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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.

The 10 Essential Capabilities of a Best-of-Breed SOAR
Security
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The 10 Essential Capabilities of a Best-of-Breed SOAR

Security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) tools are here to stay, do you have the best-of-breed SOAR in your security stack?
The Department of Defense Data Strategy: An Important Start
Industries
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The Department of Defense Data Strategy: An Important Start

The DoD needs to ensure implementation of a Data Strategy through ties to budget justification.
Not Another New Year's Resolution
Leadership
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Not Another New Year's Resolution

In collaboration with Censuswide, we conducted some European research looking at how businesses’ use of data changed in light of the pandemic. Splunk Vice President EMEA, Frederik Maris highlights the key findings and weighs in on how businesses can embrace the data age.
Meet the Splunktern: Cinthia Salazar
Splunk Life
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Meet the Splunktern: Cinthia Salazar

In next installment of our 'Meet the Splunktern' blog series, we're introducing Cinthia Salazar, our Early Talent Operations Intern.
Yes, Virginia, There is a -Santa Claus- Way to Detect Unemployment Fraud
Security
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Yes, Virginia, There is a -Santa Claus- Way to Detect Unemployment Fraud

Fraud rates for Unemployment Insurance Benefits (UIB) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) are out of control. Use these detections to start detecting unemployment fraud now.
A Golden SAML Journey: SolarWinds Continued
Security
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A Golden SAML Journey: SolarWinds Continued

The SolarWinds Orion compromise resulted in the first recorded use of Golden SAML in the wild. Learn how you can start detecting this in Splunk now.