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_ July 20, 2020_ Cedric Milan

WLM: The Great, The Good, and The Gotchas

Splunk WLM (Workload Management) provides the ability to allocate compute and memory resource to search, indexing, and other processes such as scripted inputs. This allows you to allocate the right resources to your Splunk server depending on its role.

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_ June 26, 2020_ Cedric Milan

What to Expect on a Splunk Cloud Initialization

You purchased Splunk cloud, the next questions is, what steps can I take to ensure a smooth experience. In this article, we will discuss key steps you can take to ensure you can use Splunk Cloud as quickly as possible.

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_ June 9, 2020_ Anthony Fecondo

What Makes a Sourcetype?

Do you have a custom data source you’d like to import into Splunk? Welcome to the world of sourcetypes.
In this blog, we help you navigate the process of creating sourcetypes, from assessment to configuration.

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_ May 14, 2020_ Chase Yates

Splunk ES Implementation Checklist

Congratulations! Your organization has had the foresight to purchase Splunk’s Enterprise Security along with expert Professional Services to assure a successful implementation. This guide will serve as a checklist to help ensure you are prepared for the most successful ES deployment possible.

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_ March 19, 2020_ Anthony Fecondo

Hardening Your Splunk Instance

According to the Ponemon Institute the average cost of data breach for a company is $3.8 million dollars. Regardless of whether you are operating in the cloud or on-premise taking steps to harden your operating system is an absolute must to limit potential security weaknesses.

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_ March 12, 2020_ Pankaj Varjani

Should I Migrate my Splunk Environment to Python 3? Yes…No…Yes!!!

Now that Splunk’s newest release (8.0) supports Python3 we have fielded many questions from customers on what the practical approach for migration is. In this blog, we will discuss the steps you should make when migrating your environment to Python3.

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_ February 14, 2020_ Ben Amare

CIM Compliance – A Simple Walkthrough

Making data CIM compliant can be a daunting and confusing exercise for new Splunkers and experienced ones alike. Often the biggest misconceptions have to do with the approach rather than the exercise itself. My biggest piece of advice – start with the end in mind.

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_ February 3, 2020_ Shwan Al-Atroshi

CIM: What… Why… How…

During your SIEM journey there will be many terms thrown your way, understanding those terms is absolutely essential when it comes to your security environment. In this article, we will bring clarity to one of the more important terms in SIEM, CIM (Common Information Model) Lets Start with the Basics!

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_ November 26, 2019_ SP6

What is SOAR Technology?

There’s currently a major adoption occurring around SOAR products Security Orchestration, Automation and Response. What is SOAR? SOAR is next-generation security software products that are designed to automate the common, and fairly remedial tasks that Security Analysts face.

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_ November 22, 2019_ Cedric Milan

AWS Lambda vs AWS Firehose

Splunk has multiple methods in regards to Getting Data In (GDI). One very popular method is the Http Event Collector (HEC). The use of the HEC allows data ingestion into Splunk via HTTP POST messages. Two popular methods that send POST messages out of AWS into Splunk are the AWS services: Lambda and Firehose.

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