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.

Using Splunk to Detect Sunburst Backdoor
Security
8 Minute Read

Using Splunk to Detect Sunburst Backdoor

The Sunburst Backdoor threat truly burst on the scene as a send off for 2020. The good news is that the Splunk Security team has produced detections you can run in Splunk Enterprise Security to help you protect your environment from this sophisticated threat.
Prometheus Direct Integration Comes to Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
Observability
3 Minute Read

Prometheus Direct Integration Comes to Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

A typical Prometheus environment consists of integrations that scrape your applications for four metric types; counters, gauges, summaries, and aggregated histograms. A central server is required to pull each of the endpoint resources and aggregate them.
Experience Your Data in 3D with Splunk VR
Platform
2 Minute Read

Experience Your Data in 3D with Splunk VR

Splunk VR unlocks a new world of possibilities for analyzing and understanding your data. Learn more about how you can leverage Splunk VR to give your workflow an infinite canvas, free your data exploration from limited monitor screens and display as much information as you want around you.
Jingle Bell SOC? Driving 127.0.0.1 for Christmas? Your IT festive jokes from Splunk
Splunk Life
2 Minute Read

Jingle Bell SOC? Driving 127.0.0.1 for Christmas? Your IT festive jokes from Splunk

'Tis the season to be jolly. So let's kick off the holidays with a selection of Splunk's Matt Davies' finest festive Dad jokes with a geeky twist.
CI/CD Detection Engineering: Failing, Part 3
Security
4 Minute Read

CI/CD Detection Engineering: Failing, Part 3

In part 3 of our now 4-part series, we walk you through how we failed to use CircleCI to continually test detentions!
Introducing Inputs Data Manager on Splunk Cloud
Platform
4 Minute Read

Introducing Inputs Data Manager on Splunk Cloud

We're giving you an overview of introducing inputs data manager on Splunk Cloud and answering frequently asked questions.