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Published inJun 2023
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Ashish M Kothekar
Ashish M Kothekar
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Ashish M Kothekar

Ashish has a total experience of more than 15 years working for IBM on various different platforms. He is currently working as tech evangelist for IBM Security products. He has been instrumental in developing more than 10 IBM certification exams including IBM products like QRadar, Cloud Pak for Security, IBM SiteProtector, IBM XGS, etc. He has worked with multiple customers on deploying and then upgrading IBM security products. He has contributed regularly by writing blogs and giving talks on security products. He has published many redpapers on the integration of security products with IBM Storage solutions like IBM Spectrum scale. These redpapers are now full-fledged solutions that are being sold. He has also cleared two Mandarin language exams and is HSK2 qualified.
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QRadar search tuning

Earlier, we looked at the different types of searches. QRadar searches are one of the most computationally expensive functions. If done right by following a few rules, the searches will work smoothly and efficiently. Otherwise, you will end up with performance issues on various fronts. All the searches are initiated from the QRadar Console and hence, if searches are done wrong, it might affect the other functionalities or services on the Console.

Here are a few rules when it comes to QRadar searches. Let’s dive in!

Indexing and index management

An index is metadata that is generated for the data in the Ariel database. This index data can be generated as soon as the events or flows are ingested in QRadar, or the index can also be generated before running searches (i.e., post-data ingestion). Indexing is used to make the QRadar searches fast and efficient.

Indexing is enabled on the property of the events/flows. For example, source IP would be...

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Ashish M Kothekar

Ashish has a total experience of more than 15 years working for IBM on various different platforms. He is currently working as tech evangelist for IBM Security products. He has been instrumental in developing more than 10 IBM certification exams including IBM products like QRadar, Cloud Pak for Security, IBM SiteProtector, IBM XGS, etc. He has worked with multiple customers on deploying and then upgrading IBM security products. He has contributed regularly by writing blogs and giving talks on security products. He has published many redpapers on the integration of security products with IBM Storage solutions like IBM Spectrum scale. These redpapers are now full-fledged solutions that are being sold. He has also cleared two Mandarin language exams and is HSK2 qualified.
Read more about Ashish M Kothekar