Elevating Public Sector Data Security: Edge and Ingest Processors with SPL2 and Splunk AI Assistant Achieve FedRAMP High

Splunk is dedicated to engineering purpose-built capabilities that address the unique challenges of the public sector. We continue to invest in purpose-built features for the public sector, ensuring our tools meet the rigorous security, compliance, and reliability standards your mission demands.

FedRAMP High Authorization: Elevating Security for Sensitive Federal Data

FedRAMP High is one of the most stringent U.S. government security authorizations, designed to protect the federal government’s most sensitive unclassified data with over 400 security controls. Achieving FedRAMP High authorization demonstrates Splunk’s commitment to providing secure cloud services that meet the highest standards required by federal agencies.

Expanding Capabilities in AWS GovCloud with FedRAMP High

We are proud to announce that both Edge Processor and Ingest Processor have now achieved FedRAMP High authorization for Splunk Cloud Platform customers in AWS GovCloud (US) regions. Eligible stacks will be automatically onboarded to Edge Processor and the Essentials tier for Ingest Processor, enabling agencies to securely process data at the edge and at ingestion with the highest level of compliance. In addition, Splunk AI Assistant, which leverages advanced AI to help author and explain SPL queries using natural language, has also achieved FedRAMP High authorization. This empowers federal teams to harness AI-driven insights securely within a FedRAMP High environment.

A Unified SPL2 Experience Across the Platform

SPL2 is now consistently available across the platform, including the single search bar, Module Editor for writing searches, and both Edge and Ingest Processors for building pipelines. This unified experience empowers your teams to seamlessly transition between searching data and shaping data pipelines using the same powerful language. We’re making data exploration as intuitive as a simple web search by leveraging natural language processing. This empowers every member of your team regardless of their technical background to get the insights they need to make faster, data-driven decisions.

Solving the "Data Pipeline" Challenge

Historically, configuring data pipelines has been resource-intensive and complex. We are changing that by integrating advanced AI-driven automation, simplifying the entire process. This allows your team to accelerate time-to-value and focus on deriving actionable insights rather than managing manual configurations.

Intelligent Data Control with Edge and Ingest Processors

These solutions serve as an intelligent control plane, enabling organizations to be strategic about their data lifecycle:

• Ingest Processor: A Splunk Cloud Platform capability that processes data at the time of ingestion.
• Edge Processor: A Splunk capability that processes data at the edge before it leaves your network.

By tackling data as it streams with Ingest Processor, you can secure your environment without the usual lag time. This allows agencies to filter and route critical telemetry instantly, ensuring that mission-essential data is always prioritized. By filtering, masking, and transforming data at the source using SPL2, agencies can achieve significant cost optimization, ensure PII compliance, and normalize data for improved readability. These processors act as the strategic gatekeeper, ensuring only the most relevant, high-value data is indexed and utilized. Edge Processor (under our essentials tier) is available to our customers at no additional cost.

Splunk unifies, optimizes, and secures machine data at scale, transforming it into the trusted, contextualized intelligence that AI agents need to operate effectively. As a core pillar of the Cisco Data Fabric powered by Splunk, it acts as the intelligent filter, normalizer, and router that cleanses your machine data, turning operational noise into actionable clarity.

Empowering Secure and Intelligent Data Operations with FedRAMP High Authorization

Achieving FedRAMP High authorization for Edge Processor, Ingest Processor, and Splunk AI Assistant marks a significant milestone in delivering secure, compliant, and intelligent data solutions tailored for the public sector. These capabilities empower federal agencies to confidently manage and process their most sensitive data with advanced AI-driven automation and a unified SPL2 experience, enhancing operational efficiency and security at every stage of the data lifecycle.

Take the next step in modernizing your data operations by leveraging Splunk’s FedRAMP High authorized solutions. Explore how Edge and Ingest Processors, combined with the power of Splunk AI Assistant, can help your organization achieve greater security, compliance, and actionable insights—securely and seamlessly.

Contact your Splunk representative to learn more and start your journey toward smarter, safer data management.