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User Behavior Analysis for Insider Threats

In this lab, you’ll practice using the Splunk SIEM to analyze logs and identify potentially malicious user behaviour. When you’re finished, you’ll have the ability to analyze user behaviour and identify signs of insider threats.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 55m
Published
Clock icon Dec 19, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting 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

    Ingesting Logs in Splunk

    By the end of the challenge, you will know the basic features of Splunk and have the ability to ingest logs.

  3. Challenge

    Analyzing Log Data in Splunk

    In this challenge, you will analyze logs to identify malicious behavior.

  4. Challenge

    Summarize Findings and Flag Entries for Investigation

    You will summarize your findings, generate a report, and identify what would warrant further investigations.

  5. 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.