Free Splunk SPLK-3001 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 2

The ES application should be uploaded to the search head, which is the component that runs the ES user interface and executes the searches, alerts, and reports. The search head should be dedicated to ES and not run any other applications. The indexer is the component that indexes the data and stores it in buckets. The KV Store is a feature that stores and manages data as key-value pairs. The dedicated forwarder is a component that collects data from various sources and forwards it to the indexer. None of these components can run the ES application. References =

• [Install Splunk Enterprise Security]
• [Splunk Enterprise architecture]

 The Threat Download Manager is a feature of Splunk Enterprise Security that downloads threat intelligence data from a web server. The Threat Download Manager is a modular input that runs on a schedule and fetches threat intelligence data from various sources, such as STIX/TAXII servers, RSS feeds, or custom URLs. The Threat Download Manager then passes the downloaded data to the Threat Intelligence Parser for further processing12. References = 1: Add threat intelligence to Splunk Enterprise Security - Splunk Documentation - Configure the threat intelligence sources included with Splunk Enterprise Security. 2: Using threat intelligence in Splunk Enterprise Security - Splunk Lantern - Where do I get threat intelligence?

The Add-On Builder is available from SplunkBase, which is the official source of apps and add-ons for the Splunk platform. SplunkBase allows you to browse, download, and install apps and add-ons that are compatible with your Splunk deployment. You can also upload and share your own apps and add-ons with the Splunk community. The Add-On Builder is a Splunk app that helps you build and validate technology add-ons for your Splunk Enterprise deployment. Technology add-ons are specialized add-ons that help to collect, transform, and normalize data feeds from specific sources in your environment. The Add-On Builder guides you through the process of creating an add-on, following best practices and naming conventions, maintaining CIM compliance, and testing and validating the add-on1. The Add-On Builder is not available from GitHub, www.splunk.com, or the ES installation package. References =

• Splunk Add-on Builder | Splunkbase

Splunk Add-on Builder | Splunkbase

The Auto Deployment feature of Distributed Configuration Management is a tool that allows you to automatically distribute configuration files, such as indexes.conf, to your Splunk platform instances. However, using this feature to distribute indexes.conf can pose a risk of having indexes with different settings across your instances. This can happen if you have manually edited the indexes.conf file on some of your instances, or if you have different versions of Splunk Enterprise Security installed on different instances. If the indexes have different settings, such as retention policies, storage paths, or bucket sizes, this can cause data inconsistency, search inefficiency, or data loss. Therefore, it is recommended to use the Manual Deployment feature of Distributed Configuration Management to review and validate the indexes.conf file before deploying it to your instances12. References = 1: Distributed Configuration Management - Splunk Documentation - Auto Deployment. 2: Distributed Configuration Management - Splunk Documentation - Manual Deployment.

The Content Management page in Splunk Enterprise Security allows you to export any content type that is listed on the page as an app. The content types include correlation searches, glass tables, dashboards, reports, saved searches, key indicators, workbench panels, and managed lookups. You can use the export option to share custom content with other ES instances, such as migrating customized searches from a development or testing environment into production. You can also import content from other ES instances or from Splunkbase using the Content Management page. References =

• Export content from Splunk Enterprise Security as an app
• Import content to Splunk Enterprise Security as an app

 ES apps and add-ons from $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps should be copied from the staging instance to the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/shcluster/apps location on the cluster deployer instance. This is the directory where the deployer stores the configuration bundle that it distributes to the search head cluster members. The configuration bundle consists of apps and other configuration files that are not replicated by the cluster. The deployer does not use the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/master-apps/ directory, which is used by the master node in an indexer cluster. The deployer does not use the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/ directory, which is used to store local configuration files for the deployer instance itself. The deployer does not use the $SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/searchpeers/ directory, which is used by the search head to store information about the indexer cluster peers. References =

• Use the deployer to distribute apps and configuration updates - Splunk Documentation
• Install Splunk Enterprise Security in a search head cluster environment - Splunk Documentation

According to the Splunk Enterprise Security documentation, threat gen searches are searches that generate synthetic events in the threat activity index to simulate security threats. Threat gen searches are useful for testing and validating the correlation searches, notable events, and adaptive response actions in Splunk Enterprise Security. Threat gen searches produce events in the threat activity index, which is a dedicated index for storing the synthetic events. The events in the threat activity index have the sourcetype of threatgen and the tag of threat. You can use the Threat Activity dashboard to view and analyze the events in the threat activity index. See Threat gen searches for more details.

The other options are not correct, because threat gen searches do not produce them. Threat gen searches do not produce threat intel in KV Store collections, which are key-value pairs of data that store and manage threat intelligence in Splunk Enterprise Security. Threat gen searches do not produce threat correlation searches, which are searches that correlate events with threat intelligence and generate notable events in Splunk Enterprise Security. Threat gen searches do not produce threat notables in the notable index, which are alerts or tasks that indicate potential security incidents or threats in Splunk Enterprise Security. Therefore, the correct answer is D. Events in the threat activity index. References = Threat gen searches.

Upping the Auditing Game for Correlation Searches Within ... - Splunk

Glass tables can display static images and text, the results of ad-hoc searches, and security metrics. Security metrics are visualizations that show the values of KPIs, service health scores, or notable events. You can add security metrics to a glass table by using the Security Metrics menu in the glass table editor. You can also configure the appearance, behavior, and drilldown options of the security metrics. Glass tables cannot display lookup searches, summarized data, or metrics store searches directly, although you can use these types of searches as data sources for ad-hoc searches and then display the results on a glass table. References =

• Add security metrics to a glass table in Splunk Enterprise Security
• Create and manage glass tables in Splunk Enterprise Security

Detailed information about identities, such as user names, email addresses, phone numbers, and roles, is stored in the Identity Lookup CSV file in Splunk Enterprise Security. The Identity Lookup CSV file is a lookup file that contains the identity data that is collected and extracted from various data sources, such as Active Directory, LDAP, or custom identity lists. The Identity Lookup CSV file is used to enrich events with identity information and generate notable events based on identity correlation searches. You can view and manage the Identity Lookup CSV file using the Asset and Identity Management page in Splunk Enterprise Security. References =

• Manage assets and identities in Splunk Enterprise Security
• Identity Lookup CSV file

Data integrity control is a feature of Splunk Enterprise that helps you verify the integrity of data that it indexes. When you enable data integrity control for an index, Splunk Enterprise computes hashes on every slice of data using the SHA-256 algorithm. It then stores those hashes so that you can verify the integrity of your data later. This feature prevents data tampering and ensures that the data is trustworthy and reliable. Therefore, the correct answer is B. Data integrity control. References = Manage data integrity - Splunk Documentation.