Scripting Basics
Hands-on practices for Scripting Basics
Troubleshooting Scripts
Hands-on exercise
Review and recap
Instructor
Mike Howard
CISA, MBA
Mike Howard is an experienced IT auditor with over 28 years of IT auditing experience in the Federal Government. Mike is a technical auditor who has audited numerous technologies, including mainframes, Unix environments, Active Directory, databases, Cisco devices, and Windows computers. Mike embraces innovative technologies to accomplish his audits, most notably using PowerShell to write custom scripts. Over the 10+ years that he has been using PowerShell, he’s written over 300 PowerShell scripts.
Mike is also a member of the ISACA Greater Washington D.C. chapter and has served on the board for 17+ years, most of the time as Internet/Communications Director. Mike is currently the Associate Director for Web Development, where he manages the chapter’s website. Mike has also used PowerShell to accomplish tasks related to his Chapter duties, including creating web pages, calculating CPE credits, and updating membership rosters.
Mike has a B.S. in Accounting from Old Dominion University and a Masters in Business Administration from George Mason University.
Virtual Meeting Information
- This event will be presented through Zoom. The instructor will send an email with the zoom link 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.
- The ISACA Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter will not be responsible for the participant’s inability to respond to the polls.
Event Questions and Policies
Registration Questions
If you have any registration questions about this event, please contact the chapter using the Registration Contact Form.
If you have CPE questions after the event has concluded, please contact the chapter using the CPE Contact Form.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Cancellation and refund for advance registrations is allowed if cancellations are submitted through the registration system. Refunds vary depending on the date of cancellation. See ISACA GWDC Event Policies for details.
If ISACA GWDC cancels the event, all registrants will be notified as soon as possible through email at the email address provided during registration. Full refunds will be provided.
Complaint Policy
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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 for the full event to receive full CPE credit.
Learning Objective
After completing this course, students will have skills to work with data in PowerShell and develop PowerShell scripts.
CPE-Related Details
- Prerequisites: Students should have a basic understanding of PowerShell. The ISACA GWDC course Introduction to Auditing with PowerShell Part 1: Overview and Basic Commands satisfies this prerequisite.
- Advance Preparation: The instructor will provide materials in advance of the course that should be saved to the student’s computer. Students can follow along with the instructor in executing PowerShell commands during the course.
- Program Knowledge Level: Basic
- Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
- Field of Study: Information Technology – Technical