- Continue reading →: Managing Legal Notices PowerShell!
Introduction: We all know it, “Users lie and never do as told”, one of my problems during Windows 11 in-place upgrade was to manage user access during system upgrades. One effective way to achieve this is by displaying a legal notice at logon, which informs users that the system is…
- Continue reading →: No More Hardcoded Secrets!
Introduction: Hey everyone! Let’s be honest, if you’re like me and spend time automating things with PowerShell, you’ve probably run into the problem of passwords, API keys, or other sensitive tidbits that you need to use in your scripts. And the big question is: where do you safely store them? Sticking them…
- Continue reading →: Streamlining Carbon Black Cloud Policy Management Using PowerShell
Carbon Black Cloud doesn’t give a simple way to export/backup policies, the only way is via the API, So, we’ll dive into a PowerShell function, Get-CBCPolicy, designed to retrieve and manage policies from Carbon Black Cloud. This function provides a versatile tool for administrators to handle policies with ease. API…
- Continue reading →: Automating Device Actions in Carbon Black Cloud with PowerShell
Introduction The New-CBCDeviceAction function is a comprehensive PowerShell script that enables IT professionals to perform a variety of actions on devices managed by Carbon Black Cloud. These actions include quarantining devices, toggling bypass modes, running background scans, updating policies, and more. The function is designed to be flexible and easy…
- Continue reading →: Automating DFS Root Backups with PowerShell
Introduction Distributed File System (DFS) is a critical component in many Windows environments, providing a centralized and organized way to manage file shares across multiple servers. Regularly backing up your DFS roots ensures that you can restore them in case of accidental changes or corruption. In this blog post, we…
- Continue reading →: Automating GPO Backups with PowerShell
Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are essential for managing and configuring settings in a Windows domain environment. Regularly backing up your GPOs is crucial to ensure that you can restore them in case of accidental changes or corruption. In this blog post, we will walk through a PowerShell script that automates…
- Continue reading →: Automating Event Log Extraction and Compression with PowerShell
Introduction Our event log is configured to its maximum size, yet it still gets overwritten daily. One of my responsibilities is to extract and back up event logs from servers. In this blog post, we’ll guide you through a PowerShell script that automates the process of extracting, clearing, and compressing…
- Continue reading →: Opening URLs in Different Browsers Using PowerShell
PowerShell is a powerful scripting language that allows you to automate various tasks on Windows. One of its many capabilities is the ability to open URLs in different web browsers. In this blog post, we’ll explore how to open a URL in your default browser as well as specific browsers…
- Continue reading →: Retrieve information from Carbon Black Cloud using PowerShell
Introduction In today’s fast-paced cybersecurity landscape, managing and monitoring security solutions is crucial. The Carbon Black Cloud (CBC) is a powerful tool that helps administrators and security professionals protect their environments. To streamline the management of CBC, I’ve created a PowerShell script that interacts with the CBC API to retrieve…
- Continue reading →: Retrieve Carbon Black Device Information using PowerShell
In this blog post, I will walk you through the process of using a PowerShell function to retrieve device information from Carbon Black Cloud (CBC). This function interacts with the CBC Alert API to fetch device details based on user-selected criteria and displays the results in a grid view for…