Название: Ultimate Splunk for Cybersecurity: Practical Strategies for SIEM Using Splunk's Enterprise Security (ES) for Threat Detection, Forensic Investigation, and Cloud Security
Автор: Jit Sinhа
Издательство: Orange Education Pvt Ltd, AVA
Год: 2024
Страниц: 463
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB

Empower Your Digital Shield with Splunk Expertise!

Book Description
The Ultimate Splunk for Cybersecurity is your practical companion to utilizing Splunk for threat detection and security operations.

This in-depth guide begins with an introduction to Splunk and its role in cybersecurity, followed by a detailed discussion on configuring inputs and data sources, understanding Splunk architecture, and using Splunk Enterprise Security (ES).

It further explores topics such as data ingestion and normalization, understanding SIEM, and threat detection and response. It then delves into advanced analytics for threat detection, integration with other security tools, and automation and orchestration with Splunk.

Additionally, it covers cloud security with Splunk, DevOps, and security operations. Moreover, the book provides practical guidance on best practices for Splunk in cybersecurity, compliance, and regulatory requirements. It concludes with a summary of the key concepts covered throughout the book.

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At its core, Splunk is a data-to-everything platform that enables users to collect, index, search, analyze, and visualize data in real-time. It provides a versatile and user-friendly interface for querying and exploring data, making it accessible even to users with less technical exposure. Splunk’s flexibility allows it to ingest a wide variety of data formats, making it suitable for organizations with diverse data sources.