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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.

Swiss Army LLMs Won’t Protect You. Purpose-Built Cybersecurity AI Will.
Ciso Circle
8 Minute Read

Swiss Army LLMs Won’t Protect You. Purpose-Built Cybersecurity AI Will.

Discover why purpose-built cybersecurity AI outperforms generalist LLMs for security tasks. Learn how specialized models deliver precision, compliance, and real-time protection.
What Is OPSEC? Operations Security and How It Works
Learn
4 Minute Read

What Is OPSEC? Operations Security and How It Works

Operations security (OPSEC) helps organizations prevent adversaries from gaining actionable insight by protecting sensitive operational information across systems and processes.
Service Level Management & Monitoring
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6 Minute Read

Service Level Management & Monitoring

Service level management practice helps to set and manage a shared view of the quality of services between the service provider and the service consumer.
TOTAL-REPLAY: The Bridge to Replay Attacks Using the Security Content Metadata
Security
5 Minute Read

TOTAL-REPLAY: The Bridge to Replay Attacks Using the Security Content Metadata

Learn how to use TOTAL-REPLAY to replay Splunk Attack Data logs. Validate detections, tune analytics, and map to MITRE ATT&CK without a full attack lab.
Print, Leak, Repeat: UEBA Insider Threats You Can't Ignore
Security
5 Minute Read

Print, Leak, Repeat: UEBA Insider Threats You Can't Ignore

UEBA excels at identifying small deviations in user and device behavior across authentication, data access, data movement, and privilege usage.
Splunking Isovalent Data: Initial Setup and Overview
Security
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Splunking Isovalent Data: Initial Setup and Overview

The Splunk Threat Research Team walks through the lab setup, Splunk data ingestion, and initial exploration of Tetragon logs to establish our foundation.