Module 1 – Introduction to ES

• Review how ES functions
• Understand how ES uses data models
• 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 – Incident Investigation

• Review the Investigations dashboard
• Customize the Investigation Workbench
• Manage investigations

Module 4 – Analyst Tool & Data Sources;

• Troubleshoot missing dashboard data
• Explain dashboard dependencies including data models and searches
• Give an overview of risk
• Review the Risk Analysis dashboard
• Explain ways to assign risk

Module 5 – ES Deployment

• Identify on-prem deployment topologies
• Examine the deployment checklist
• Understand pre-deployment requirements

Module 6 – Installation

• Prepare a Splunk environment for installation
• Download and install ES on a search head
• Test a new install
• Post-install configuration tasks

Module 7 – Initial Configuration

• Set general configuration options
• Add external integrations
• Configure local domain information
• Customize navigation
• Configure Key Indicator searches

Module 8 – Validating ES Data

• Verify data is correctly configured for use in ES
• Validate normalization configurations
• Install additional add-ons

Module 9 – Custom Add-ons

• Design a new add-on for custom data
• Use the Add-on Builder to build a new add-on

Module 10 – Tuning Correlation Searches

• Configure correlation search scheduling and sensitivity
• Tune ES correlation searches

Module 11 – Creating Correlation Searches

• Create a custom correlation search
• Manage adaptive responses
• Export/import content

Module 12 – Asset and 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 identify lookups
• Explain the asset and identity merge process
• Describe the process for retrieving LDAP data for an asset or identity lookup

Module 13 – Threat Intelligence Framework

• Understand and configure threat intelligence
• Use the Threat Intelligence Management interface to configure a new threat list

• Splunk Fundamentals 1
• Splunk Fundamentals 2
• Splunk Enterprise System Administration
• Splunk Enterprise Data Administration