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Stay Connected: Your Guide to February Tech Talks, Office Hours, and Webinars!

NickG
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

💌Keep the new year’s momentum going with our February lineup of Community Office Hours, Tech Talks, and Webinars! 🌹 Whether you’re in the Valentine’s Day spirit or simply seeking new inspiration, our engaging events will help you refine your skills and energize your creativity all month long. Check out the details below!  

What are Community Office Hours?

Community Office Hours is an interactive 60-minute Zoom series where participants can ask questions and engage with technical Splunk experts on various topics. Whether you're just starting your journey with Splunk or looking for best practices to take your deployment to the next level, Community Office Hours provides a safe and open environment for you to get help.

If you have an issue you can’t seem to resolve, have a question you’re eager to get answered by Splunk experts, are exploring new use cases, or just want to sit and listen in, Community Office Hours is for you!

 

What are Tech Talks?

Tech Talks are designed to accelerate adoption and ensure your success. In these engaging 60-minute sessions, we dive deep into best practices, share valuable insights, and explore additional use cases to expand your knowledge and proficiency with our products.

Whether you're looking to optimize your workflows, discover new functionalities, or troubleshoot challenges, Tech Talks is your go-to resource.



SECURITY

Office Hours | Security: Threat Investigation and Analysis

February 19, 2025 at 1pm PT

This is your opportunity to ask questions related to your specific Splunk threat investigation, analysis needs and use cases, including:

  • What are the best practices for enhancing threat investigation and analysis? How can I help my SOC save time on those missions?
  • How do I maximize the use of threat intelligence and contextual insights when investigating active threats?
  • Which Splunk tools should I leverage to help optimize and automate the process of analyzing and investigating threats?
  • How can Splunk help me get through phishing investigations more efficiently?
  • How does Splunk Attack Analyzer complement SOAR tools and capabilities? How is it integrated with other Splunk security solutions?
  • Anything else you’d like to learn!

Tech Talks | Leverage Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence Across Splunk Security Products

February 26, 2025 at 11am PT

Join this Tech Talk to learn about these integrations, including:

  • The types of intelligence provided by the Cisco Talos integrations
  • How that intelligence is incorporated into your existing security workflows
  • How to get up and running with the integrations



OBSERVABILITY

Tech Talks | 3-2-1 Go! How Fast Can You Debug Microservices with Observability Cloud?

February 25, 2025 at 11am PT

Join this Tech Talk to learn how unique features like Service Centric Views, Tag Spotlight, and Trace Analyzer, together with your existing Splunk deployment, can help you get to the leaderboard! Ask questions from product experts, watch demos, and learn more about the product!

Key Takeaways

  • How Splunk can help you debug problems in microservices faster
  • Splunk tools that can help you accelerate troubleshooting
  • How to use Splunk Cloud/Enterprise for additional use cases



PLATFORM

Data Management at Splunk: Applying Your First Pipeline

February 18, 2025 at 11am PT

Learn how to get started with the Splunk pipeline builders. Follow along to configure your edge nodes in Edge Processor and build a basic SPL2 pipeline to filter, mask, transform, and route data to Amazon S3.
Key takeaways:

  • Learn the differences between Edge & Ingest Processor (deployment, architecture, capabilities, use cases, etc.)
  • Edge Processor setup demo
  • SPL2 overview & key commands
  • Demo on building your first pipeline to process and route data to Splunk or Amazon S3

Tech Talks | What’s New in Splunk Enterprise 9.4: Tools for Digital Resilience

February 27, 2025 at 11am PT

Tune in to What’s New in Splunk Enterprise 9.4: Tools for Digital Resilience and find out how to:

  • Improve operational efficiency and monitor distributed health with Deployment Server
  • Enhance your dashboards with updates to Dashboard Studio, including native version control support and tab interaction experience
  • Understand how Splunk helps increase uptime in SHCs due to lookup out-of-sync issues
  • Maximize visibility with Federated Search for metrics, events, and more!
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