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Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin (SPLK-3001)

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Exam Overview

The Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin (SPLK-3001) certification validates your advanced proficiency in deploying, managing, and optimizing Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) within complex security environments. Achieving this certification signifies your expertise in leveraging ES for sophisticated threat detection, incident investigation, and security posture management. It demonstrates your ability to configure critical ES components, manage security content, integrate threat intelligence, and ensure compliance. This credential is highly valued by organizations seeking to enhance their Security Operations Center (SOC) capabilities and bolster their defense against evolving cyber threats, opening doors to advanced roles and professional recognition in the cybersecurity domain.

Questions

65-70

Passing Score

700/1000

Duration

110 Minutes

Difficulty

Expert

Level

Specialist

Skills Measured

Splunk ES Architecture and Deployment: Understanding the components, data flows, and best practices for deploying and scaling Splunk ES, including data source onboarding specific to security use cases.
Content Management and Customization: Developing, customizing, and maintaining security content such as correlation searches, notable events, dashboards, reports, lookups, and threat intelligence frameworks within Splunk ES.
Security Monitoring and Incident Response: Utilizing Splunk ES for real-time security monitoring, investigating incidents using the Incident Review dashboard, managing incident workflows, and performing risk analysis.
Configuration and Administration: Administering Splunk ES components, managing users, roles, and permissions, configuring data models, ensuring health and performance, and troubleshooting common issues.
Compliance and Reporting: Leveraging Splunk ES capabilities to meet various compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR), generating compliance-specific reports, and conducting security audits.

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Target Roles

Splunk ES Administrator Security Engineer Security Operations Center (SOC) Lead

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QUESTION 1

ES needs to be installed on a search head with which of the following options?

A
No other apps.
B
Any other apps installed.
C
All apps removed except for TA-*.
D
Only default built-in and CIM-compliant apps.

Correct Option: D

QUESTION 2

Which settings indicates that the correlation search will be executed as new events are indexed?

A
Always-On
B
Real-Time
C
Scheduled
D
Continuous

Correct Option: B

QUESTION 3

Where are attachments to investigations stored?

A
KV Store
B
notable index
C
attachments.csv lookup
D
<splunk_home>/etc/apps/SA-Investigations/default/ui/views/attachments

Correct Option: A

QUESTION 4

Which data model populates the panels on the Risk Analysis dashboard?

A
Risk
B
Audit
C
Domain analysis
D
Threat intelligence

Correct Option: A

QUESTION 5

How is it possible to navigate to the ES graphical Navigation Bar editor?

A
Configure -> Navigation Menu
B
Configure -> General -> Navigation
C
Settings -> User Interface -> Navigation -> Click on ג€Enterprise Securityג€
D
Settings -> User Interface -> Navigation Menus -> Click on ג€defaultג€ next to SplunkEnterpriseSecuritySuite

Correct Option: D

QUESTION 6

An administrator is provisioning one search head prior to installing ES.

What are the reference minimum requirements for OS, CPU, and RAM for that machine?

A
OS: 32 bit, RAM: 16 MB, CPU: 12 cores
B
OS: 64 bit, RAM: 32 MB, CPU: 12 cores
C
OS: 64 bit, RAM: 12 MB, CPU: 16 cores
D
OS: 64 bit, RAM: 32 MB, CPU: 16 cores

Correct Option: D

QUESTION 7

What tools does the Risk Analysis dashboard provide?

A
High risk threats.
B
Notable event domains displayed by risk score.
C
A display of the highest risk assets and identities.
D
Key indicators showing the highest probability correlation searches in the environment.

Correct Option: C

QUESTION 8

When ES content is exported, an app with a .spl extension is automatically created.

What is the best practice when exporting and importing updates to ES content?

A
Use new app names each time content is exported.
B
Do not use the .spl extension when naming an export.
C
Always include existing and new content for each export.
D
Either use new app names or always include both existing and new content.

Correct Option: D

QUESTION 9

Who can delete an investigation?

A
ess_admin users only.
B
The investigation owner only.
C
The investigation owner and ess-admin.
D
The investigation owner and collaborators.

Correct Option: C

QUESTION 10

After installing Enterprise Security, the distributed configuration management tool can be used to create which app to configure indexers?

A
Splunk_DS_ForIndexers.spl
B
Splunk_ES_ForIndexers.spl
C
Splunk_SA_ForIndexers.spl
D
Splunk_TA_ForIndexers.spl

Correct Option: D

QUESTION 11

The Brute Force Access Behavior Detected correlation search is enabled, and is generating many false positives. Assuming the input data has already been validated.

How can the correlation search be made less sensitive?

A
Edit the search and modify the notable event status field to make the notable events less urgent.
B
Edit the search, look for where or xswhere statements, and after the threshold value being compared to make it less common match.
C
Edit the search, look for where or xswhere statements, and alter the threshold value being compared to make it a more common match.
D
Modify the urgency table for this correlation search and add a new severity level to make notable events from this search less urgent.

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QUESTION 12

Which of the following actions can improve overall search performance?

A
Disable indexed real-time search.
B
Increase priority of all correlation searches.
C
Reduce the frequency (schedule) of lower-priority correlation searches.
D
Add notable event suppressions for correlation searches with high numbers of false positives.

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QUESTION 13

Which of the following ES features would a security analyst use while investigating a network anomaly notable?

A
Correlation editor.
B
Key indicator search.
C
Threat download dashboard.
D
Protocol intelligence dashboard.

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QUESTION 14

Which component normalizes events?

A
SA-CIM.
B
SA-Notable.
C
ES application.
D
Technology add-on.

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QUESTION 15

An administrator wants to ensure that none of the ES indexed data could be compromised through tampering.

What feature would satisfy this requirement?

A
Index consistency.
B
Data integrity control.
C
Indexer acknowledgement.
D
Index access permissions.

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QUESTION 16

What is the first step when preparing to install ES?

A
Install ES.
B
Determine the data sources used.
C
Determine the hardware required.
D
Determine the size and scope of installation.

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QUESTION 17

What is the default schedule for accelerating ES Datamodels?

A
1 minute
B
5 minutes
C
15 minutes
D
1 hour

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QUESTION 18

Accelerated data requires approximately how many times the daily data volume of additional storage space per year?

A
3.4
B
5.7
C
1.0
D
2.5

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QUESTION 19

When installing Enterprise Security, what should be done after installing the add-ons necessary for normalizing data?

A
Nothing, there are no additional steps for add-ons.
B
Configure the add-ons via the Content Management dashboard.
C
Disable the add-ons until they are ready to be used, then enable the add-ons.
D
Configure the add-ons according to their README or documentation.

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QUESTION 20

What can be exported from ES using the Content Management page?

A
Only correlation searches, managed lookups, and glass tables.
B
Only correlation searches.
C
Any content type listed in the Content Management page.
D
Only correlation searches, glass tables, and workbench panels.

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