Summary

This chapter first explored the protect, detect, and respond approach, emphasizing the importance of each pillar and its role in ensuring the security of an organization.

We then provided a comprehensive overview of commonly used PowerShell tools, which are essential for blue teamers to defend an organization against security threats.

Finally, the blue team cookbook, a collection of scripts and code snippets for security analysis and defense, was explored. The cookbook covers a wide range of tasks, including checking updates, monitoring bypasses, and analyzing event logs, processes, services, and network connections. The blue team cookbook serves as a valuable resource for information security practitioners, providing practical solutions to various security challenges.

Now that we’ve discussed daily blue team operations, let’s explore further mitigation options that can help you secure your environment when using PowerShell. In the next chapter, we’...