Why is Event Timestamping Important in Splunk?
Event timestamps helpmaintain the correct sequence of logs, ensuring that data isaccurately analyzed and correlated over time.
#Why "Ensuring Events Are Organized Chronologically" is the Best Answer?(AnswerD)#Prevents event misalignment- Ensures logs appear in the correct order.#Enables accurate correlation searches- Helps SOC analyststrace attack timelines.#Improves incident investigation accuracy- Ensures that event sequences are correctly reconstructed.
#Example in Splunk:#Scenario:A security analyst investigates abrute-force attackacross multiple logs.
#Without correct timestamps, login failures might appearout of order, making analysis difficult.#With proper event timestamping, logsline up correctly, allowing SOC analysts to detect theexact attack timeline.
Why Not the Other Options?
#A. Assigning data to a specific sourcetype- Sourcetypes classify logs butdon't affect timestamps.#B.
Tagging events for correlation searches- Correlation uses timestamps buttimestamping itself isn't about tagging.#C. Synchronizing event data with system time- System time matters, butevent timestamping is about chronological ordering.
References & Learning Resources
#Splunk Event Timestamping Guide: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data
/HowSplunkextractstimestamps#Best Practices for Log Time Management in Splunk: https://www.splunk.com
/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks#SOC Investigations & Log Timestamping: https://splunkbase.splunk.com