Objective 4.5
Cybersecurity Defense AnalystIdentify common built-in dashboards in Enterprise Security and the basic information they contain
Objective 4.5 sits in Investigation, Event Handling, Correlation, and Risk, which carries 20% of the Cybersecurity Defense Analyst exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.
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A worked example
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An analyst wants a high-level view of notable events across every security domain over the last day. Which Enterprise Security dashboard does Splunk name for that?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
A summary view and a working queue serve different readers. One is for a wall display and a shift handover, the other is where individual items get picked up.
Why C
Splunk documents Security Posture as a high-level overview of the notable events in your environment over the last 24 hours.
Source
Splunk Docs: Introduction to the dashboards available in Splunk Enterprise Security, checked August 2026Security Posture provides a high-level overview of the notable events in your environment over the last 24 hours. Identify the security domains with the most incidents, and the most recent activity.
Now you: objective 4.5 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
An analyst needs the dashboard where notable events are triaged, assigned and examined in detail. Which one does Splunk document for that work?
Sample question 2 of 3
An analyst wants to find which devices and users across the network carry the highest risk scores. Which dashboard does Splunk name?
Sample question 3 of 3
An analyst is asked which panel on the Risk Analysis dashboard identifies the searches contributing the most risk. Which one does Splunk document?
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More objectives in Investigation, Event Handling, Correlation, and Risk
- 4.1 Describe continuous monitoring and the five basic stages of investigation according to Splunk
- 4.2 Explain the different types of analyst performance metrics such as MTTR and dwell time
- 4.3 Demonstrate ability to recognize common event dispositions and correctly assign them
- 4.4 Define terms and aspects of Splunk Enterprise Security and their uses including SPL, Notable Event, Risk Notable, Adaptive Response Action, Risk Object, Contributing Events
- 4.6 Understand and explain the essentials of Risk Based Alerting, the Risk framework and creating correlation searches within Enterprise Security