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.

Streamlining Vulnerability Management with Splunk Phantom
Security
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Streamlining Vulnerability Management with Splunk Phantom

Manage the entire lifecycle of vulnerability management with automation and orchestration using Splunk’s SOAR technology, Splunk Phantom, to automate actions and reduce the time spent on patch management by 40%.
SUPERNOVA Redux, with a Generous Portion of Masquerading
Security
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SUPERNOVA Redux, with a Generous Portion of Masquerading

A review of the Pulse Secure attack where the threat actor connected to the network via a the Pulse Secure virtual private network (VPN), moved laterally to its SolarWinds Orion server, installed the SUPERNOVA malware, and collected credentials, all while masquerading the procdump.exe file and renamed it as splunklogger.exe.
Happy St George’s Day - Your Data Driven Guide To English Tourist Attractions
Splunk Life
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Happy St George’s Day - Your Data Driven Guide To English Tourist Attractions

The correlation of St George’s Day and a likely UK based staycation this summer holiday got Splunker Matt Davies thinking about a data driven approach to England’s top holiday attractions.
Splunk Cloud Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace
Partners
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Splunk Cloud Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace

We’re excited to announce another customer focused achievement of our partnership with Google Cloud — the availability of Splunk Cloud™ on Google Cloud Marketplace. With Splunk Cloud now available through Google Cloud Marketplace, our joint customers can procure Splunk solutions faster and easier while retiring their committed Google Cloud spend when purchasing Splunk. In addition, Splunk is integrated directly into the Google Cloud Platform console to provide a smooth user experience.
Going Live: Splunk Operator for Kubernetes 1.0.0
Platform
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Going Live: Splunk Operator for Kubernetes 1.0.0

Announcing the general availability of Splunk Operator for Kubernetes 1.0.0, enabling you to quickly and easily deploy Splunk Enterprise on your choice of private or public cloud provider.
Monitoring Pulse Connect Secure With Splunk (CISA Emergency Directive 21-03)
Security
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Monitoring Pulse Connect Secure With Splunk (CISA Emergency Directive 21-03)

Our Splunk security experts share a closer look at the Pulse Connect Secure attack, including a breakdown of what happened, how to detect it, and MITRE ATT&CK mappings.