Configuration checklist for UEBA in Splunk Enterprise Security

Before you begin

For users on Splunk Enterprise Security on-premises, you must install UEBA. See Installing UEBA for Splunk Enterprise Security.

Configuration checklist

As an admin, you can begin setting up UEBA after you finish the pairing process with your Splunk Enterprise Security cloud deployment or the installation process with your on-premises deployment. The following table provides an overview of each setup task and its associated documentation link:

Step number Setup task Documentation
1Verify that behavior-based detections are present in Splunk Enterprise Security.View behavior-based detections from UEBA
2Verify that findings generated by behavior-based detections are present in the test index.
Note: The test index, ba_test, is only in UEBA cloud deployments.
Review findings generated by behavior-based detections
3Verify that the UEBA dashboards are populated with data.View UEBA dashboards
4Create finding exclusions.Create a finding exclusion rule using asset or user analysis
5Create entity lists.Add a new entity list