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6 Mistakes to Avoid for a Successful Splunk Cloud Migration

6 Mistakes to Avoid for a Successful Splunk Cloud Migration

Planning on conducting a Splunk Cloud migration?  Although moving to Splunk Cloud offers several benefits, the migration process itself is complex and highly error-prone.  In this blog, we’ll break down six of the most common mistakes we’ve witnessed organizations make during Splunk Cloud migrations so that you can steer clear of unexpected costs and data issues.  […]

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12 Splunk Best Practices to Maximize Your Investment

12 Splunk Best Practices to Maximize Your Investment

Splunk can be an incredibly powerful data analytics tool, but is your organization fully harnessing its power? Each year, SP6’s team of Splunk engineers identifies the most common challenges that prevent customers from maximizing their Splunk investment. We’ve gathered their insights into this guide, complete with actionable strategies to overcome each hurdle. By following these 12 […]

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False Claims Act and Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative

False Claims Act and Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative: What Contractors Need to Know

In October 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took a monumental step toward curbing cybersecurity fraud among government contractors and grant recipients: The Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative.   By leveraging the False Claims Act (FCA), the Initiative prosecutes government contractors, subcontractors, and grant recipients who knowingly fail to comply with federal cybersecurity mandates such as DFARS […]

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Webinar: 12 Steps to Success in Splunk

We asked SP6’s Lead Splunk Subject Matter Experts (SMEs): Where do you see organizations struggling with Splunk hurdles and what are your suggestions for improvement? We ultimately embedded these principles into a formal, prescriptive process and methodology that drives Customer Success. Join us as we walk through 12 Steps to Splunk Success and answer all your […]

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3 Risks of Overlooking Scoping for CMMC

3 Risks of Overlooking CUI Scoping for CMMC

Identifying how and where Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is stored, transmitted, and processed within your organization is a critical first step to achieving CMMC compliance. Many organizations overlook this step, however, leading to gap assessment fatigue, unwanted costs, and a lack of leadership and organizational buy-in.  In this article, we’ll break down everything you need […]

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CMMC Planning in 2024: The Latest Updates to NIST SP 800-171r3

Watch this comprehensive webinar to learn which changes you should pay attention to in NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3, how these changes could affect your organization, and strategies to achieve your 2024 compliance goals. https://vimeo.com/948884019?share=copy Key Learning Objectives:  Understanding the new requirement families introduced in NIST SP 800-171r3 Learning the FISMA requirements that designate NARA […]

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Splunk-SP6_Mastering Risk-Based Alerting in Splunk ES and SOAR

Mastering Risk-Based Alerting in Splunk ES & Splunk SOAR: Enhance Security Operations

Watch this comprehensive webinar and learn how to make the most of risk-based alerting (RBA) in Splunk — combined with the power of Splunk SOAR — to enhance your organization’s security stance. https://vimeo.com/953947886?share=copy Key Learning Objectives:  Learn how risk-based alerting works and why it’s important for modern cybersecurity tactics. Learn how you can set up […]