# Boss of the SOC (BOTS) Dataset ## Introduction Boss of the SOC (BOTS) Datasets, are security event Datasets released by Splunk. BOTS Datasets contain multiple attack scenarios and are used during Blue Team CTF events along with a Scoring Server, released by Splunk too. BOTS Datasets can be use for : * Detection rules testing. * Ingestion and processing pipeline testing. * Security events enrichements testing. * Training. * Many other things. ## Download Multiple version of BOTS Dataset are available, in different formats (Splunk Pre-Index, JSON, CSV). Download links of original BOTS files can be found here : **BOTSv1 :** [**https://github.com/splunk/botsv1**](https://github.com/splunk/botsv1) **BOTSv2 :** [**https://github.com/splunk/botsv2**](https://github.com/splunk/botsv2) **Scoring App (Require Splunk):** [**https://github.com/splunk/SA-ctf\_scoreboard**](https://github.com/splunk/SA-ctf_scoreboard) ## Additional resources For training, here is a blog post containing tips for hunting with Splunk, tips also valid and reusable for hunting with Elastic : [**https://www.splunk.com/blog/2017/07/06/hunting-with-splunk-the-basics.html**](https://www.splunk.com/blog/2017/07/06/hunting-with-splunk-the-basics.html) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://botes.gitbook.io/botes-dataset/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.