SP6 “What You Need to Know” Series (Article 2 of 3) No business is immune to payroll fraud. It costs U.S. companies millions of dollars each year. Despite its prevalence, many organizations have no idea they’re victims of this type of theft. That’s because it can be extremely difficult to detect. Consider these facts: According to the 2020 Report to the Nations released by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), organizations […]
Are you considering Splunk’s cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution? If so, you’re in good company. Splunk Cloud is an increasingly popular alternative to deploying Splunk on-premises, or in your own cloud environment. This is because Splunk Cloud: You might be thinking that adopting Splunk Cloud will free your organization of any Splunk Cloud responsibilities. However, that […]
SP6 “What You Need to Know” Series (Article 1 of 3) You may be surprised to discover how widespread payroll fraud is. It’s a white-collar crime affecting businesses of all sizes and touching nearly every industry. Consider the following: According to the FBI, $3.5 billion was reported lost in the U.S. as a result of payroll […]
As a Splunk Professional Services consultant I have the good fortune of working with really smart and experienced engineers, and the combination of smart and experienced means they’re trying to be as ready as they can for what comes next. In this blog, we’ll discuss how to prepare for a Splunk migration.
What do you do if you have a large number of Deployment Servers (DS) and want to separate business units into different serverclasses? In this article, we will discuss steps you can take to adapt your (DS) to your growing organization.
To say a lot has change in 2020 is an understatement. The world we live in and work in has dramatically changed these past few months and some changes might last even longer. But even in this unpredictable world, we still look at data to help us solve our problems.
Designing Glass Tables and/or Dashboards is a critical element in your ITSI configuration. The correct implementation will help communication to your visualization audience/consumer. Let’s discuss a few points to help steer your decision making process.
No matter the size of your organization, deploying Splunk in your environment is a big decision. After all, it can scale from very small to very large. Furthermore, it can be used as an on-premise hardware, or as a service to run within the Cloud. Perhaps you’re wondering if you should go with Splunk Enterprise […]
In a Splunk environment, Splunk operations are controlled by configuration files (conf files). Configuration of the file settings are essential to the proper running of the Splunk instance. In this article, we walk through how to properly configure the file settings to ensure that your Splunk instance is running optimally.
UBA, User Behavior Analytics, is a Premium Splunk App that leverages machine learning technologies, to secure an organization from insider threats while also providing outsider threat monitoring and alerting capabilities. In this blog we will cover frequently asked questions around UBA and its functionality.
