VMware Carbon Black EDR Advanced Administrator-On Demand

This course equivalent to one day of training 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.

This course is also available in an Instructor-Led Training (ILT) format.

Intended Audience

System administrators and security operations personnel, including analysts and managers

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

Prerequisites

This course requires completion of the following course:

• VMware Carbon Black EDR Administrator

Product Alignment

• VMware Carbon Black EDR

Course Outline

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 Architecture

• Data flows and channels
• Sizing considerations
• Communication channels and ports

3 Server Datastores

• SOLR database
• Storage configurations and data aging
• Partition states
• Postgres
• Modulestore

4 EDR API

• CBAPI overview
• Viewing API calls in the browser
• Utilizing the API to access data

5 Threat Intelligence Feeds

• Feed structure
• Report indicator types
• Custom threat feed creation and addition

6 Syslog Integration

• SIEM support
• Configuration

7 Troubleshooting

• Server-side scripts
• Server logs
• Sensor operations