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Splunk ES Admin
Splunk Enterprise Security Certified Admin

Operates and tunes Splunk Enterprise Security — content, correlation searches, notable events, and risk-based alerting.

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› Cost

Exam fee
Splunk ES Admin$130
Annual maintenance fee
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3-year cost of ownership
Splunk ES Admin$130

› Exam mechanics

Pass mark
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Retake policy
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Study time
Splunk ES Admin60–120 hrs
Validity
Splunk ES Admin3 yrs
CPE / yr
Splunk ES Admin0 CPEs
Delivery
Splunk ES Adminonline proctored

› Salary signal (US base)

Range
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Median
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Premium %
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Role context
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› Quality (4-axis rubric · 0–10)

Schema quality
Splunk ES Admin7.0
Practice evidence
Splunk ES Admin1.0
Maintenance
Splunk ES Admin7.0
Market recognition
Splunk ES Admin7.0
Average
Splunk ES Admin5.5

› Recognition & lifecycle

Recognition
Splunk ES AdminGlobal · US · EU · UK
ISO 17024 accredited
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DoD 8140 baseline
Splunk ES Admin—
Holders worldwide
Splunk ES Admin8,000
Current version
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› Domain coverage

A10Security Operations
Splunk ES Admin● core
A11Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting
Splunk ES Admin● core
A7Incident Response & Forensics
Splunk ES Admin○ touched
A8Threat Intelligence
Splunk ES Admin● core
B1AI-Powered Threat Detection
Splunk ES Admin○ touched

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