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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
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.
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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
Splunk Observability Cloud soon available in AWS London and Frankfurt Regions
We’re excited to announce that we are committing to extend the availability of Splunk Observability Cloud to AWS London (eu-west-2) and AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1) regions starting August 2024.
IT & Technology Salaries: Tech Pay Trends
This blog post will review, roundup, and summarize some of the latest trends for IT salaries and roles to help you get a clear view of the landscape.
What is Network Security?
Learn the basics of network security and how to secure your organization’s networks.
Detecting New Domains in Splunk (Finding New Evil)
Ready to find "new" domains that may be naughty? We'll walk you through how to use Splunk & Splunk Enterprise Security to do that: get the full story here!
Under the Hood of SnakeKeylogger: Analyzing its Loader and its Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
In this blog, the Splunk Threat Research Team provides valuable insights to enable security analysts and blue teamers to defend and be aware of these scam tactics.
Continuous Data: The Complete Guide
Continuous data enables higher accuracy from predictions, deeper insights, and more informed decisions. Learn how to maximize value from continuous data.
TCP/IP: What It Is & How It Works
Learn all about TCP/IP and its 5 layers. TCP/IP is a universal transmission framework that establishes connections across diverse devices.
Security Insights: JetBrains TeamCity CVE-2024-27198 and CVE-2024-27199
The Splunk Threat Research Team examines exploit operations, analytics, hunting queries, and tips on capturing TeamCity logs.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect Explained
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a natural bias where a person with minimal knowledge or skill may overvalue their capabilities. Learn all about this effect here.
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