Meltdown Spectre Mitigation on Windows
with Goverlan Reach
Webinar Series with Adam Bertram, PowerShell Expert and Udemy Author
Meltdown Spectre Mitigation on Windows
Adam the Automator and Raul Ortiz will do a deep dive into the Meltdown and Spectre security holes. They will turn their focus on how to deploy the security patches in a timely and systematic fashion on a global scale.
In part 1 of this series, the presenters will explain how to automate the intelligence gathering steps necessary to dispatch the updates. They will cover the following workflow:
- Running of the SpeculationControl.ps1 on a large batch of computers to establish which machines need a security update
- Gathering of actionable data: (computer name, bios version, update Status)
- The consolidation of the data in 1 excel file for reporting
Presenter Biographies
Adam Bertram is a 20-year veteran of IT. He’s an automation engineer, blogger, consultant, freelance writer, Pluralsight course author and content marketing advisor to multiple technology companies.
Adam focuses on DevOps, system management, and automation technologies as well as various cloud platforms mostly in the Microsoft space. He is a Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP who absorbs knowledge from the IT field and explains it in an easy-to-understand fashion.
Raul Ortiz is the VP Product Support & Client Services at Goverlan. Raul has a deep understanding of Goverlan Reach and plays a key role in product development.
Before joining Goverlan, Raul worked as a system engineer. He implemented and supported the IT infrastructure of various financial trading firms such as Goldman Sachs, Pali Capital and Investcorp International.