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Why You Need Synthetic Monitoring
Observability
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Why You Need Synthetic Monitoring

Synthetic monitoring lets you simulate user transactions, so you can find out about problems before your customer's angry social media post goes viral.
Incident Severity Levels 1-5 Explained
Learn
5 Minute Read

Incident Severity Levels 1-5 Explained

Incident severity levels indicate how an incident impacts your customers, so you can prioritize and respond appropriately. Learn how to define and use them.
Accenture's Splunk-Powered Control Tower Offering Accelerates Supply Chain Digitization
Partners
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Accenture's Splunk-Powered Control Tower Offering Accelerates Supply Chain Digitization

Discover how Splunk and Accenture are disrupting the supply chain market with Accenture's Control Tower offering, showcasing the power, flexibility and creativity of combining the Splunk Enterprise platform with the business and technical acumen that Accenture possesses.
Dashboard Studio: It's the Little Things
Tips & Tricks
3 Minute Read

Dashboard Studio: It's the Little Things

Check out the small but mighty features released in Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2205 and 9.0.2208, including font size control, adjustable table columns, additional search-based tokens, and more!
Improving Security: Updates to Classic (SimpleXML) Dashboards Containing External Links or Content
Platform
1 Minute Read

Improving Security: Updates to Classic (SimpleXML) Dashboards Containing External Links or Content

Starting in Splunk Cloud 9.0.2208, you will be prompted to acknowledge external content in your dashboard and external drilldown links – learn more here.
Follina for Protocol Handlers
Security
5 Minute Read

Follina for Protocol Handlers

The Splunk Threat Research Team shares how to identify protocol handlers on an endpoint, different ways to simulate adversary tradecraft that utilizes a protocol handler, and a piece of inspiring hunting content to help defenders identify protocol handlers being used in their environment.
Bringing Splunk GovSummit Back to the Nation’s Capital
Industries
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Bringing Splunk GovSummit Back to the Nation’s Capital

Splunk GovSummit is returning in-person to Washington D.C. on Wednesday, December 14. Get ready to learn how Splunk is helping the Public Sector build the cyber resilience they need to execute their most critical missions.
Welcome to Splunk Secure Gateway 3.0
Platform
3 Minute Read

Welcome to Splunk Secure Gateway 3.0

With the release of Splunk Enterprise 9.0, we’ve shipped Splunk Secure Gateway (the backend service that powers Splunk Mobile) with even more features and tools to help you responsibly manage your mobile fleet.
How Splunk Spent Its Summer
Leadership
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How Splunk Spent Its Summer

Splunk's Garth Fort shares a look back at a few of our stellar achievements over the last few months.