Enhancing Cisco Security Solutions with Data Analytics (ECSS) Training Course

Enhancing Cisco Security Solutions with Data Analytics (ECSS) is an instructor-led training course designed for cybersecurity professionals who want to strengthen security operations through the effective use of data analytics, threat intelligence, and security automation. The course focuses on integrating Splunk with Cisco security technologies to improve visibility, accelerate investigations, and enhance incident response capabilities across modern enterprise environments. Participants gain practical experience working with security telemetry, building meaningful analytics workflows, and leveraging Cisco security platforms to support Security Operations Centre (SOC) activities.

As organisations face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, security teams require more than individual security tools. They need the ability to collect, correlate, analyse, and act on data from multiple sources to identify risks and respond effectively. This course provides the skills needed to combine Cisco security technologies with Splunk analytics capabilities, enabling participants to transform security data into actionable intelligence that supports proactive threat detection and response.

A major focus of the training is understanding the core capabilities of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud. Participants learn how Splunk collects, indexes, searches, and visualises data from diverse sources across enterprise environments. Through practical exercises and guided labs, learners gain experience working with data ingestion processes, search techniques, dashboards, alerts, and reporting functions commonly used within modern security operations teams.

The course also explores how security telemetry can be integrated and analysed to improve security visibility. Participants learn how Cisco security products can send data to Splunk, allowing teams to investigate events, identify patterns, and develop a comprehensive understanding of activity occurring across networks, users, endpoints, cloud services, and applications.

Participants gain practical experience working with Cisco XDR, Splunk SIEM, and Splunk SOAR technologies. The training examines how these platforms complement one another within modern security architectures by combining detection, investigation, automation, and response capabilities. Learners discover how security teams can improve incident prioritisation, streamline workflows, and reduce response times through integrated analytics and orchestration solutions.

The curriculum covers integrations between Splunk and a variety of Cisco security technologies. Participants explore use cases involving Cisco Secure Firewall, Cisco XDR, Cisco Secure Malware Analytics, Cisco Duo, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Cisco Email Threat Defense, Cisco Multicloud Defense, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), and Cisco Network Visibility Module. These integrations help security teams gain broader visibility and improve context during investigations.

Security monitoring, threat hunting, and incident investigation are key components of the course. Participants learn how to search security data efficiently, analyse indicators of compromise, correlate events from multiple sources, and identify suspicious activity that may indicate security threats or breaches. These skills support both proactive security monitoring and reactive incident response activities.

Automation and orchestration concepts are also introduced through Splunk SOAR workflows. Learners gain an understanding of how automated playbooks can improve consistency, reduce manual effort, and accelerate security operations by automating common investigation and response tasks.

The course explores the relationship between Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) technologies within modern SOC environments. Participants learn how these technologies work together to improve threat visibility, streamline operations, and strengthen organisational cyber resilience.

Through hands-on labs, real-world investigation scenarios, and practical exercises, participants develop the skills required to integrate Cisco security technologies with Splunk, analyse security events, and support effective security operations. The course focuses on practical workplace application while helping learners build capabilities that are highly valued across cybersecurity and security operations roles.

This course is ideal for Security Analysts, SOC Analysts, Security Engineers, Threat Hunters, Incident Responders, Network Security Professionals, Cybersecurity Consultants, and IT professionals responsible for monitoring and defending enterprise environments. Training is available across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, and Canberra, as well as through live online delivery throughout Australia. A Certificate of Attendance is included upon completion.