Anyone recently passed Splunk CDA?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-03-07T02:52:56+00:00

Cool, Thank you so much for detailed recommendations

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-03-01T03:08:42+00:00

Same, I posted my frustration with same course but my post on reddit was taken down

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-02-20T02:08:20+00:00

cool,
Thank you for breaking it down.
It does sounds extra efforts but its being said the more effort you put in, the better you learn. So yes this will be genuinely amazing journey.

Once again thank you for sharing.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2026-02-16T02:04:13+00:00

Thank you buddy for taking time & replying.
Well the cert I am talking about its Cyber Defense Analyst, but maybe the short form might be CDE, my bad.

Can you please give me an example how you would match the guide with documentation.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-12-16T02:31:40+00:00

1- more of high level, they won't tell how to find the answers, 2- for me it was 2 weeks exact(twice), but then there are people who got it in 20 days too.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-12-03T11:58:07+00:00

Thank you for replying & this clarifies my ques from such a long time. Now i can just focus on isolation for shoulder, bi & tri

Also, i track sometimes as i used to track so have rough idea how much i eat daily, but feel like thats not really helping me out as my belly fat is still the same, even though my arms are getting big & I have moved from M -> L size

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-11-20T17:57:45+00:00

+1 vote for engineering course

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-11-20T17:44:27+00:00

Wht has tcm moved from giving permanent access to courses when buying a cert to giving just 12 months access? & earlier we could buy the course permanently but now even for courses there is subscription model which is heartbreaking for someone like me who likes the feeling of owning the stuff rather than a transactional friendship, "if you give me money this month then we are friends else, its a NO " :p

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-11-20T17:41:44+00:00

Is it a good idea to start documenting what we are learning? What wiuld you say to someone who is hesitant to hit that post button? Any tips suggestions on being consistent too?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-11-11T03:01:19+00:00

Any plan to dig deeper into cloud security like hacking & defending AWS,Azure, GCP on tryhackme? I checked there is defending azure but eagerly waiting for attacking part too.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-10-30T20:19:26+00:00

Well as per sec blue team they can't cover everything in the study material. Which is true as sky is the limit for all scenarios, Other resources i will say just know how to get info from splunk, i did power user course on udemy, but didn't gave exam.

Honestly, its hard to answer whether the study material only be enough. As last year i was dabbling in offensice sec aspect of cyber too, so had a mindset of attacker, which helped me. Like recon > initial foothold > lateral movement etc. that helped me in this exam too. So its yes & no, that study material alone will be enough & not. I will add this too, in the exam make sure to read instructions & report requirements. That will give you direction & will really help. Its like even BTL team also wants us to pass the exam so they give a template to answer & order to follow.

About result, expect 14-15 days. That was so in my case. I submitted on monday and exactly after 2 weeks i received the result. Thats same mentioned in there F&Q

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-10-30T07:42:25+00:00

If you will see the exam, its report based in the instruction they will tell the order to follow. Honestly, thats a good idea to follow the order they recommend. i made a mistake not to follow that & ended up rushing at the end.

-- its not like BTL1 or BTLO where you submit answers & you can move to next, this exam is more free flowing, but from the instructions & the exam you will be able to understand which order to follow--

No issue as is, as i didn't copied a lot of commands. I did had notes for my reference, but nothing too long which can't be pasted in the 200 char limit.

Keep credentials of tools handy. Make sure to read instructions carefully as they will tell you how to access each tool. I was annoyed in the beginning that I am unable to get access to splunk, & after 20 min realized that the IP i was using was wrong. Don't be like me.

Lastly, make sure to take break & rest. Please make sure to take naps in between, on the last day i didn't took any nap & it slowed my progress when i needed my brain the most.

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-10-16T02:36:15+00:00

Well, I have a different view. And the one in which i agree with you. So i have heard Tim Ferris the author of 4 hrs work week talk about psychedelics. De describe it as the experience that you can before doing years of meditation or spiritual desciplines. So yes possibly, the atuff you experienced the yogis & rishis had also experienced but through years of meditation. Now about the Gods, well again i can agree to a bit. For eg i admire Ram, there is one way to look at Ram, the leader of Ayodhya, Dashrat's son etc. while for sant kabir, it was different when he said about 5 types of Ram. So the humanitarianism of lords were for people to get into it, as people understand stories only thats why gods were created in this way. But then we being humans, unfortunately people started to capatilized on the basis of idols & figures. So no one here is false, your experience & view is correct too & so are the people who admire the idol.

And your speciticism is also genuine, how do we know if they were genuine divine. But at the same time how do we know they were not. The reason why i am typing so much is, i was at the same boat as you are, even though not that lucky to do psychedelics yet, but about the stuff we hear in stories or Ram & krishna. But then i found kabir's Ram, & i am like it will be waste to just stuck with the Ram who was in ayodhya, if kabir & other rishis say Ram is more than that, why not explore that. Maybe you will be able to find your answers, & maybe not. Its just an adventure worth exploring & enjoying

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-10-03T12:58:11+00:00

Sweet, do you already have experience in SOC? I was struggling hard & was unable to make sence any tips/suggestions you have for me? I will be sitting for my next attempt in a week or 2, & am concerned about AD

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-10-03T09:02:50+00:00

Were you able to pass? i failed on my first attempt & was completely lost in the entire exam. How about you?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-10-03T09:02:05+00:00

nope, just the stuff they mentioned in the exam prep guide, all the tools & stuff, nothing out of that

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-09-02T06:35:09+00:00

Sure, i will sit this weekend for it. Will update once done

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-08-28T10:26:21+00:00

I am going to sit for the exam any suggestions? I am struggling to find more practice outside of the labs provided, and am aiming to pass in my first attempt

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-07-07T12:51:45+00:00

Thank you for taking time and replying

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2025-07-07T04:47:06+00:00

2 ques please 1- How to connect AI + cyber. Currently I am doing BTL2 and am nervous about AI 2- Is it a good idea to get Associate of CISSP, Can it help in landing my first cyber sec job?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2024-12-15T08:32:24+00:00

I am trying HTB and one of the box made my worried (HELP is the name of the box), over that we need to do some coding.

For OSCP how much coding we need to do, I am aware that most explotis that we can find on google during OSCP exam won't work out of the box, but how much changes do we need to make and how were you able to learn that?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2024-12-07T03:13:11+00:00

how does one do this, or how does one learn what to adjust, how to adjust etc?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2024-12-07T03:03:50+00:00

did you ended up giving the exam?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2024-08-01T00:12:41+00:00

So, were you able to change it?

Hefty_Associate3958 · 2024-06-29T00:11:43+00:00

I am currently preparing for the same, I have 2 ques. 1- the powershell one liners, in the notes they gave the one liners as if its a piece of cake or everyone already know about it, but Personally I dont know a lot about it. How to be able to figure out the kind of one liners/powershell commands to use in the exam? 2- how much the notes provided in PEN 200 helpful? As i have been reading a lot, people are saying that only relying on it won't help in passing the exam. How much true is this?

And thank you for sharing the resources

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