Course Overview
TOPThe course covers ES event processing and normalization, deployment requirements, technology add-ons, dashboard dependencies, data models, managing risk, and customizing threat intelligence.
Scheduled Classes
TOP| 12/04/25 - FLV - Virtual-Instructor Led - Virtual Instructor-Led | (click to enroll)
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What You'll Learn
TOP- Provide an overview of Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
- Customize ES dashboards
- Examine the ES Risk framework and Risk-based Alerting (RBA)
- Customize the Investigation Workbench
- Understand initial ES installation and configuration
- Manage data intake and normalization for ES
- Create and tune correlation searches
- Configure ES lookups
- Configure Assets & Identities and Threat Intelligence
Outline
TOPModule 1 – Introduction to ES
- Review how ES functions
- Understand how ES uses data models
- Describe correlation searches, adaptive response actions, and notable events
- Configure ES roles and permissions
Module 2 – Security Monitoring
- Customize the Security Posture and Incident Review dashboards
- Create ad hoc notable events
- Create notable event suppressions
Module 3 – Risk-Based Alerting
- Give an overview of Risk-Based Alerting (RBA)
- Explain risk scores and how they can be changed
- Review the Risk Analysis dashboard
- Describe annotations
- View Risk Notables and risk information
Module 4 – Incident Investigation
- Review the Investigations dashboard
- Customize the Investigation Workbench
- Manage investigations
Module 5 – Installation
- Give an overview of general ES install requirements
- Explain the different add-ons and where they are installed
- Provide ES pre-installation requirements
- Identify steps for downloading and installing ES
Module 6 – General Configuration
- Set general configuration options
- Configure local and cloud domain information
- Work with the Incident Review KV Store
- Customize navigation
- Configure Key Indicator searches
Module 7 – Validating ES Data
- Verify data is correctly configured for use in ES
- Validate normalization configurations
- Install additional add-ons
Module 8 – Custom Add-ons
- Ingest custom data in ES
- Create an add-on for a custom sourcetype
- Describe add-on troubleshooting
Module 9 – Tuning Correlation Searches
- Describe correlation search operation
- Customize correlation searches
- Describe numeric vs. conceptual thresholds
Module 10 – Creating Correlation Searches
- Create a custom correlation search
- Manage adaptive responses
- Export/import content
Module 11 – Asset & Identity Management
- Review the Asset and Identity Management interface
- Describe Asset and Identity KV Store collections
- Configure and add asset and identity lookups to the interface
- Configure settings and fields for asset and identity lookups
- Explain the asset and identity merge process
- Describe the process for retrieving LDAP data for an asset or identity lookup
Prerequisites
TOPTo be successful, students should have a solid understanding of the following courses:
- To be successful, students should have a solid understanding of the following courses:
- Using Splunk Enterprise Security (USES)
- Intro to Splunk (ITS)
- Using Fields (SUF)
- Intro to Knowledge Objects (IKO)
- Creating Knowledge Objects (CKO)
- Creating Field Extractions (CFE)
- Enriching Data with Lookups (EDL)
- Data Models (SDM)
- Splunk Enterprise System Administration (SESA)
- Splunk Enterprise Data Administration (SEDA)
Who Should Attend
TOPThis 13.5-hour course prepares architects and systems administrators to install and configure Splunk Enterprise Security (ES).
