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| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Incident Response and Investigation | 20-25% | - Timeline reconstruction - Incident response workflows - Using correlation searches for investigation - Malware analysis and forensics - Container and cloud environment investigation - Investigation best practices |
| Topic 2: Splunk SOAR for Security Automation | 10-15% | - Creating and managing playbooks - Incident response automation - SOAR and ES integration - SOAR platform fundamentals - Automation workflows and integrations |
| Topic 3: Security Operations Center (SOC) Fundamentals | 10-15% | - SIEM architecture in Splunk - Security monitoring concepts - Alert triage workflow - SOC roles and responsibilities |
| Topic 4: Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) Configuration | 20-25% | - ES deployment and architecture - Incident review and management - Configuring data inputs and normalization - Managing asset and identity correlation - ES dashboards and navigation |
| Topic 5: Threat Detection and Hunting | 25-30% | - Notable events and risk analysis - Creating and modifying detections - Using Splunk ES threat intelligence - Proactive threat hunting methodologies - Adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (ATT&CK) - Search and detection frameworks |
| Topic 6: Splunk Enterprise Security Administration | 10-15% | - Backup and recovery procedures - ES content management - ES upgrade and maintenance - Performance tuning and optimization - User management and authentication |
Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer is an official Splunk certification exam, listed under the code SPLK-5002. Clearing it earns the Cybersecurity Defense Analyst certification, a Expert-level credential. It also ties into Splunk Core Certified User, Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin, Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer, which makes it a useful anchor for a longer certification plan. For employers, the value is simple: the vendor itself has verified what you know.
You will work through 82 questions in 120 minutes on the Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer exam. The content is only half the battle; the clock is the other half. Train both at once: set the SurePassExams test engine to full timed mode, practice skipping and returning to stubborn items, and repeat until finishing with minutes to spare feels normal rather than lucky.
Passing Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer requires 65-70% (variable), and the official registration fee is $200 USD. Remember that a retake bills the same $200 USD all over again, so winging it is the most expensive strategy on the table. A better approach: benchmark yourself with the SurePassExams practice tests first, and schedule the real exam only once your scores sit comfortably and consistently above the requirement.
Splunk Core Certified User, Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin, and Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer recommended; minimum 1-2 years hands-on Splunk security experience strongly advised
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The official Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer syllabus comprises 6 domains. The heaviest hitters are Threat Detection and Hunting (25-30%), Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) Configuration (20-25%), and Incident Response and Investigation (20-25%). The complete outline sits above on this page; walk it top to bottom and mark every line you could not teach to someone else.
Which practices strengthen the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)? (Choose three)
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Which Splunk feature makes SPL searches shorter and reusable by inserting it into search strings?
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Risk scores are associated with how many levels of risk in Enterprise Security by default?
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There are multiple methods for communicating data with a REST endpoint. In the URL shown, what is the name of the key-value pairs represented after the question mark in the URL?
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In which threat intelligence KV store would a list of malicious domains (FQDNs) be stored?
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