Exam guide · SPLK-5001
The SPLK-5001 exam has 66 questions and takes 75 minutes. Splunk doesn’t publish a passing score. It costs $130 (per attempt, through Pearson VUE). Splunk hasn’t announced a retirement date.
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Splunk hasn’t announced a retirement date for SPLK-5001. We check Splunk’s site every week, and this page changes the day it does.
Exam domains
Each domain’s share of the exam, as Splunk publishes it. Spend your study time in the same proportion.
1The Cyber Landscape, Frameworks, and Standards
10%
2Threat and Attack Types, Motivations, and Tactics
20%
3Defenses, Data Sources, and SIEM Best Practices
20%
4Investigation, Event Handling, Correlation, and Risk
20%
5SPL and Efficient Searching
20%
6Threat Hunting and Remediation
10%
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The SPLK-5001 exam has 66 questions, and you get 75 minutes.
Splunk doesn’t publish a passing score for SPLK-5001. Splunk shows results as pass or fail.
$130 (per attempt, through Pearson VUE). Check Splunk’s site for the price in your country.
Splunk hasn’t announced one yet. We check Splunk’s site every week, and this page changes the day it does.
None: Splunk sets no prerequisites for Cybersecurity Defense Analyst. Knowing the exam’s domains well is what counts.
Weight your time like the exam: Threat and Attack Types, Motivations, and Tactics, Defenses, Data Sources, and SIEM Best Practices, Investigation, Event Handling, Correlation, and Risk and SPL and Efficient Searching carry the most (20% each). Take the free practice test to find your weakest domains, make a study plan around them, and before you book, sit full-length timed practice exams until you pass them comfortably.
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