Cybersecurity Program

Splunk

Threat detection, dashboarding, and incident response workflows. Optimized for weekday online batches with live instructor support.

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Standard Online Weekend Corporate

FormatOnline Instructor-Led

Duration30-45 Hours

LabsHands-on Project Driven

Splunk Certification Roadmap

Complete Splunk Learning and Certification Path

Presented in the same order as shared, so the roadmap is easy to follow and present professionally.

Splunk Core Certifications (Search and SPL)

These focus on Splunk search and data analysis.

Splunk Core Certified User - Beginner level
Splunk Core Certified Power User - Intermediate SPL skills
Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User - Advanced data modeling and knowledge objects

Splunk Administration Certifications

These are for Splunk administrators and infrastructure engineers.

Splunk Cloud Certified Admin - Manage Splunk Cloud environment
Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin - Manage on-prem Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect - Design large Splunk deployments

Splunk Professional / Consulting Certifications

Splunk Core Certified Consultant - Advanced implementation and consulting skills
Splunk Certified Developer - Build apps and use Splunk APIs

Splunk Security Certifications (SIEM)

These are important for SOC and cybersecurity roles.

Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin - Manage Splunk ES SIEM
Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst - SOC analyst and threat detection

Splunk Observability Certifications

These focus on monitoring applications and infrastructure.

Splunk O11y Cloud Certified Metrics User - Metrics monitoring
Splunk IT Service Intelligence - IT service monitoring

Splunk Automation / SOAR Certification

Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer - Security automation and playbooks

Detailed Certification Outcomes

Splunk Core Certified User

Build a strong foundation of basic Splunk platform skills. You will be able to search, use fields and lookups, and create alerts and basic statistical reports and dashboards. This entry-level certification is ideal for either the Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud platforms.

Splunk Core Certified Power User

Extend your understanding of the Splunk platform as a power user. You will develop basic competence with searching and reporting commands and be able to create knowledge objects, tags, event types, workflow actions and data models. You will use field aliases, calculated fields and macros, and learn how to normalize data with the Common Information Model in the Splunk platform.

Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User

Deepen your knowledge and expand your skills in complex searching and reporting commands, advanced use cases for knowledge objects and best practices for building dashboards and forms. By completing this certification, you will demonstrate the ability to generate complex searches, reports and dashboards to help you get the most out of your data.

Splunk Cloud Certified Admin

This certification builds competence in managing and configuring details for Splunk Cloud, including data inputs and forwarder configuration, data management, user accounts, basic monitoring and problem isolation. You will be able to support the day-to-day administration and health of your organization's Splunk Cloud environment.

Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin

Develop expertise in the daily management of Splunk Enterprise. From license management, indexers and search heads to configuration, monitoring and getting data into the Splunk platform, you will have the capabilities you need to administer and maintain the health of your organization's Splunk Enterprise environment.

Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect

Gain a thorough understanding of Splunk deployment methodology and best practices for planning, data collection and sizing of a distributed deployment. You will also be able to manage and troubleshoot a standard deployment with indexer and search head clustering.

Splunk Core Certified Consultant

Expand your understanding of Splunk deployment methodology and implementation for large Splunk platform installations. You will also gain expert-level knowledge of multi-tier Splunk architecture, clustering and scalability. With this certification, you will be able to properly size, install and implement Splunk software instances and advise others how to use the product for maximum value.

Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin

Enhance your ability to manage a Splunk Enterprise Security environment. Your expertise will include event processing and normalization, deployment requirements, technology add-ons, risk analysis settings, threat intelligence, protocol intelligence configuration and customizations. With this certification, you will be able to install, configure and manage a Splunk Enterprise Security deployment.

Splunk IT Service Intelligence

Grow your knowledge of monitoring mission-critical services with Splunk IT Service Intelligence. This certification teaches you to install and configure Splunk ITSI architecture, including deployment planning, service design and implementation, notable events and development of glass tables and deep dives.

Splunk SOAR Certified Automation Developer

Learn how to install, configure and use Splunk SOAR servers and plan, design, create and debug basic SOAR playbooks. You will gain expertise in complex SOAR solution development and will be able to integrate SOAR with the Splunk platform and develop playbooks requiring custom coding and REST API usage.

Splunk O11y Cloud Certified Metrics User

Enhance your Splunk Observability Cloud monitoring. You will take your work beyond logs and be able to use real-time monitoring at scale for every layer of the development environment. This certification path teaches you how to deploy and configure the OpenTelemetry Collector to send in metrics, find insights using analytics, visualize metrics, alert with detectors, and create efficient dashboards.

Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst

Grow your skills to be able to start as a SOC analyst using Splunk analytics, threat-hunting, risk-based alerting and industry best practices. You will be able to further your cybersecurity career and use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring as a security analyst. This certification path teaches you how to help protect businesses and mitigate risk, while managing vulnerabilities and threats using common types of cyber defense systems.

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