IBM QRadar SIEM Foundations

Course overview

This basic course, including hands-on exercises, teaches security analysts, architects, offense managers, and administrators how to navigate the QRadar SIEM UI and how to investigate offenses.

This course is designed and built on QRadar 7.4.3 and QRadar 7.5.0. The lab is based on QRadar 7.5.0 update 8.

What you learn:

• Describe how QRadar collects data to detect suspicious activities

• Describe the QRadar architecture and data flows

• Navigate the user interface

• Define log sources, protocols, and event details

• Discover how QRadar collects and analyzes network flow information

• Describe the QRadar Custom Rule Engine

• Utilize the Use Case Manager app

• Discover and manage asset information

• Learn about a variety of QRadar apps, content extensions, and the App Framework

• Analyze offenses by using the QRadar UI and the Analyst Workflow app

• Search, filter, group, and analyze security data

• Use AQL for advanced searches

• Use QRadar to create customized reports

• Explore aggregated data management

• Define sophisticated reporting using Pulse Dashboards

• Discover QRadar administrative tasks

Skills you gain:

• Threat investigation

• QRadar data searching

Who should attend

This course is designed for security analysts, security technical architects, offense managers, network administrators, and system administrators using QRadar SIEM.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, make sure that you have the following skills: • IT infrastructure • IT security fundamentals • Linux • Windows • TCP/IP networking • Syslog

Delivery formats

• • Instructor-led online (virtual classroom)
• • Instructor-led on-site at your premises
• • Self-paced online training
• • Private/closed group delivery for corporate teams

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Related and follow-on courses

• BQ205G — IBM QRadar SIEM Advanced Topics (Advanced)
• BQ310G — QRadar SIEM: Gathering Threat Management Data (v7.5) (Intermediate)
• BQ505G — QRadar EDR: Foundations (Basic)
• BQ510XG — QRadar EDR: Protecting Your Endpoints (Intermediate)