C1000-127 Exam Information and Guideline
IBM Security Guardium v11.x Administrator
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Exam Name: IBM Security Guardium v11.x Administrator
Exam Code: C1000-127
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of Questions: 60
Passing Score: 63% (38 correct answers out of 60)
Format: Multiple-choice, multiple-response, drag-and-drop, and scenario-based questions
Section 1:
- Plan for the IBM Security Guardium System
- Describe Guardium Architecture
- Define the differences between Guardium agents
- Identify the ports for Guardium and agents
- Define the roles of the Guardium appliances
- Explain how the firewall works on DAM and FAM
Section 2:
- Deploy & Configure the IBM Guardium System
- Configure Guardium appliances
- Install license keys
- Install Guardium agents
- Configure and attach Identity Providers
- Configure SMTP on the appliance
- Configure SIEM on appliance
Section 3:
- Discover & Classify
- Discover the databases on the network
- Locate and classify sensitive data
Section 4:
- Protect & Monitor
- Build a policy
- Define and implement Policy Rules logic
- Setup outlier detection settings
- Differentiate between policy actions
- Interpret results of analytic engines
- Monitor resources of appliance
Section 5:
- Audit & Report
- Create custom report queries
- Configure audit flow
Section 6:
- Assess & Harden
- Identify vulnerabilities in different databases and platforms
- Harden vulnerabilities in different databases and platforms
- Configure and operate CAS
Section 7:
- Maintain & Manage
- Configure high availability functions for appliances and agents
- Configure alerts
- Install patches
- Configure data management
- Manage and maintain groups
- Setup and maintain user accounts
Section 8:
- Problem Determination
- Troubleshoot installation issues
- Troubleshoot data capture issues
- Troubleshoot operational issues
- Generate must gathers
- Guardium components (Collector, Aggregator, Central Manager)
- Deployment models (Standalone, Distributed, High Availability)
- S-TAP and C-TAP deployment considerations
- System requirements (hardware, software, network)
- S-TAP (System Tap)
- C-TAP (Client Tap)
- Aggregator
- Central Manager
- Guardium Appliances (Physical & Virtual)
- Installing Guardium software
- Configuring initial setup (IP, hostname, DNS, NTP)
- Licensing and activation
- Configuring user roles and permissions
- Database and OS integrations
- CLI (Command Line Interface)
- GIM (Guardium Installation Manager)
- GRD (Guardium Remote Deployer)
- SPP (Security and Privacy Portal)
- LDAP/AD Integration
- Configuring policy groups and rules
- Setting up database & file activity monitoring
- Customizing audit processes
- Using exceptions and filters
- DPA (Data Protection Activity)
- S-TAP/C-TAP filtering
- Policy Builder
- Exception Lists
- Access Groups
- Running database vulnerability scans
- Analyzing scan results
- Generating compliance reports
- Remediation tracking
- VA (Vulnerability Assessment)
- SCAP (Security Content Automation Protocol)
- CIS Benchmarks
- Database Hardening
- Creating custom reports
- Scheduling and exporting reports
- Compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, PCI-DSS)
- Using Guardium Insights for analytics
- GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
- HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
- SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
- PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)
- Configuring alerts (email, SNMP, syslog)
- Incident investigation workflows
- Forensics and audit trails
- SIEM Integration (QRadar, Splunk)
- SNMP Traps
- Incident Response Workflow
- Audit Process
- Backup and restore procedures
- Log analysis (Guardium logs, OS logs)
- Performance tuning
- Troubleshooting common issues (S-TAP/C-TAP, connectivity)
- GIM (Guardium Installation Manager)
- GRD (Guardium Remote Deployer)
- CLI Troubleshooting Commands
- Guardium Log Files
- Guardium API – For automation and integrations
- Data Classification – Identifying sensitive data
- Entitlement Reports – User access permissions
- Guardium Insights – Advanced analytics for Guardium data
- STAP & CTAP – Agents for monitoring database and file activities