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The DarkSide of the Ransomware Pipeline
Security
8 Minute Read

The DarkSide of the Ransomware Pipeline

Learn about the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and how you can start detecting and remediating DarkSide's activities and attack using Splunk.
TruSTAR Intel Workflows Series: Automating Data Workflows to Unlock Investments in SIEM, SOAR and XDR
Security
3 Minute Read

TruSTAR Intel Workflows Series: Automating Data Workflows to Unlock Investments in SIEM, SOAR and XDR

We recently introduced TruSTAR Intel Workflows.This blog series explains our motivations for building this feature, how it works, and how users can better inform security operations. This is Part 2: How TruSTAR Intel Workflows Work.
Stream Your AWS Services Metrics to Splunk
Platform
2 Minute Read

Stream Your AWS Services Metrics to Splunk

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced the launch of CloudWatch Metric Streams. Cloudwatch Streams can stream metrics from a number of different AWS resources using Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose to target destinations. What this means for current Splunk customers is they now have the option of either using the Splunk add-on of AWS to poll metrics or to make use of this new service and let Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose push metrics to a Splunk HEC endpoint, and reduce their latency by anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes.
Find the Fingerprints and Traces of Threats with Splunk at RSAC 2021
Security
3 Minute Read

Find the Fingerprints and Traces of Threats with Splunk at RSAC 2021

Splunk's heading to RSAC 2021, are you? Take a peak at our upcoming sessions and don't forget to tune into our CEO Doug Merritt's keynote when he takes the RSAC main stage.
Boss of Ops and O11y (BOO) Global Events Update
Observability
2 Minute Read

Boss of Ops and O11y (BOO) Global Events Update

Join Splunk for our Boss of the Ops and O11y competition, where you'll race against the clock (and your peers) to handle simulated IT incidents with real-world data and use Splunk's Observability portfolio to answer the tough questions engineers and analysts face everyday.
Splunk SOAR Playbooks: Suspicious Email Domain Enrichment
Security
2 Minute Read

Splunk SOAR Playbooks: Suspicious Email Domain Enrichment

This playbook focuses specifically on domain names contained in the ingested email, and it uses Cisco Umbrella Investigate to add the risk score, risk status, and domain category to the event in Splunk SOAR.
Announcing the General Availability of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM)
Observability
6 Minute Read

Announcing the General Availability of Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM)

Splunk Real User Monitoring (RUM), now generally available, leverages open source and OpenTelemetry standardization to help SREs and on-call engineers troubleshoot customer-facing issues faster, and optimize end-user experience.
Conquer Complexity at Any Scale With the New Splunk Observability Cloud
Observability
3 Minute Read

Conquer Complexity at Any Scale With the New Splunk Observability Cloud

Announcing the new Splunk Observability Cloud, bringing together the world’s best-in-class solutions for infrastructure monitoring, application performance management, digital experience monitoring, synthetic monitoring, log investigation and incident response.
Observability: It’s Not What You Think
Observability
4 Minute Read

Observability: It’s Not What You Think

Observability is not just metrics, traces, and logs. It is a mindset that lets you answer any question about your business through collection and analysis of data.