Platform
You can now try out the Splunk Enterprise Beta and catch up on all the latest news on how to Simplify Cloud Data Onboarding with the New Data Manager. For insight into all of the exciting new releases, you'll also want to view the Connected Experiences Blog Series, published weekly!
Security
We are thrilled to announce the latest release of Enterprise Security 7.0 is now available for Splunk Cloud and On-Premises customers. This release is packed with new enhancements to provide security teams the critical insights you need to drive faster detection and response.
Observability
You may already be using observability tools, or are considering the best way to adopt them. Did you know that Splunk Observability Cloud now supports Encryption at Rest? Learn more and read up on Observability Cloud, Splunk Enterprise integration via Log Observer Connect and RUM. We are excited to share that the Token visibility restriction feature is soon to be introduced in the Splunk Observability suite.
More Observability Highlights >
Can't Miss Updates
Splunk Love
Love Splunk? Share Your Success and Snag Cool Perks! We want to help tell your stories and give your successes some well-deserved limelight and recognition.
Product Updates
All the latest news and announcements about Splunk products. Love all of the latest product updates? Don't forget to subscribe while you're here on Community and never miss an update!
Splunk Enterprise Security 7.0 is Here!
All SOAR Apps are Open Source!
Splunk App for AWS: Extending the End of Life (EOL) and End of Support (EOS) Date to July 15, 2022
Do More with Splunk Lantern
Did you know that Splunk Lantern published 165 new use case and best practice articles in the final quarter of 2021? If you haven't visited lately, check it out. These articles span a variety of security, IT, and observability topics, as well as more than ten different Splunk products to help you achieve key business outcomes.
Not only that, you can now sign in to Splunk Lantern using your Splunk account and leave feedback on any article. Use the sign-in option on the home page, then scroll to the bottom of any article and tell us what you think!
More Ways You Can Get Involved with the Splunk Community
We are happy to announce that the Call for Papers (CFP) is now open for the BSides Splunk 2022 Conference! Read the blog post for details about past talks and how to add your submission to this highly technical community conference that is open to everyone. Submit your talk today about how you are using Splunk! (The CFP closes on January 19, 2022).
Details are right here on the Community Blog >
Digital Happenings
Splunk Tech Talks
Calling all SplunkUsers! Don’t miss our upcoming Tech Talk Series on January 25 featuring Platform, IT, Security and DevOps Editions. This is an excellent opportunity to expand your knowledge of Splunk capabilities through practitioner-based overviews and live demos.
Splunk’s Technical Marketing Manager, Grey Dziuba hosts fun and informative monthly sessions on Thursday’s at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET. Grey’s Academy also streams on Twitch, YouTube and LinkedIn!
SplunkBase Apps
Did you know there are multiple ways you can be informed of the latest new and updated apps in Splunkbase?
In the new Splunkbase preview you can go to the Apps page and sort by New. The newest and most recently updated apps will appear at the top. Plus you can apply filters to the result set to further refine the results.
If you are a member of the Splunk user community slack you can follow the #announcements channel where new apps and updates are announced. Plus you can subscribe to update notifications for any app you like. You’ll get an email when a new app version is released.
Finally a few cool app updates:
The Microsoft Azure App for Splunk was updated this month with four new dashboards built with Dashboard Studio, presenting an Executive Overview, a Security Overview, Azure Service Health, and Billing Overview
Do you have data that has a location component, either static or moving over time? Use the updated Location Tracker Custom Visualization to display resource location and movement on a map.
Until Next Month,
Happy Splunking!
