These are the top ten devops tools essential for actual practitioners. We break down the tools your team should have in the areas of version control, containerization, config, observability and monitoring.

Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring provides a turn-key, enterprise-grade Kubernetes monitoring solution for Amazon EKS. It also provides out-of-the-box monitoring of the Kubernetes Control Plane. With Splunk’s support for EKS-A, our joint customers can confidently run Kubernetes in all environments – cloud-native with Amazon EKS, hybrid with Amazon Outposts and on-premises self-managed environments using EKS-A.

If you're like me, your inbox is out of control, your calendar is full, and for some of us, your navigating kids going back to school! To help, I thought I'd outline three simple steps to get you ready for .conf21. These steps will allow you to maximize your time and value whether you plan to attend in Las Vegas or online.

Adversaries are using PowerShell attacks, but luckily the Splunk Threat Research Team (STRT) has developed PowerShell analytics for Splunk by using the Splunk Attack Range to collect the generated logs, and hunt for suspicious PowerShell.

We are pleased to announce that Splunk has achieved U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Provisional Authorization by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) at Impact Level 5 (IL5), which allows U.S. Government agencies to use Splunk Cloud Platform for higher sensitivity Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

In this next installment of our “Meet the Splunktern'' series, we’re featuring Fransiska Nauli, our Field Engineering Intern in Australia. Fransiska is currently attending the University of Melbourne, majoring in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Keep reading to learn more about Fransiska and her time as a Splunktern!

Does your Splunk app integrate with a third-party service or API? If so, that service might require your app’s users to authenticate using a secret.

The Office of Management and Budget’s memo mandates a maturity model for event log management, sets agency implementation requirements, and establishes government-wide responsibilities.

These monthly postings will feature the favorite security-centric presentations, white papers and customer case studies from various peeps in the Splunk (or not) security world that WE think everyone should read. If you would like to read other months, please take a peek at previous posts in the "Staff Picks" series!