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Monitoring and Detection: Splunk

In this lab, you’ll practice searching through data using Splunk to monitor a web application and detect potential malicious activity. When you’re finished, you’ll have the ability to use Splunk for monitoring and detection of threats on your network.

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(79 reviews)
Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 1h 5m
Published
Clock icon Feb 04, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Get Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    How to Upload Data to Splunk

    This challenge will teach learners how they can upload data to Splunk for analysis.

  3. Challenge

    How to Perform Searches in Splunk

    In this challenge, you will focus on how to perform searches on data within Splunk.

  4. Challenge

    How to Create and Share Reports in Splunk

    In this challenge you will learn how to create reports to summarize and share information on your findings in Splunk.

  5. Challenge

    How to Create Dashboards in Splunk

    In this challenge you will learn how to create dashboards in Splunk for continuous monitoring.

  6. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

Shimon Brathwaite is a seven-year cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access Management and Consulting.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.