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INTRODUCTION
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My name is Vadims Podans and I'm a consultant in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
questions, including Microsoft PKI specific implementations, protocols and
standards.

I'm a passionate PowerShell and PKI addictadept and have programming with
CryptoAPI experience. PKI is not the easiest technology in information systems
and my first goal is to deliver the subject in more clear way and to help
understand how it works. I have rich experience in PowerShell automation and my
second goal is to help IT administrators to automate PKI-specific tasks with
Windows PowerShell.

In addition, my expertise includes a strong knowledge in application
whitelisting technologies, including Microsoft-specific implementations:
Software Restriction Policies (SRP) and Applocker.

Besides PowerShell automation, I'm writing general-purpose PKI-related tools and
frameworks, including PowerShell PKI module, online SSL certificate verifier,
ASN.1 Editor, and more.

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EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
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I was graduated in Computer Science in 2019. Professional certifications include

- Microsoft MCTS: Windows Vista: since 2.10.2008
- Microsoft MCP: since 22.01.2008
- MCSA: MCSA since 2.10.2008
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals: since 28.07.2022
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate: since 15.11.2024
- Microsoft Most Valuable Professional: since 1.04.2009

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ONLINE IDENTITIES
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Online Identities
I'm participating in several online networks and here is a list of my official
online identities:

Microsoft Q&A [1]
StackExchange [2]
GitHub [3]
Twitter [4]
Linkedin [5]

About Log
This website uses custom website engine written by myself from scratch by using
ASP.NET Core MVC technology. The lack of good .NET web applications (SharePoint?
Thanks, no) forced me to write a custom platform that greatly fits my needs. The
good news is that ASP MVC allows to create web site engines pretty easy.

Questions?
if you have any questions, contact me by using Web contact form [6].

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REFERENCES
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[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/users/crypt32/
[2] https://stackexchange.com/users/4969239/crypt32
[3] https://github.com/Crypt32
[4] https://twitter.com/Crypt32
[5] https://www.linkedin.com/in/Crypt32
[6] https://www.sysadmins.lv/contact.aspx