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Top 5 Reasons to Attend .conf25 in Boston
Here are the top five reasons you won't want to miss Splunk .conf25 – registration is now open.
AI and the Data Value Challenge: Why It’s Time to Rewrite the Rules of Data Management
Splunk's 'The New Rules of Data Management: Creating Value in the AI Era' report captures trending shifts in data management and examines how organizations are structuring — and should be potentially rethinking — their data strategies.
SOAR on Azure Now Available
Splunk Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) is now available as a native SaaS solution on Azure.
The Splunkie Awards Are Back for 2025 — Let the Nominations Begin!
Nominate data rockstars for the 2025 Splunkie Awards! Recognize customers and partners driving innovation with Splunk.
Imposters at the Gate: Spotting Remote Employment Fraud Before It Crosses the Wire
Remote Employment Fraud actors don’t steal credentials—they’re issued them. This blog explores early detection and why security can’t face this threat alone.
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The High Cost of Security Investigations
Splunk Asset & Risk Intelligence (ARI) can significantly reduce investigation costs, improve analyst efficiency, and accelerate threat containment.
Supercharge Your SOC Investigations with Splunk SOAR 6.4
Splunker Nick Hunter explains how to integrate Cisco Talos threat intelligence, leverage Azure scalability, and streamline investigations.
Security Staff Picks To Read This Month, Handpicked by Splunk Experts
Our Splunk security experts share their favorite reads of the month so you can follow the most interesting, news-worthy, and innovative stories coming from the wide world of cybersecurity.
Cloak and Firewall: Exposing Netsh’s Hidden Command Tricks
Learn about hidden Netsh command tricks, detection methods, and Splunk security detections to protect your Windows systems.
Splunk Security Ops: Building the Blueprint for Success
Learn how Splunk Global Security runs ops at scale and enables the business by focusing on what matters—solving problems through data, automation, and collaboration.
Hey SDDL SDDL: Breaking Down Windows Security One ACE at a Time
Explore SDDL in Windows security with our comprehensive guide to help enhance your defensive strategy against privilege escalation attacks.
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SIEM: Security Information & Event Management Explained
SIEM is a cybersecurity game-changer, especially for large organizations. Learn key SIEM features and functions & how to choose the right SIEM tool.
IT and Technology Spending & Budgets for 2025: Trends & Forecasts
Tech & IT spending is on the rise in 2025 across the globe. Read more on investment trends and see which regions will spend the most.
What Are SLMs? Small Language Models, Explained
Large language models have changed the world. What about small language models? Learn what SLMs are, how they differ from LLMs, and why SLMs are the future.
Telemetry 101: An Introduction To Telemetry
Telemetry is powerful data that can tell you all sorts of important information. Know what you can do with this useful data — get the full telemetry 101 here.
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.
What is Observability? An Introduction
In this blog post, we'll look at definitions, best practices, and key concepts around Observability in IT.
Latest Articles
Securing the Network Edge: Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Detections for Splunk
Enhance your network security with Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and Splunk using out-of-the-box detections developed by Splunk's Threat Research Team.
Enter the SOC of the Future in Splunk’s State of Security 2025
Splunk's State of Security 2025: The Stronger, Smarter SOC of the Future reveals the insights, aspirations, and challenges of security leaders.
Top Cybersecurity Trends in 2025: 9 Trends to Watch
Discover the top cybersecurity trends shaping 2025, highlighting key insights and strategies to help organizations stay resilient.
Synthetic Testing Examples: User Flow Testing, APIs Validation, Custom Metrics, Log Ingestion, and More
Introducing a library of Splunk Synthetics examples now available in GitHub, showcasing common flows and concepts for effective Synthetic testing.
The Role of SCA in Software Security: The Software Composition Analysis Complete Guide
Learn all about SCA. Software composition analysis is a type of security testing that identifies the open-source and third-party components used in modern software.
Splunk Delivers Unified Security and Observability to Protect Applications
Unify app security & observability with Splunk to detect real-time attacks, prioritize vulnerabilities, & accelerate threat response.
Breaking Down Termite Ransomware: Infection Methods and Detections
Deep dive into Termite ransomware: Discover its infection methods, targeted vulnerabilities (like Cleo's CVE-2024-50623), and Splunk security detections.
Learn Splunk Like You Work Here
Discover a new content type now available on Splunk Lantern that brings more valuable insider knowledge to our customers.
T-Shirt Analytics at RSAC 2025: How We Used iOS Shortcuts & Splunk to Track T-Shirt Giveaways!
Learn how to make data collection fun. Splunkers Robert Castley and Kyle Prins are sharing how they used iOS Shortcuts at RSAC to track every t-shirt they handed out, then piping that data straight into Splunk Cloud for real-time analytics.
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