chicken / egg thing no? how to get real hands on experience as analyst without doing the training. I have the demo installed/ free version and did some of the tutorial ride along activities but not real world stuff, that seems a bit unrealistic. Are you suggesting to hold off on the exam until getting to that level of hands on work? ... View more

thank you, I did all the trainings in the curriculum path for this test with the exception of Using Splunk Enterprise Security as that one has a 1500 fee while all others are free!. Is that course absolutely required to be proficient enough to pass this exam?  ... View more