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Introducing the SIEM of the Future: Splunk® Enterprise Security 8.0
Introducing the SIEM of the future, Splunk® Enterprise Security 8.0 – available now in a private preview to revolutionize the SOC workflow experience.
Fast Track to Digital Resilience: Splunk Platform Innovation
Announcing Splunk Enterprise 9.3 and the latest Splunk Cloud Platform release, giving you all the tools you need to drive digital resilience.
New Splunk Innovations Help Build a Leading Observability Practice for the Whole Enterprise
The latest and greatest from Splunk Observability to help keep your entire stack up and running, no matter where it’s deployed or who’s troubleshooting.
Supercharge Insights with Generative AI: Splunk AI Assistant for SPL is now GA
Announced at .conf24, Splunk AI Assistant for SPL is now available globally for Splunk Cloud users.
Accelerate Troubleshooting with More Actionable Insights in Splunk ITSI 4.19
Announcing the latest feature enhancements in Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) 4.19, designed to operationalize the way organizations manage their IT services.
Update on Cisco and Splunk Observability, Better Together
Tom Casey explains how customers win with Cisco's unmatched network visibility and Splunk's top-tier log analytics and cloud observability.
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Congratulations to all of the 2024 Splunkie Award winners announced at .conf24!
Data Integration for Higher Education: An NJIT and Splunk Case Study
With Splunk, NJIT can combine disparate streams of event, academic and infrastructure data to bolster physical and digital security across the campus.
Announcing the 2024 Splunk Partner Awards Winners!
Congratulations to the 2024 Splunk Partner Awards winners and our entire partner community on an outstanding year!
Supercharge Insights with Generative AI: Splunk AI Assistant for SPL is now GA
Announced at .conf24, Splunk AI Assistant for SPL is now available globally for Splunk Cloud users.
Cisco and Splunk Bring Full-Stack Observability to the Entire Enterprise
Splunk has teamed up with Cisco to deliver engineers and ITOps teams with an improved leading observability experience.
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Site Reliability Engineer: Responsibilities, Roles and Salaries
Discover the importance of the site reliability engineer role. Learn about the responsibilities, skills, and salaries of site reliability engineers.
What are SaaS, PaaS, & IaaS?
Yes, the cloud makes work better. But which cloud model is right for you? Understand how SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS works in this ultimate guide.
Vulnerabilities, Threats & Risk Explained
Vulnerability, threat and risk are three fundamental concepts in cybersecurity. Learn from industry experts how they differ and play out in IT environments.
Cyber Kill Chains Explained: Phases, Pros/Cons & Security Tactics
A cyber kill chain framework can help organizations to better understand and combat attacks. Learn about the evolution and applications of the cyber kill chain.
What Is Threat Hunting? A Cybersecurity Strategy
Threat hunting is a proactive approach that harnesses human intuition and creativity to identify and counter security incidents that may otherwise go undetected.
SRE Metrics: Four Golden Signals of Monitoring
Learn about the critical SRE metrics and how the four golden signals define what it means for a system to be “healthy” in this blog post.
Incident Severity Levels 1-5 Explained
Incident severity levels indicate how an incident impacts your customers, so you can prioritize and respond appropriately. Learn how to define and use them.
Denial-of-Service Attacks: History, Techniques & Prevention
DoS attacks have a long history, but they’re also predicted to get worse in 2023. Find out the many ways they work and learn to prevent them in the first place.
Shadow IT & How To Manage It Today
Shadow IT exists for a few reasons: is one side more right? Is there a middle ground? Get the full story from IT expert Joseph Nduhiu in this article.
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When and Why To Adopt Feature Flags
Learn all about feature flags, a powerful way to fine-tune your control over which features are enabled within a software deployment.
Splunk 9.0 SmartStore with Microsoft Azure Container Storage
With the release of Splunk 9.0 came support for SmartStore in Azure. Previously to achieve this, you’d have to use some form of S3-compliant broker API, but now we can use native Azure APIs.The addition of this capability means that Splunk now offers complete SmartStore support for all three of the big public cloud vendors. This blog will describe a little bit about how it works, and help you set it up yourself.
Best DevOps Books: The Definitive List
In this blog post we’ll look at the core, fundamental books that have played the largest role in creating the modern DevOps movement.
How Does Observability Help an Organization Move the Needle?
Vice President of Cloud and Security Services for Clarify360, Jo Peterson, explores why Observability is an emerging tool that could provide differentiation between top performers and trailing performers in the marketplace.
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) vs. Load Balancers: What’s The Difference?
CDNs and load balancers fulfill similar roles, but they are different tools. This article breaks down the differences so you can decide which is right for you.
The Bulkhead and Sidecar Design Patterns for Microservices & Incident Resolution
This article looks at Bulkhead and Sidecar design patterns, including how they’re used in microservice designs — and how they help overall incident support.
CVE Severity & How To Respond To CVEs in Builds
CVEs can be serious enough to reject a build. These approaches and best practices help you assess CVE severity and determine how to manage a build.
3 Important German BSI Documents Every SIEM & SOC Manager Needs To Know About
The German IT Security Act 2.0 (IT-SiG 2.0) has been in force for some time now. Due to this new law, significantly more German companies have been classified as operators of critial infrastructures (KRITIS) than ever. This is a major cause of headaches for many managers. In addition, IT departments are starting to ask themselves: "Are we now regarded as KRITIS"? And if so, "What do we have to take into consideration?" Splunker Matthias Maier shares the 3 most important BSI documents every SIEM and SOC manager needs to know about.
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