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Featured Articles
Introducing… The Threat Hunter’s Cookbook!
The security experts on the SURGe team have released The Threat Hunter’s Cookbook, a hands-on guide for security practitioners that features actionable insights into threat hunting methods, ready-to-use queries, and more.
Introducing Splunk 10: Empowering a Secure and Compliant Future
Announcing the general availability of Splunk Enterprise 10.0 and Splunk Cloud Platform 10.0, the most secure, stable, and modernized platform for a digitally resilient, compliance-ready future.
Cisco and Splunk Strengthen Enterprise Digital Resilience in the AI Era
Splunk announces innovations across its observability portfolio to provide organizations deeper visibility into their network health through integrations with Cisco, and faster troubleshooting with the help of AI.
Splunk Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms
Splunk has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms for the third year in a row.
Enter the SOC of the Future in Splunk’s State of Security 2025
Splunk's State of Security 2025: The Stronger, Smarter SOC of the Future reveals the insights, aspirations, and challenges of security leaders.
Using RAG, Splunk ES Content Update App (ESCU), and MLTK to Develop, Enhance, and Analyze Splunk Detections
Learn how to enhance Splunk security detections using a local Llama3 LLM, RAG, MLTK, and ESCU.
.conf & .conf Go
Your Guide to the Observability Track for IT Operations at .conf25
Splunker Mike Simon highlights the key .conf25 sessions centered around your ITSI, AppDynamics, and Splunk platform environment.
Celebrate 10 Years of Boss of the SOC at .conf25
We're proud to celebrate a decade of BOTS with BOTS10 at .conf25, featuring an evening of unique experiences and surprises.
Top 5 Reasons to Attend .conf25 in Boston
Here are the top five reasons you won't want to miss Splunk .conf25 – registration is now open.
The Splunk Platform Track at .conf25: 10 Sessions You Can't Miss
Explore the Splunk Platform Track at .conf25! Discover 83 sessions on AI, data management, and digital resilience, including Cisco integrations. Accelerate your Splunk value.
Building the Future: Splunk Developer Sessions You Can't Miss at .conf25
Join us at .conf25 for an amazing lineup of sessions, activities, and expert staff covering best practices that are tailored to elevate your Splunk development game.
Achieve End-To-End Digital Visibility With the Splunk Cloud Platform at .conf25
At .conf25, we're unveiling an array of bold product launches and portfolio enhancements that reaffirm our commitment to your success.
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SIEM: Security Information & Event Management Explained
SIEM is a cybersecurity game-changer, especially for large organizations. Learn key SIEM features and functions & how to choose the right SIEM tool.
IT and Technology Spending & Budgets for 2025: Trends & Forecasts
Tech & IT spending is on the rise in 2025 across the globe. Read more on investment trends and see which regions will spend the most.
What Are SLMs? Small Language Models, Explained
Large language models have changed the world. What about small language models? Learn what SLMs are, how they differ from LLMs, and why SLMs are the future.
Telemetry 101: An Introduction To Telemetry
Telemetry is powerful data that can tell you all sorts of important information. Know what you can do with this useful data — get the full telemetry 101 here.
What are SaaS, PaaS, & IaaS?
Yes, the cloud makes work better. But which cloud model is right for you? Understand how SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS works in this ultimate guide.
What is Observability? An Introduction
In this blog post, we'll look at definitions, best practices, and key concepts around Observability in IT.
Latest Articles
The OSI Model: Understanding the Layered Approach to Network Communication
The OSI Model is not old news...In fact, it's still in use across the entire internet today! Read on to see exactly how these 7 layers work.
From Instinct to Insight: Why Metrics Are Essential to Threat Hunting Success
Splunker Tamara Chacon explores why metrics are critical to threat hunting success.
How to Use Splunk to Monitor Security of Local LLMs (Part II)
Learn how to use Splunk to monitor and defend your local Large Language Models (LLMs).
What’s New With AppDynamics 25.4
Enhance troubleshooting and streamline operations with AppDynamics 25.4, leveraging new features like tagging, anomaly detection, and Session Replay to optimize performance.
What Is Extortionware? Going Beyond Ransomware
Learn what extortionware is, how it works, its impact, and how to protect your business from data leaks and reputational damage.
Accelerating Security Operations with Splunk and Foundation AI’s First Open-Source Security Model
Cisco Foundation AI’s Foundation-sec-8b model brings a new wave of innovations and efficiency to security operations. As a purpose-built, open-weight Large Language Model (LLM) designed specifically for cybersecurity, Foundation-sec-8b enables security teams to act faster, reduce fatigue, and scale operations without compromising accuracy.
How To Use Splunk To Monitor Security of Local LLMs (Part I)
Learn how to use Splunk to monitor the security of local Large Language Models (LLMs) like Llama and GPT4ALL.
Cloud Cost Management & Trends in 2025: Strategies to Optimize Your Cloud Spend
Managing cloud costs isn’t easy. But it can be a lot simpler if you follow these expert tips and tools. Get the full story here.
LLM Monitoring: A Comprehensive Guide on the Whys & Hows of Monitoring Large Language Models
Discover the ultimate guide to monitoring Large Language Models (LLMs). Learn the whys, hows, key metrics, and strategies for safe and reliable performance.
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