Kushagra Sharma's Blog Posts

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.

Model-Assisted Threat Hunting (M-ATH) with the PEAK Framework
Security
9 Minute Read

Model-Assisted Threat Hunting (M-ATH) with the PEAK Framework

Welcome to the third entry in our introduction to the PEAK Threat Hunting Framework! Taking our detective theme to the next level, imagine a tough case where you need to call in a specialized investigator. For these unique cases, we can use algorithmically-driven approaches called Model-Assisted Threat Hunting (M-ATH).
Trust Unearned? Evaluating CA Trustworthiness Across 5 Billion Certificates
Security
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Trust Unearned? Evaluating CA Trustworthiness Across 5 Billion Certificates

In this blog post, we dive into our recent research project, in which the Splunk SURGe team analyzed more than five billion TLS certificates to find out if the CAs we rely on are really worthy of our trust.
The State of Observability 2023: Realizing ROI and Increasing Digital Resilience
Observability
2 Minute Read

The State of Observability 2023: Realizing ROI and Increasing Digital Resilience

Splunk has published The State of Observability 2023 — a research report created in partnership with ESG — to understand best practices, challenges and trends across the observability landscape.
Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Government
Industries
3 Minute Read

Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Government

Leveraging Splunk's ability to correlate events helps investigators detect patterns and anomalies across multiple data sets that are difficult to see using spreadsheets or traditional Business Intelligence tools
Cloud Cryptomining: How It Works & How To Minimize Risk
Learn
6 Minute Read

Cloud Cryptomining: How It Works & How To Minimize Risk

Are the days of setting up expensive cryptomining rigs over? Learn how cloud cryptomining brings cost reduction, scalability and efficiency to cryptocurrency mining.
What Is DPE? Developer Productivity Engineering Explained
Learn
6 Minute Read

What Is DPE? Developer Productivity Engineering Explained

With rising expectations for development turnaround, DPE processes are key in maintaining quality, speed and a satisfying developer experience.