November 2024 Edition
Hayyy Splunk Education Enthusiasts and the Eternally Curious!
We’re back with this month’s edition of indexEducation, the newsletter that takes an untraditional twist on what’s new with Splunk Education. We hope the updates about our courses, certification program, and self-paced training will feed your obsession to learn, grow, and advance your careers. Let’s get started with an index for maximum performance readability:
Training You Gotta Take | Things You Needa Know | Places You’ll Wanna Go
Training You Gotta Take
SOC Essentials | It’ll knock your socks off
Crew, ankle, no-show, athletic, and compression. These are all sock essentials for your feet. But, now Splunk offers SOC Essentials: Investigating and Threat Hunting – a course for your brain. Part of the Blue Team Academy, this instructor-led training is designed to tackle the industry skills gap head-on. You’ll learn how to conduct investigations using Splunk Enterprise Security, master Risk-Based Alerting, and practice key tasks with Splunk SOAR. Plus, you’ll work with the PEAK Threat Hunting framework and put your knowledge to the test with a hypothesis-driven threat-hunting exercise.
Gotta get to class | SOC(k)-wearing optional
Training on the ‘tube | Enterprise Security 8.0
Ready to transform your SOC workflow skills? Pop over to the Splunk Education How-To YouTube channel and press play for training on Splunk Enterprise Security 8.0. This latest release revolutionizes threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) with features like seamless case management and integrated automation through Splunk SOAR. You’ll learn all about Splunk Mission Control, new detection types, detection versioning, and enhanced case management updates. Alex is waiting to walk you through the latest, so don’t leave her hanging.
Gotta learn on YouTube | The new release of Enterprise Security
Things You Needa Know
There’s an app for that | Start with Lantern
Account takeovers, wire fraud, credit card fraud, oh my! It’s scary out there for Financial Services companies, which is why you’ve got Splunk. But because there are so many places for the bad guys to lurk, we’ve got guidance for using Splunk for dozens of use cases – starting with our updated Use Case Explorer specifically for Financial Services. The Use Case Explorer is a great tool to help you implement new use cases using either Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud Platform, plus there’s also a new deployment guide for using the Splunk App for Fraud Analytics. Lantern is forcing the bad guys out of the dark – one guide at a time!
Needa know the use cases | Read on Lantern
The case for academics | Splunk training in universities
Ever wonder where the next generation of cybersecurity professionals is coming from? Well, wonder no more. Thanks to the Splunk Academic Alliance Program, we’re training tomorrow’s talent at universities like the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Louisiana State University. With classroom curriculum at the foundation, these students are getting hands-on experience in real-world security operations – and on Security Operations Center (SOC) teams. It’s a win-win: students get the skills they need, and organizations can then use this trained-up talent in their own SOCs.
Needa know about the future | We’ve got two case studies
Places You’ll Wanna Go
Splunk Education Goes to Washington | Splunk GovSummit 2024
Join us for monumental moments in the nation’s capital on December 11, 2024. Splunk GovSummit in Washington, D.C. is a one-day event packed with learning, insights, and innovation. We bring together public sector leaders and tech experts to explore the latest in observability, cybersecurity, AI adoption, and digital resilience, plus two instructor-led courses— SOC Essentials: Investigating and Threat Hunting and Exploring and Analyzing Data. From the U.S. Capitol to the Washington Monument, Splunk Education is in the House. (Well, not literally.)
Go to Washington | Register for our two in-person courses
To the classroom | Training tales and testimonials
School is always in session with Splunk Education. If you’re curious about what the experience looks like, then check out Splunk Classroom Chronicles. This new series introduces you to our top-notch instructors and course developers, and highlights stories and feedback from our learners. With today’s fast-paced work environment, continuous professional development is key, and Splunk Education offers engaging, interactive training to keep you one step ahead of the bad guys. From hands-on labs to expert-led sessions, grab a virtual seat and put those thinking caps on.
Go to the head of the class | Read the tales
Find Your Way | Learning Bits and Breadcrumbs
Go Chat | Join our Community User Group Slack Channel
Go Stream It | The Latest Course Releases (Some with Non-English Captions!)
Go Last Minute | Seats Still Available for ILT
Go to Lantern | For Financial Services Use Cases
Go Discuss Stuff | Join the Community
Go Index It | Subscribe to our Newsletter
Thanks for sharing a few minutes of your day with us – whether you’re looking to grow your mind, career, or spirit, you can bet your sweet SaaS, we got you. If you think of anything else we may have missed, please reach out to us at indexEducation@splunk.com.
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