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Miriam C. Wiesner
Miriam C. Wiesner
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Miriam C. Wiesner

Miriam C. Wiesner is a senior security researcher at Microsoft, with over 15 years of experience in IT and IT security. She has held various positions, including administrator/system engineer, software developer, premier field engineer, program manager, security consultant, and pentester. She is also a renowned creator of open source tools based in PowerShell, including EventList and JEAnalyzer. She has been invited multiple times to present the research behind her tools at many international conferences, such as Black Hat (the US, Europe, and Asia), PSConfEU, and MITRE ATT&CK workshop. Outside of work, Miriam is a dedicated wife and mother, residing with her family near Nuremberg, Germany.
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Attack detection – Endpoint Detection and Response

Another really important point is to have a product in place to detect attacks and react to them. There are many great products out there that can help you with this task. Make sure that the product of your choice also supports PowerShell and helps you detect suspicious commands that were launched via PowerShell and other command-line tools.

Microsoft’s solution, for example, is called Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. But other vendors provide similar solutions.

Enabling free features from Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Even if you do not use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, various features are free to use without any subscription:

  • Hardware-based isolation/Application Guard
  • Attack surface reduction rules
  • Controlled folder access
  • Removable storage protection
  • Network protection
  • Exploit Guard
  • Windows Defender Firewall with advanced security

Many of these features can even...

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Miriam C. Wiesner

Miriam C. Wiesner is a senior security researcher at Microsoft, with over 15 years of experience in IT and IT security. She has held various positions, including administrator/system engineer, software developer, premier field engineer, program manager, security consultant, and pentester. She is also a renowned creator of open source tools based in PowerShell, including EventList and JEAnalyzer. She has been invited multiple times to present the research behind her tools at many international conferences, such as Black Hat (the US, Europe, and Asia), PSConfEU, and MITRE ATT&CK workshop. Outside of work, Miriam is a dedicated wife and mother, residing with her family near Nuremberg, Germany.
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