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Cybersecurity study guides and practical Splunk toolkits.

Build IT and cybersecurity knowledge with guided practice, or find Splunk searches, troubleshooting workflows, deployment checklists, and administrator references for your next platform task.

Cybersecurity Foundations by Kempes IT Solutions, an independent A+, Network+, and Security+ study guide with a navy and teal shield cover.
Cybersecurity education · 2026 edition

Cybersecurity Foundations

Independent Study Guide and Practice Workbook

Start with computer hardware and operating systems, then build skills in networking, identity, cryptography, incident response, and recovery planning.

113pages
120practice questions
15guided labs
12practical scenarios
  • 20 teaching chapters with worked examples and recall checks.
  • Four separate practice tests with answers, explanations, and chapter references.
  • A suggested 16 week study plan, diagrams, reference tables, a glossary, and worksheets.
  • Computer activities and paper alternatives for new IT learners and career changers.

Exam versions: A+ 220-1201 and 220-1202 · Network+ N10-009 · Security+ SY0-701.

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Independent educational material from Kempes IT Solutions. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CompTIA. CompTIA, A+, Network+, and Security+ are marks of their respective owner. Questions are original study material, not actual exam items. Use alongside official exam objectives and hands-on practice. Exam vouchers, official certification, and passing guarantees are not included. This edition covers SY0-701 and does not claim SY0-801 alignment.

What buyers get

Useful material, not filler.

Each guide is designed as an operational reference that administrators can keep beside them during deployments, troubleshooting, health reviews, and change windows.

Copy-ready SPL

Administrative searches with purpose, expected use, and notes about fields that can vary by release.

Troubleshooting logic

Structured triage steps and decision trees for common Splunk platform failures.

Deployment references

Checklists, commands, configuration patterns, validation steps, and operational handoff material.

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Choose the guide you need.

SPL Search Library

50 Splunk Searches Every Admin Should Know

$29
Digital PDF field guide

Fifty practical administrator searches covering ingestion, data freshness, indexing latency, search activity, internal errors, queues, licensing, clustering, SmartStore, authentication, scheduling, and data inventory.

  • 50 documented SPL searches
  • Use case for every search
  • Performance and filtering notes
  • Quick triage workflow
  • Internal and audit index examples
Buy for $29
Troubleshooting

Splunk Troubleshooting Handbook

$49
Digital PDF handbook

A practical incident guide for administrators who need to move from symptoms to evidence quickly.

  • No-data troubleshooting
  • High CPU, memory, and I/O wait
  • Indexer and SHC health
  • KV Store, SAML, and TLS
  • SmartStore and bundle replication
  • Decision trees and evidence commands
Buy for $49
Go-Live

Splunk Production Readiness Checklist

$79
Digital PDF checklist

A structured go-live review covering the major technical and operational areas that should be validated before onboarding production workloads.

  • Architecture and networking
  • TLS, SAML, and RBAC
  • Indexer and Search Head clusters
  • Data onboarding and capacity
  • SmartStore, ES, and ITSI
  • Operations and security hardening
Buy for $79
SmartStore

Splunk SmartStore Deployment Guide

$99
Digital PDF deployment guide

Planning, cache management, configuration patterns, rollout sequencing, validation, monitoring, and troubleshooting for SmartStore deployments.

  • Architecture planning
  • Pre-deployment checks
  • Conceptual configuration pattern
  • Cache Manager guidance
  • Validation searches and commands
  • Troubleshooting decision tree
Buy for $99
Best for Teams

Need help applying the material?

Pair the guides with a Kempes ITS architecture assessment or managed services engagement for hands-on review, implementation, and remediation support.

  • Architecture assessment
  • Configuration review
  • Health scoring
  • Remediation roadmap
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Complete Bundle
Splunk Enterprise Deployment Pack

Everything in one $299 package.

The complete deployment pack combines all five Kempes ITS guides into a single operational library for Splunk administrators, consultants, and platform teams.

Included products

  • 50 Splunk Searches Every Admin Should Know
  • Splunk Troubleshooting Handbook
  • Splunk Production Readiness Checklist
  • Splunk SmartStore Deployment Guide
  • Splunk Administrator Toolkit

Pack content

  • Deployment checklists
  • SPL searches
  • Configuration examples
  • Troubleshooting decision trees
  • Architecture review prompts and diagrams guidance
  • Upgrade checklist
  • Cluster health checklist
  • SmartStore checklist
  • Security hardening checklist

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