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.

Collecting Kafka Performance Metrics with OpenTelemetry
Observability
7 Minute Read

Collecting Kafka Performance Metrics with OpenTelemetry

Learn how to collect and monitor Kafka performance metrics with Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring using OpenTelemetry — a vendor-neutral and open framework to export telemetry data.
Monitoring Kafka Performance with Splunk
Observability
7 Minute Read

Monitoring Kafka Performance with Splunk

In this three part blog series, we take a deep dive into Kafka architecture, the key performance characteristics that you should monitor and how to collect telemetry data to gain real-time observability into the health and performance of your Kafka cluster using Splunk.
A Deeper Dive into TruSTAR Intel Workflows
Security
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A Deeper Dive into TruSTAR Intel Workflows

Learn about TruSTAR's API 2.0, featuring TruSTAR Intel Workflows. This blog post provides a look at some technical aspects of the Indicator Prioritization Intel Workflow.
Tales of a Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst
Security
3 Minute Read

Tales of a Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst

Discover how threat intelligence can offer valuable insights to help fend off future attacks, no matter how covert or cunning they appear to be.
Building Resilience Through Australia’s Critical Infrastructure
Leadership
2 Minute Read

Building Resilience Through Australia’s Critical Infrastructure

We’re proud to announce the completion of the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment, allowing Australian government agencies to leverage the assurance of the ‘protected’ status Splunk now holds.
EO, EO, It’s Off to Work We Go! (Protecting Against the Threat of Ransomware with Splunk)
Security
10 Minute Read

EO, EO, It’s Off to Work We Go! (Protecting Against the Threat of Ransomware with Splunk)

We read the 'What We Urge You To Do To Protect Against The Threat of Ransomware' memo and Executive Order (EO14028) in-depth, and this blog is designed to provide you with the information and takeaways to start acting immediately.