About IBM Security QRadar SIEM Fundamental Administration

This entry-level certification is intended for administrators who can demonstrate basic support and technical knowledge of IBM Security QRadar SIEM V7.3.2, including implementation and management of an IBM Security QRadar SIEM V7.3.2 solution.

Overall, these administrators are familiar with product functionality and the security policies. They plan, install, configure, implement, deploy, migrate, upgrade, monitor and troubleshoot the IBM Security QRadar SIEM V7.3.2 software.

Prerequisite for the exam

Basic knowledge in:

• RedHat

• Networking

• Basic Query Language

• Regular Expressions

• System architecture design

• Security platforms

Course Outline

1. Implementing

• Plan and design QRadar deployment.

• Implement and install QRadar.

• Add Managed Hosts.

2. Migrating and upgrading

• Plan QRadar upgrade and migration.

• Review documentation and release notes.

• Perform QRadar updates, patches and upgrades.

• Perform migration (e.g., backup and restore, import and export content).

3. Configuring and administering tasks

• Configure event flow sources and custom properties.

• Maintain configuration and data backups.

• Create and administer users, user roles, and security profiles.

• Manage the license per allocation.

• Create, review and modify rules, building blocks and reference sets.

• Configure and manage retention policies (i.e., data and assets).

• Create and manage saved searches, index, global views, dashboards and reports.

• Deploy and manage applications and content packages.

• Configure global system notifications.

• Configure and apply network hierarchy.

• Configure and manage domain and tenants.

• Use the asset database.

• Schedule and run a VA scan

4. Monitoring

• Monitor QRadar Notifications and error messages.

• Review and interpret system monitoring dashboards.

• Verify QRadar processes and services.

• Monitor QRadar performance.

• Use apps and tools for monitoring (e.g., QDI, assistant app, incident overview, DrQ).

• Check system maintenance and health of appliances.

• Monitor offences and detect anomalies.

5. Troubleshooting

• Demonstrate knowledge of key commands to interpret QRadar services and processes.

• Explain error messages and notifications.

• Interpret the basic logs (e.g., qradar.error, qradar.log).

• Use embedded troubleshooting tools and scripts.