102 practice questions for Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer (SPLK-5002), with full explanations.
Every question comes with the correct answer, the reasoning behind it, and a short note on why each wrong option is wrong. Work through it once with the answers, then again with the questions-only copy under exam conditions.
- 102 questions across all four SPLK-5002 exam domains
- Answers and explanations for every question, including the wrong options
- A questions-only PDF for timed practice runs
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- Free monthly updates for as long as the exam is live
- Pass or your money back
A SPLK-5002 attempt costs US$130. This pack is US$39, paid once.
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Last updated September 2026 · 102 questions
What makes the SPLK-5002 hard
SPLK-5002 is the engineering counterpart to the Cybersecurity Defense Analyst exam. Where SPLK-5001 asks whether a candidate can work an alert in Enterprise Security, this one asks whether they can build the detections, data pipelines and automation that the analyst relies on. It is a Splunk Enterprise Security and SOAR exam first and a Splunk Enterprise exam second, so knowing SPL is necessary but not sufficient on its own.
Detection Engineering is 40% of the exam: writing and tuning correlation searches, risk-based alerting with risk scores, risk objects and risk notables, adaptive response actions, integrating threat intelligence and asset and identity context, mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK, reducing false positives and measuring detection coverage.
Automation and Efficiency is 30% and covers Splunk SOAR playbooks, actions and apps, case management and workbooks, and automating enrichment and response. Building Effective Security Processes and Programs is 20%, covering detection lifecycle management, program metrics, documentation and runbooks. Data Engineering is the smallest domain at 10%: onboarding and normalising security data to the Common Information Model, data models and acceleration, source types and field extractions, and validating data quality before it feeds detections.
About the exam
SPLK-5002 (Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Engineer) is a professional-level Splunk security certification. It covers security data engineering, detection engineering in Splunk Enterprise Security including risk-based alerting, building effective security processes and programs, and automation and efficiency with Splunk SOAR. Splunk recommends the Cybersecurity Defense Analyst certification and hands-on ES and SOAR experience.
Exam domains
- Data Engineering: 10%
- Detection Engineering: 40%
- Building Effective Security Processes and Programs: 20%
- Automation and Efficiency: 30%
Multiple choice and multiple select, roughly 70 questions in 75 minutes, US$130 per attempt, Pearson VUE test centre or online proctored, certification valid for three years.
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