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Kushagra Sharma

Kushagra Sharma is a Product Manager at Cisco working on AIOps products that help teams operate complex systems with intelligence and scale. He focuses on translating customer problems into practical, data-driven solutions at the intersection of AI, reliability, and software platforms. Passionate about clear thinking and strong product craft, Kushagra writes to share insights on technology, product strategy, and building systems that actually work in the real world.

Rapidly Control AI Agent Risk Before It Hits the Business
Observability
8 Minute Read

Rapidly Control AI Agent Risk Before It Hits the Business

How Splunk and Cisco unite observability and security for resilient AI agents in production
Splunk .conf26: Proving the Agentic SOC in the Center of the Community
Security
8 Minute Read

Splunk .conf26: Proving the Agentic SOC in the Center of the Community

See how Splunk ES 8.7, AI triage agents, and human analysts delivered unified, evidence-backed TDIR at Splunk .conf26.
A Network Engineer Walks into the Agentic SOC: What AI Taught Me About Security Operations
Security
7 Minute Read

A Network Engineer Walks into the Agentic SOC: What AI Taught Me About Security Operations

Lessons from Splunk .conf26 on packets, AI-assisted investigations, and the future of human-led security operations
The Scalpel vs. The Sledgehammer: Lessons in Precision Triage from the .conf26 SOC
Security
5 Minute Read

The Scalpel vs. The Sledgehammer: Lessons in Precision Triage from the .conf26 SOC

Untangling Shared Cloud Infrastructure & Threat Triage on the Wire at .conf26
From Novice to Senior: How an MCP-Enabled Capture Appliance Changes Threat Hunting
Security
12 Minute Read

From Novice to Senior: How an MCP-Enabled Capture Appliance Changes Threat Hunting

PCAP or it didn’t happen!
Decode First, Panic Later: A Tier 3 Analyst's Case for Staying in the Loop
Security
7 Minute Read

Decode First, Panic Later: A Tier 3 Analyst's Case for Staying in the Loop

What a false C2 alarm taught me about where AI helps, and where it can't do the job alone