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SPLK-5001 Exam Topics and Domains
SPLK-5001 is organized into 6 weighted domains. Expect to work with Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Security Essentials, Adaptive Response Framework, and more.
The Cyber Landscape, Frameworks, and Standards
SOC Organization and Roles
Summarize the organization of a typical SOC and the tasks belonging to Analyst, Engineer and Architect roles
Industry Standards and Frameworks
Recognize common cyber industry controls, standards and frameworks and how Splunk incorporates those frameworks
Information Assurance Concepts
Describe key security concepts surrounding information assurance including confidentiality, integrity and availability and basic risk management
Threat and Attack Types, Motivations, and Tactics
Attack Types and Vectors
Recognize common types of attacks and attack vectors
Security Terminology
Define common terms including supply chain attack, ransomware, registry, exfiltration, social engineering, DoS, DDoS, bot and botnet, C2, zero trust, account takeover, email compromise, threat actor, APT, adversary
Threat Intelligence
Identify the common tiers of Threat Intelligence and how they might be applied to threat analysis
Annotations in Enterprise Security
Outline the purpose and scope of annotations within Splunk Enterprise Security
TTPs
Define tactics, techniques and procedures and how they are regarded in the industry
Defenses, Data Sources, and SIEM Best Practices
Cyber Defense Systems
Identify common types of cyber defense systems, analysis tools and the most useful data sources for threat analysis
SIEM Best Practices
Describe SIEM best practices and basic operation concepts of Splunk Enterprise Security, including the interaction between CIM, Data Models and acceleration, Asset and Identity frameworks, and common CIM fields that may be used in investigations
Data Source Assessment
Describe how Splunk Security Essentials and Splunk Enterprise Security can be used to assess data sources, including common sourcetypes for on-prem and cloud based deployments and how to find content for a given sourcetype
Investigation, Event Handling, Correlation, and Risk
Continuous Monitoring
Describe continuous monitoring and the five basic stages of investigation according to Splunk
Performance Metrics
Explain the different types of analyst performance metrics such as MTTR and dwell time
Event Dispositions
Demonstrate ability to recognize common event dispositions and correctly assign them
Enterprise Security Components
Define terms and aspects of Splunk Enterprise Security and their uses including SPL, Notable Event, Risk Notable, Adaptive Response Action, Risk Object, Contributing Events
ES Dashboards
Identify common built-in dashboards in Enterprise Security and the basic information they contain
Risk-Based Alerting
Understand and explain the essentials of Risk Based Alerting, the Risk framework and creating correlation searches within Enterprise Security
Using Search Processing Language (SPL)
SPL Commands for Security
Explain common SPL terms and how they can be used in security analysis, including TSTATS, TRANSACTION, FIRST/LAST, REX, EVAL, FOREACH, LOOKUP, and MAKERESULTS
Search Best Practices
Give examples of Splunk best practices for composing efficient searches
SPL Resources
Identify SPL resources included within ES, Splunk Security Essentials, and Splunk Lantern
Threat Hunting and Remediation
Threat Hunting Techniques
Identify threat hunting techniques including configuration, modeling (anomalies), indicators, and behavioral analytics
Advanced Hunting Concepts
Define long tail analysis, outlier detection, and some common steps of hypothesis hunting with Splunk
Adaptive Response
Determine when to use adaptive response actions and configure them as needed
SOAR Integration
Explain the use of SOAR playbooks and list the basic ways they can be triggered from Enterprise Security
How do I earn this certification?
Passing SPLK-5001 earns the Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst certification. It sits in the Security track.
- SPLK-3001 - Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin
- SPLK-3003 - Splunk Core Certified Consultant
- SPLK-4001 - Splunk O11y Cloud Certified Metrics User
- SPLK-2002 - Splunk Cloud Certified AdminCloud administration skills
- SPLK-2003 - Splunk SOAR Certified Automation DeveloperSecurity automation and orchestration
- SPLK-1004 - Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power UserAdvanced search and analysis skills
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What's changed on this exam?
- ACTIVE
- Last content update: 2024-01-15
- Announcement date: 2022-06-01
- Splunk Enterprise Security 8.0 Enhanced RBA features likely in future exam updates • Release date: 2024-11-01
- Risk-Based Alerting 3.0 New risk scoring methodology included in current exam • Release date: 2024-06-01
- Common Information Model 5.3.2 New data models for cloud and container security • Release date: 2024-09-01
Who should take this exam?
This exam is typically taken by SOC Analysts and Security Analysts.
- Power User Level Knowledge of Splunk Enterprise
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts
- Familiarity with SOC operations
- Experience with SIEM platforms