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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading April 2023
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Staff Picks for Splunk Security Reading April 2023

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Splunk staff picks blog. Each month, Splunk security experts curate a list of presentations, whitepapers, and customer case studies that we feel are worth a read. We hope you enjoy.
Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) Gains Momentum
Security
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Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) Gains Momentum

Splunk's Paul Agbabian shares a look back at the key developments and enhancements to the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) since its launch in August 2022.
Threat Update: AwfulShred Script Wiper
Security
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Threat Update: AwfulShred Script Wiper

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares their findings on the Linux-targeted destructive payload AwfulShred.
Splunk Gets the Hat Trick!
Security
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Splunk Gets the Hat Trick!

Splunk Enterprise Security was named a leader in SIEM and security analytics by three analyst firms - Forrester, IDC and a third analyst firm. In fact, Splunk is the only SIEM provider to be named a “Leader” in SIEM by all three top analyst reports.
Introducing the PEAK Threat Hunting Framework
Security
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Introducing the PEAK Threat Hunting Framework

Introducing the PEAK Threat Hunting Framework, bringing a fresh perspective to threat hunting and incorporating three distinct types of hunts.
Send Your SOAR Events to Splunk
Security
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Send Your SOAR Events to Splunk

Make your SIEM your single point of truth by ingesting events that are otherwise seen only by Splunk Security, Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR).
These Are The Drivers You Are Looking For: Detect and Prevent Malicious Drivers
Security
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These Are The Drivers You Are Looking For: Detect and Prevent Malicious Drivers

The Splunk Threat Research Team explores how to detect and prevent malicious drivers and discusses Splunk Security Content available to defend against these types of attacks.
Addressing CISOs AI Anxieties Through Resilience
Security
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Addressing CISOs AI Anxieties Through Resilience

Splunk's Paul Kurtz explores how CISOs’ jobs will become more complex as they address AI-driven attacks, automated vulnerability exploitation, battle data poisoning, or deep fakes that make current phishing tactics look quaint.
Level Up Your Cybersecurity with Risk-Based Alerting
Security
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Level Up Your Cybersecurity with Risk-Based Alerting

In our first blog in the Splunk RBA series, we introduced Risk-Based Alerting (RBA) and covered the basic principles of RBA. In the rest of this series, we explain how you can plan and then implement RBA within your organization.