Kushagra Sharma's Blog Posts

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.

The Certificate Decoding Illusion: How Blank Grabber Stealer Hides Its Loader
Security
15 Minute Read

The Certificate Decoding Illusion: How Blank Grabber Stealer Hides Its Loader

Analyze the BlankGrabber Trojan Stealer and learn how to detect its obfuscation, staging, and exfiltration techniques using Splunk security analytics.
The Intelligence Paradox: When More Data Makes You Less Resilient
Leadership
5 Minute Read

The Intelligence Paradox: When More Data Makes You Less Resilient

Enterprises are racing to adopt AI to drive efficiency, but many are discovering a new challenge: greater operational complexity. This “Resilience Paradox” is making digital resilience harder to achieve.
Beyond the Data Lake: Leading Cross-Domain Operational Intelligence
Leadership
5 Minute Read

Beyond the Data Lake: Leading Cross-Domain Operational Intelligence

Splunk is redefining the standard for security operations in the agentic era through a three-layer system of intelligence.
Observability Without the Effort: Why OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation is a Game Changer for Developers
Observability
5 Minute Read

Observability Without the Effort: Why OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation is a Game Changer for Developers

We're excited to highlight OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) for the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector.
Ahead of the Curve: How Recent M&A Forecasts New Observability Trends for 2026
Observability
10 Minute Read

Ahead of the Curve: How Recent M&A Forecasts New Observability Trends for 2026

Observability for AI is crucial to ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of new, mission-critical AI applications.
The Evolution of the SOC: Moving from Reactive to Agentic with Enterprise Security at RSAC 2026
Security
8 Minute Read

The Evolution of the SOC: Moving from Reactive to Agentic with Enterprise Security at RSAC 2026

Announcing a series of major advancements within Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) designed to further reinforce Splunk ES as the AI-Powered, SecOps platform.