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Script signing and verification

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- [Instructor] So let's talk about script signing and verification. Script signing is a security measure that guarantees a script has not been tampered with and comes from a trusted source. When a script is signed, it includes a digital certificate that validates its authenticity. This is particularly useful when execution policies are set to restrict unsigned scripts from running. Organizations often enforce signed scripts to ensure compliance with security policies and prevent unauthorized modifications. By using a trusted certificate authority or self-signed certificate, you can implement script signing in the PowerShell environment. Digital certificates are essential for script signing as they verify the script's origin. A certificate can either be self-signed or issued by a trusted certificate authority. Self-signed certificates are stored in the Windows certificate, and must be accessible to PowerShell when signing a script. When a script is executed, the system checks whether…

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