Using Splunk UBA
This 4-hour course is designed for users who are responsible for ▪ Investigating Threats
leveraging Splunk UBA. The course provides the fundamental ▪ Threat Watchlists
knowledge of Splunk UBA, foundational product information, and use ▪ Closing Threats
cases for Threat Hunters and Incident Response. It covers installation
prerequisites, configuration, management, monitoring, and Module 4 – The Hunter Workflow
troubleshooting of Splunk forwarders and Splunk Deployment Server ▪ What is a Threat Hunter?
components. ▪ Anomalies in Splunk UBA
▪ Working with Anomalies
Course Topics
▪ Anomaly Watchlists
▪ Splunk UBA Overview
▪ Anomaly Action Rules
▪ Starting with Splunk UBA
▪ Users Table
▪ The Analyst Workflow
▪ The Hunter Workflow Module 5 – Reviewing current User activity
▪ Reviewing current User activity ▪ Starting with Users Review
▪ Investigating and Monitoring Domains ▪ Adding Users to Watchlists
Prerequisite Knowledge Module 6 – Investigating and Monitoring Domains
To be successful, students should have a solid understanding of the ▪ Domain association in Anomalies
following courses: ▪ Domain Watchlists
▪ What is Splunk?
Module 7 – Conclusion
▪ Intro to Splunk
▪ Overview of Splunk UBA
Or the following courses: About Splunk Education
▪ Fundamentals 1 Splunk classes are designed for specific roles such as Splunk
▪ Overview of Splunk UBA Administrator, Developer, User, Knowledge Manager, or Architect.
▪ Fundamentals 2 (recommended) Certification Tracks
Students should also understand the following courses: Our certification tracks provide comprehensive education for
▪ Using Splunk Enterprise Security (recommended) Splunk customer and partner personnel according to their areas
of responsibility.
Course Format To view all Splunk Education's course offerings, or to register for
eLearning a course, go to http://www.splunk.com/education
Course Objectives To contact us, email Education_AMER@splunk.com
Module 1 – Splunk UBA Overview Splunk, Inc.
▪ What is Splunk UBA? 270 Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94107
▪ Why Splunk UBA?
+1 866.GET.SPLUNK (1 866.438.7758)
▪ How does UBA work with Splunk?
Contact sales
▪ What is the role of Machine Learning?
▪ Distributed Deployment architecture
▪ Scaling UBA deployments
▪ Splunk UBA data flow
Module 2 – Starting with Splunk UBA
▪ Key Indicators
▪ Investigative workflows
▪ Homepage Dashboard Panels
Module 3 – The Analyst Workflow
▪ What is a SOC Analyst?
▪ Working with Incidents
▪ Starting with Threats
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