Splunk Enterprise Security Course: Complete Certified Admin Training

This Splunk Enterprise Security training is your complete path to mastering the industry-leading SIEM platform. What is Splunk Enterprise? Splunk Enterprise is the foundation platform for log management, security analytics, and operational intelligence. Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) extends that platform with threat detection, investigation, and response.

Splunk has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM 10 times in a row. Gartner’s 2024 Critical Capabilities report ranked it first in all three SIEM use cases.
Thousands of Security Operations Centers worldwide trust Splunk for enterprise security monitoring and incident response.

This course covers both Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security. Splunk Enterprise provides the data platform foundation. Splunk Enterprise Security 8.0 adds unified TDIR (Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response) workflows on top of it.

Understanding Splunk Cloud vs Enterprise is important. Splunk Cloud is the managed SaaS offering, while Splunk Enterprise is the on-premises deployment option. Splunk Cloud vs Splunk Enterprise differences include infrastructure management, scaling, and pricing models. This Splunk Enterprise Security training covers both deployment options.

What does Splunk Enterprise cost? Splunk prices by data volume and by workload, and Enterprise Security is licensed on top of the base platform. Public list pricing changes, so we walk through how to size and forecast a licence for your own environment rather than quoting a number that’ll be stale by the time you buy.

This training prepares you for the Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin exam. It’s 56 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, it costs $130 USD per attempt, and it’s delivered through Pearson VUE. You’ll need the Splunk Core Certified Power User certification first, and we’ll tell you honestly if you should sit that one before joining this cohort.

You’ll finish ready for the Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin exam, which is Splunk’s current administrator credential. We also cover the full Enterprise Security admin skill set, and we’ll map your next step toward the Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst (SPLK-5001), which is the certification Splunk now points SOC-track people toward. Graduates move into SOC Analyst, SIEM Engineer, Splunk Administrator and Security Operations Manager roles.