Splunk Ranked Number 1 in the 2024 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management

In addition to Splunk’s recognition as a 10-time Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), we are extremely proud to announce that Splunk was ranked as the #1 SIEM solution in all three Use Cases in the 2024 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management report.

We remain laser-focused on building the SOC of the future with our industry-defining SIEM solution so that customers can unify detection, investigation, and automated response for speed and efficiency.

In this report, Gartner evaluates different SIEM solutions against a set of critical capabilities, including:

Architecture and Deployment
Data
Collection
Add-on
Components
Content
Compatibility
Integration
Roadmap
User
Interface

Each SIEM solution receives a score across every capability, and every critical capability is weighed in terms of its relative importance for the following Use Cases:

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