Automation

Part 4 delivers a cross-platform monitoring exercise with Python and PowerShell, focusing on log analysis, reporting, and operational safeguards.

Part 3 teaches how to construct a maintenance script with logging, argument parsing, and cleanup routines to support secure server operations.

Part 2 guides learners through choosing a Linux distro, configuring a lab, and authoring a diagnostic Bash script with secure defaults.

Part 1 introduces foundational Bash automation for security teams through two backup scripts, with guided analysis and hardening advice.

A practical guide to automating server management and deployments by running SSH commands from GitHub Actions workflows

A practical guide to exporting Google Analytics data directly to Google Sheets for advanced analysis, with step-by-step instructions and screenshots.

A practical PowerShell script and module for quickly restoring SQL Server databases, including remote UNC path mounting, offline/online switching, and environment setup.

A practical guide for SharePoint developers to quickly deploy DLLs to the GAC and recycle IIS app pools using Visual Studio, PowerShell scripts, and VsCommandBuddy.