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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.

What Are Preload Resource Hints?
Learn
8 Minute Read

What Are Preload Resource Hints?

Explore preload resource hints, a powerful optimization method that can significantly improve web performance, user experience and related metrics.
What Is a DNS Prefetch?
Learn
6 Minute Read

What Is a DNS Prefetch?

Understand DNS prefetching, one type of resource hint, including what they are, why and how to use them, and best practices for auditing and scaling.
What Are Preconnect Resource Hints?
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5 Minute Read

What Are Preconnect Resource Hints?

Improve time-to-interactive with preconnect resource hints. This article explores preconnects, why and how to use them, and best practices for scaling.
Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2022-26134
Security
7 Minute Read

Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2022-26134

Get a closer look at the Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2022-26134, including a breakdown of what happened, how to detect it, and MITRE ATT&CK mappings.
Truth in Malvertising?
Security
8 Minute Read

Truth in Malvertising?

The Splunk SURGe team tests the veracity of the findings from LockBit's February 2021 study on ransomware encryption speeds.
Web3, Blockchain, and NFTs at .conf22!
.conf & .conf Go
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Web3, Blockchain, and NFTs at .conf22!

You’ve seen these buzzwords everywhere, but what do they mean for Splunk customers? Find out at .conf22!