Course Overview
This one-day course teaches you how to use the advanced features of the VMware Carbon Black® EDR™ product. This usage includes gaining access to the Linux server for management and troubleshooting in addition to configuring integrations and using the API. This course provides an in-depth, technical understanding of the Carbon Black EDR product through comprehensive coursework and hands-on scenario-based labs. This class focuses exclusively on advanced technical topics related to the technical back-end configuration and maintenance.
Product Alignment
- VMware Carbon Black EDR
Who should attend
System administrators and security operations personnel, including analysts and managers
Prerequisites
This course requires completion of the following course:
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Describe the components and capabilities of the Carbon Black EDR server
- Identify the architecture and data flows for Carbon Black EDR communication
- Identify the architecture for a cluster configuration and Carbon Black EDR cluster communication
- Describe the Carbon Black EDR server data types and data locations
- Use the API to interact with the Carbon Black EDR server without using the UI
- Create custom threat feeds for use in the Carbon Black EDR server
- Perform the integration with a syslog server
- Use different server-side scripts for troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot sensor-side configurations and communication
Course Content
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Architecture
- Data flows and channels
- Sizing considerations
- Communication channels and ports
Server Datastores
- SOLR database
- Storage configurations and data aging
- Partition states
- Postgres
- Modulestore
EDR API
- CBAPI overview
- Viewing API calls in the browser
- Utilizing the API to access data
Threat Intelligence Feeds
- Feed structure
- Report indicator types
- Custom threat feed creation and addition
Syslog Integration
- SIEM support
- Configuration
Troubleshooting
- Server-side scripts
- Server logs
- Sensor operations