IBM QRadar SIEM Advanced Topics


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Overview

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Course codeBQ204GSkill levelAdvanced
Duration2 daysDelivery typeClassroom
(Hands-on labs)
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QRadar SIEM provides deep visibility into network, user, and application activity. It provides collection, normalization, correlation, and secure storage of events, flows, assets, and vulnerabilities. Suspected attacks and policy breaches are highlighted as offenses. 

This 2-day course walks you through various advanced topics about QRadar such as custom log sources, reference data collections and custom rules, X-Force data and the Threat Intelligence app, UBA and QRadar Advisor, tuning and custom action scripts. The course also discusses integration with IBM SOAR. Hands-on exercises reinforce the skills learned.

The lab environment for this course uses the IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4 platform.

Audience

This course is designed for security administrators and security analysts.

Pre-requisites

Before taking this course, make sure that you have the following skills:

  • IT infrastructure
  • IT security fundamentals
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • TCP/IP networking
  • Syslog
  • Foundational skills for the IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform (at least the skills that are taught in the IBM QRadar SIEM Foundations - BQ104 course)

Objective

After completing this course, you should be able to perform the following tasks:

  • Learn how to create custom log sources
  • Discover how to work with reference data collections and custom rules
  • Use X-Force data and Threat Intelligence app
  • Use the Use Case Manager app
  • Learn how to use UBA and QRadar Advisor
  • Discover Tuning
  • Explore Custom action scripts
  • Discuss Integration with IBM SOAR

Key topics

  • Unit 1: Custom log sources
  • Unit 2: Reference data collections and custom rules
  • Unit 3: IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence in QRadar
  • Unit 4: User Behavior Analytics and Advisor with Watson
  • Unit 5: Tuning
  • Unit 6: Custom action scripts
  • Unit 7: IBM SOAR integration