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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.
Featured Articles
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.
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.
AI and the Data Value Challenge: Why It’s Time to Rewrite the Rules of Data Management
Splunk's 'The New Rules of Data Management: Creating Value in the AI Era' report captures trending shifts in data management and examines how organizations are structuring — and should be potentially rethinking — their data strategies.
SOAR on Azure Now Available
Splunk Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) is now available as a native SaaS solution on Azure.
The Splunkie Awards Are Back for 2025 — Let the Nominations Begin!
Nominate data rockstars for the 2025 Splunkie Awards! Recognize customers and partners driving innovation with Splunk.
Imposters at the Gate: Spotting Remote Employment Fraud Before It Crosses the Wire
Remote Employment Fraud actors don’t steal credentials—they’re issued them. This blog explores early detection and why security can’t face this threat alone.
Security
Defending at Machine Speed: Guiding LLMs with Security Context
Enhance LLM performance for cybersecurity tasks with few-shot learning, RAG, & fine-tuning guide models for accurate PowerShell classification.
Splunk Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025
Splunk has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025.
Security Staff Picks To Read This Month, Handpicked by Splunk Experts
Our Splunk security experts share their favorite reads of the month so you can follow the most interesting, news-worthy, and innovative stories coming from the wide world of cybersecurity.
Splunk Security Content for Threat Detection & Response: May Recap
There are 13 new analytics and 4 new analytic stories now available in Splunk Enterprise Security via the ESCU application update process.
Splunk Security Ops: Building the Blueprint for Success
Learn how Splunk Global Security runs ops at scale and enables the business by focusing on what matters—solving problems through data, automation, and collaboration.
Hey SDDL SDDL: Breaking Down Windows Security One ACE at a Time
Explore SDDL in Windows security with our comprehensive guide to help enhance your defensive strategy against privilege escalation attacks.
Learn
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
What's a Firewall? The Complete Guide
Learn about firewalls, including how it works, and the popular types of firewalls. Also, check out some of the best practices for choosing firewalls.
Compassion Under Pressure: Three Lessons from a Security Leader
A cybersecurity leader blends compassion, calm, and drills to keep the team tough under pressure.
The Product Development Lifecycle, Explained
Have a new idea for a great product? The product development lifecycle takes your idea from its initial conception to its final release and beyond.
Observability Meets Security: Build a Baseline To Climb the PEAK
Splunker James Hodgkinson looks at how to apply the baseline hunting process to some common O11y data sources and shows how the OpenTelemetry standard offers easier data analysis.
What Does Powering the Modern SOC Look Like in ANZ?
Splunker Craig Bates dives into what powering the modern SOC looks like in Australia and New Zealand.
Vendor Management: The Complete Guide
Vendor management is an important practice for most organizations. Learn how to do it well, step by step, in this complete guide.
What Is Five 9s in Availability Metrics?
Five 9s predicts that a measured IT component will be available at least 99.999% of the time during a specific period. Get the full story here.
Data Trends in 2025: 8 Trends To Follow
Data is changing everything. But what specific trends are really driving these massive shifts? Get the full story on current data trends.
Splunk Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms
Splunk has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms for the second year in a row in this category.
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