Ace Your SPLK-3001 Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin Exam

A field alias is a knowledge object that maps a non-standard field name to a CIM field name. A field alias allows you to use the same search string to retrieve data from different data sources, even if the data sources use different field names for the same type of data. For example, if you have data sources that use different field names for the source IP address, such as src_ip, source_ip, or sip, you can create a field alias that maps these field names to the CIM field name src. This way, you can use src as a common field name in your searches and reports, and Splunk will automatically replace it with the appropriate field name for each data source. Field aliases are applied at search time, so they do not affect the original data or the index time field extractions. References =

• Normalizing values to a common field name with the Common Information Model (CIM)
• Field aliases

Onboarding data to Splunk Enterprise Security

According to the Splunk Enterprise Security documentation, the Protocol Intelligence dashboards are the dashboards that support the ability to view and analyze network Stream data. The Protocol Intelligence dashboards provide a summary of network traffic by protocol, such as TCP, UDP, ICMP, and others. They also show the top sources, destinations, ports, and applications for each protocol. The dashboards allow you to filter the data by time range, protocol, source, destination, port, and application. The dashboards also provide drilldown links to other dashboards, such as the Network Resolution dashboard and the Traffic Size Analysis dashboard, for further analysis. The Protocol Intelligence dashboards require the Splunk App for Stream and the Splunk Add-on for Stream to capture and parse network traffic data. Therefore, the correct answer is C. Protocol Intelligence dashboards. References = Protocol Intelligence dashboards.

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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]

 According to the Splunk Enterprise Security documentation, the recommended way to install ES is on a server with a new install of Splunk. This is because ES requires a dedicated search head that is not shared with other apps or users. Installing ES on a server with a new install of Splunk ensures that there are no conflicts or performance issues with other apps or configurations. If you want to install ES on an existing search head, you need to follow some additional steps, such as redirecting distributed search connections, purging KV Store, and backing up existing data. See Install Splunk Enterprise Security for more details. Therefore, the correct answer is C. On a server with a new install of Splunk. References = Install Splunk Enterprise Security.