C1000-140 IBM QRadar SIEM V7.4.3 Deployment Practice Exam

C1000-140 IBM QRadar SIEM V7.4.3 Deployment Practice Exam

The C1000-140 exam validates a professional's ability to plan, install, configure, and perform the initial system administration for IBM Security QRadar SIEM V7.4.3.  This intermediate-level certification demonstrates the skills required to deploy QRadar and prepare an organization to leverage its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) capabilities.

Who Should Take This Exam?

This certification is ideal for:

• IT professionals specializing in security and network administration
• Security architects and engineers
• QRadar administrators seeking to validate their deployment expertise
• There are no formal prerequisites for this exam.

Roles and Responsibilities 

• QRadar Deployment Specialists: Plan, install, configure, and initially manage QRadar deployments.
• Security Analysts: Utilize QRadar data for threat detection, investigation, and incident response.
• Security Administrators: Maintain the ongoing health and performance of the QRadar SIEM system.

Exam Details

• Number of questions: 61
• Exam Code: C1000-140
• Number of questions to pass: 40
• Time allowed: 90 minutes

Course Outline

The  C1000-140  IBM QRadar SIEM V7.4.3 Deployment Exam covers the following topics - 

Domain1: Understanding Deployment Objectives and Use Cases (5%)

• Explaining to Review business needs
• Explaining to Determine QRadar apps and content value
• Explaining to Define QRadar value reporting

Domain 2: Understanding Architecture and Sizing (18%)

• Explaining to Determine scope and size requirements for deployment
• Explaining to Plan for placement of appliances
• Explaining to Determine requirements for data retention
• Explaining to Determine QRadar deployment components
• Explaining to Identify the need for HA and DR
• Explaining to Determine licensing requirements
• Explaining to Windows collection architecture

Domain 3: Understanding Installation and Configuration (16%)

• Explaining to Install QRadar SIEM
• Explaining to Apply and update licensing
• Explaining to Apply QRadar system Certificates
• Explaining to Backup, recovery and data retention
• Explaining to Conduct initial configuration
• Explaining to Configure authentication and access control

Domain 4: Understanding Event and Flow Integration (12%)

• Explaining to Define log sources
• Explaining to Define and configure flow sources
• Explaining to Define custom properties
• Explaining to Install content extensions based on requirements
• Explaining to Identify event parsing requirements

Domain 5: Understanding Environment and XFE Integration (8%)

• Explaining to Configure Assistant App and use it to manage the apps
• Explaining to Establish X-Force intelligence data integration levels
• Explaining to Configure Use Case Manager
• Explaining to Populate and Use Asset database

Domain 6: Understanding System Performance and Troubleshooting (13%)

• Explaining to Look for R2R events
• Explaining to Monitor system performance
• Explaining to Check SIM audit events and logs
• Explaining to Check and restart Apps as necessary
• Explaining to Identify event drops, events going to storage and unknown events

Domain 7: Understanding Initial Offense Tuning (8%)

• Explaining to Tune noisy offenses and CRE events
• Explaining to Identify expensive rules and properties
• Explaining to Utilize Server Discovery
• Explaining to Update building blocks
• Explaining to Manage and use reference data

Domain 8: Understanding Migration and Upgrades (13%)

• Explaining to Migrate Data
• Explaining to Upgrade prerequisites
• Explaining to Determine content migration strategy
• Explaining to Review App Framework considerations (UBI)
• Explaining to Restoring a backup
• Explaining to Performing system migration

Domain 9: Multi-Tenancy Considerations (7%)

• Explaining to Define domains and tenants requirements
• Explaining to Configure items which involve Multi-tenancy