PowerShell is a powerful tool that is used for automating monotonous and time-consuming tasks. However, using these without code signing can leave you vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
This blog will explain the PowerShell code signing best practices for signing your script. Let’s begin!
PowerShell Code Signing Best Practices
Use The latest PowerShell Version
The first and foremost best code signing practice is to use the latest Powershell version. This is for every software you use, not only PowerShell.
How will you check if the latest version is installed on your device or not? So, there are different methods to identify this, as explained below.
The Get-Host Command
When you run the Get-Host command in PowerShell, it tells you information about the program (or “host”) running PowerShell. This includes details like the program’s name, version, and some settings, like language preferences.
However, the version number you see from Get-Host doesn’t always tell you the exact version of PowerShell itself. Instead, it usually shows the version of the program that’s running PowerShell. That’s why sometimes the results are inaccurate.
The version mentioned below is 5.1.19041.1645
The $host.Version command
Run (Get-Host). Version and you will see the similar version as we have got above.
The $PSVersionTable command
This is one of the most reliable and trusted methods for identifying the PowerShell version.
All you need to do is type $PSVersionTable in the command prompt, press Enter, and you’ll see the below results.
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