Microsoft.PowerShell.Security

Reference

This section contains the help topics for the cmdlets that are installed with PowerShell Microsoft.PowerShell.Security module. The Security module contains cmdlets and providers that manage the basic security features of Windows.

Microsoft.PowerShell.Security

ConvertFrom-SecureString	Converts a secure string to an encrypted standard string.
ConvertTo-SecureString	Converts plain text or encrypted strings to secure strings.
Get-Acl	Gets the security descriptor for a resource, such as a file or registry key.
Get-AuthenticodeSignature	Gets information about the Authenticode signature for a file.
Get-CmsMessage	Gets content that has been encrypted by using the Cryptographic Message Syntax format.
Get-Credential	Gets a credential object based on a user name and password.
Get-ExecutionPolicy	Gets the execution policies for the current session.
Get-PfxCertificate	Gets information about PFX certificate files on the computer.
New-FileCatalog	Creates a Windows catalog file containing cryptographic hashes for files and folders in the specified paths.
Protect-CmsMessage	Encrypts content by using the Cryptographic Message Syntax format.
Set-Acl	Changes the security descriptor of a specified item, such as a file or a registry key.
Set-AuthenticodeSignature	Adds an Authenticode signature to a PowerShell script or other file.
Set-ExecutionPolicy	Sets the PowerShell execution policies for Windows computers.
Test-FileCatalog	`Test-FileCatalog` validates whether the hashes contained in a catalog file (.cat) matches the hashes of the actual files in order to validate their authenticity. This cmdlet is only supported on Windows.
Unprotect-CmsMessage	Decrypts content that has been encrypted by using the Cryptographic Message Syntax format.