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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.

Attachments to investigations are stored in a KV Store collection named investigation_attachment. KV Store is a feature that stores and manages data as key-value pairs. Splunk Enterprise Security uses KV Store to store investigation information in several collections, such as investigation, investigation_event, investigation_lead, and investigation_attachment. You can view or modify the KV Store collections using the KV Store API endpoint. For details about using the KV Store API endpoint, see KV Store endpoint descriptions in the Splunk Enterprise REST API Reference Manual1. The other options, B, C, and D, are not correct. Attachments to investigations are not stored in the notable index, the attachments.csv lookup, or the /etc/apps/SA-Investigations/default/ui/views/attachments directory. References =

Manage investigations in Splunk Enterprise Security

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 =

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 The role that should be assigned to a security team member who will be taking ownership of notable events in the incident review dashboard is the ess_analyst role. The ess_analyst role is a predefined role in Splunk Enterprise Security that grants the user the ability to view, edit, comment, and change the status and owner of notable events. The ess_analyst role also allows the user to access the dashboards, reports, and searches related to security analysis and investigation12. References = 1: Overview of roles and capabilities in Splunk Enterprise Security - Splunk Documentation - ess_analyst role. 2: Incident Review - Splunk Documentation - Triage notable events on the Incident Review dashboard.

By default, the CIM data models search all indexes in Splunk Enterprise Security. This means that any event that matches the tags and fields of a data model can be included in the data model, regardless of the index where it is stored. However, this can also affect the performance and efficiency of the data model searches, especially if there are many indexes that do not contain relevant data for the data model. Therefore, it is recommended to use the indexes allow list setting in the CIM add-on to constrain the indexes that each data model searches. The indexes allow list is a comma-separated list of indexes that you want to include in the data model search. You can specify index names or index macros. For example, you can set the indexes allow list for the Authentication data model to index=main, index=security, index=auth to limit the search to only those three indexes12. References = 1: Managing data models in Enterprise Security - Splunk Lantern - Indexes allow list. 2: Overview of the Splunk Common Information Model - Splunk Documentation - Why the CIM exists.

 To add a new column to the Notable Event table in the Incident Review dashboard, you need to follow these steps:

On the Splunk Enterprise Security menu bar, click Configure > Incident Management > Incident Review Settings.

On the Incident Review Settings page, click the Table Attributes tab.

On the Table Attributes tab, click Add New Attribute.

Enter the name of the attribute that you want to add as a column, such as src or dest. The name must match the field name in the notable event data model.

Enter a label for the attribute that will appear as the column header, such as Source or Destination.

Enter a description for the attribute that will appear as a tooltip when you hover over the column header.

Select the data type for the attribute, such as string or number.

Select the visibility for the attribute, such as visible or hidden.

Click Save to save the new attribute.

Refresh the Incident Review dashboard to see the new column in the Notable Event table. References =

Add custom columns to the Incident Review dashboard in Splunk Enterprise Security

The endpoint security domain dashboards in Splunk Enterprise Security display endpoint data relating to malware infections, patch history, system configurations, and time synchronization information. The sources for events in the endpoint security domain dashboards are the devices that are considered endpoints in your network, such as workstations, notebooks, and point-of-sale systems1. References = 1: Introduction to the dashboards available in Splunk Enterprise Security - Endpoint domain dashboards.

A network anomaly notable is a type of notable event that indicates a possible network attack or misconfiguration. It is generated by the Network - Anomaly Detection - Rule correlation search, which uses the Splunk Stream app to monitor network traffic and detect anomalies based on predefined thresholds. A security analyst who is investigating a network anomaly notable would use the Protocol intelligence dashboard to gain more insight into the network activity and protocols involved in the anomaly. The Protocol intelligence dashboard provides a summary of network traffic by protocol, such as TCP, UDP, ICMP, and others. It also shows the top sources, destinations, ports, and applications for each protocol. The dashboard allows the analyst to filter the data by time range, protocol, source, destination, port, and application. The dashboard also provides drilldown links to other dashboards, such as the Network Resolution dashboard and the Traffic Size Analysis dashboard, for further analysis. Therefore, the correct answer is D. Protocol intelligence dashboard. References =

Network - Anomaly Detection - Rule

Protocol intelligence dashboard

Splunk Stream app

Adaptive responses are actions that can be performed in response to notable events or other security incidents. Adaptive responses can be triggered by correlation searches and users on the incident review dashboard. Correlation searches are scheduled searches that run periodically to detect patterns of interest in the data and generate notable events or other actions when the search conditions are met. Users can configure correlation searches to trigger adaptive responses automatically when a notable event is created. Users can also run adaptive responses manually from the incident review dashboard, which displays the notable events and their details. Users can select one or more notable events and choose an adaptive response action from the menu. Adaptive responses can help users to gather information, modify the environment, or take other actions to investigate and respond to security incidents. References =

Adaptive Response Framework overview

Run Adaptive Response actions from the Incident Review dashboard

 According to the Splunk Enterprise Security documentation, only users with the ess_admin role or the Manage All Investigations capability can delete an investigation. The investigation owner and collaborators can edit the investigation, but not delete it. Therefore, the correct answer is A. ess_admin users only. References = Manage investigations in Splunk Enterprise Security