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Open ended question - beginner here

MarsBar
Engager

Hey all,

I've got an interview and I need to show some level of competency at using Splunk, I'm doing a short presentation on it and I have used it a little. I know it organises a lot of data from logs into useful information and it's handy for forensics, security and auditing users - I'm sure much more as well.

My task is this, to run Splunk on my computer and monitor  operating system events and/or performance. I did monitor data from the source called "Local Event Logs" and picked Security, Application, System and Setup and I have had a quick look over them but something is bugging me.  How can I make this more interesting because I'm doing  a presentation on it? Is there a field or something that would be good to talk about?

There's so many options so it's a bit tough to pick or a find a good one. Odd question, I know but any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you for the read guys. 

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @MarsBar,

to install Splunk on a workstation is very easy and you can ingest logs from the local system very easily.

You can follow some interesting video on YouTube, simply searching for "Splunk".

If you want to use those logs, you have to learn about the Splunk Search Language (SPL and you can find a useful tutorial at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.4/SearchTutorial/WelcometotheSearchTutorial

To display ingested logs, you have to create your own dashboards, following the tutorials on YouTube or the documentation, or you could install some app, e.g. the Splunk App for Windows Infrastructure (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1680/).

Then the best approach is a training path to learn to use Splunk, starting from the Splunk Fundamentals i Cource (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/training/free-courses/splunk-fundamentals-1.html) that's free.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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