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What is Summary Indexing?

Summary indexing is a process that allows you to search large datasets more efficiently by creating smaller, customized summaries of those datasets to search instead.   Because these new summary indexes have significantly fewer events for your Splunk software to search through, searches run against them complete much faster.  In this article, we’ll breakdown everything you […]

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How to Choose a Cybersecurity Professional Services Provider – A 6-Step Guide

Choosing a Cybersecurity Professional Services (PS) provider is similar to choosing any other professional provider.  Think about how you would go about choosing a doctor, lawyer, or mechanic. Would you look at reviews? Seek out referrals? Conduct brief phone interviews?  The process for choosing a PS provider is largely the same. In this article, we’ll […]

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Here’s How to Get a Handle on Noise and Alert Fatigue

Editor’s Note: This article is co-authored by Barry Duncan, Team Lead, Professional Services Observability; and Chase Yates, Practice Manager, Security. A common problem technology teams face is the high volume of noise in their environments and the resulting alert fatigue.  Items clamoring for an analyst’s attention can include:  Threats  Anomalies  Incidents  Notable Events  According to […]