NOVEMBER 2023
GovSummit 2023
Registration is open for Splunk’s largest, free annual event for government and agency leaders and decision-makers. We’re looking forward to bringing together government IT and security professionals for industry-leading event. Hear firsthand from government and industry experts about how agencies are adapting and thriving — and building digital resilience to improve their cyber strategy.
Event Details: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, December 14, 2023 | 7:30 am - 4:30 pm EST
Workshops:
Splunk offers free virtual workshops. Join the top technical experts at Splunk for hands-on learning on Splunk SOAR, Insider Threat, and Enterprise Security. Times vary and there is no cost to attend.
- 11/16 Security Lunch & Learn, 1:00 - 4:00 ET, Registration Page
- 11/30 Splunk 4 Rookies, 1:00 - 4:00 ET, Registration Page
- 12/7 IT Foundations, 1:00 - 2:30 ET, Registration page
Booth and Table Top Events:
Be sure to stop by and see Splunk to learn about the latest trends at these industry events:
- 11/15 NLC City Summit 2023, Atlanta, GA
- 11/16 CyberTalks, Washington, DC
- 11/27 AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas, NV
- 12/3-6 Center for Technology CIO Roundtable, Sea Island, GA
- 12/7 Pennsylvania Digital Government Summit, Harrisburg, PA
- 12/13 CMS Industry Days, Baltimore, MD
- 12/14 GovSummit, Washington, DC
- 12/15 DoDIIS, Portland, OR
New Research Report for Today’s Security Leaders:
The CISO Report is officially here! Check out the results of our original research including emerging trends, threats and strategies that offer insight for today’s security leaders.
Platform Updates
Build Digital Resilience Through Expanded Access to Decentralized Data
In his recent blog, Tom Casey, SVP Products & Technology for Splunk discusses several recent Splunk Platform innovations enabling customers to build digital resilience through expanded access to decentralized data, enabling better understanding of customer-facing issues, regardless of whether the data sits in Splunk or cost effective Amazon S3 storage, facilitating compliance with data sovereignty requirements.
Model Assisted Threat Hunting Powered by PEAK & Splunk AI
Accelerate threat hunting with Splunk AI as a catalyst. Join us to learn how to leverage the PEAK threat hunting framework and Splunk AI to find malware dictionary-DGA domains. Learn the basics of the PEAK threat hunting framework developed by Splunk’s SURGe security research team, understand the power Splunk AI can bring to your threat hunts and see how to create automated detections from your successful hunts.
Explore the new Log Analytics for IT Troubleshooting Splunk Use Case Page
Splunk Observability Log Analytics for It Troubleshooting allows customers to get comprehensive visibility, at scale with Splunk Platform. Accelerate innovation and IT troubleshooting in complex hybrid environments. Explore the use case here.
Splunk Observability – The Latest Innovations To Perfect UX
Splunk helps you prioritize the right issues and make faster and better decisions through proactive and smarter alerting, richer data, and simpler workflows. Join this webinar for a first look at these new features that can help you quickly resolve customer-facing issues to deliver great user experiences (UX). Featuring product demonstrations of Session Replay, Edge Processor, OpenTelemetry, and Federated Search for Amazon S3.
Splunk App for Data Science and Deep Learning - What’s New in Version 5.1.1
In the ever-evolving world of data science, keeping your tools and software up to date is essential. This ensures that you have access to the latest features, security updates and bug fixes. The team behind our data science app has been hard at work to bring you the most robust and secure version yet. Explore our recent blog to dive into what's new in the recently released Splunk App for Data Science and Deep Learning (DSDL) version 5.1.1 available on Splunkbase.
Tech Talks, Office Hours and Lantern
Tech Talks
OpenTelemetry: What’s Next. Logs, Profiles, and More
Register Now and join us on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. You’ll learn about OpenTelemetry's new logging functionality, including its two logging paths, the benefits of each, real-world production examples and so much more!
Advance Your App Development with the Visual Studio Code Extension
Register Now and join us on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. See the latest on the Visual Studio Code Extension for Splunk SOAR and how you can make developing apps a breeze.
Streaming Lookups with Splunk Edge Processor
Register Now and join us on Thursday, November 16, 2023 to learn how best to leverage lookups to optimize costs and maintain data fidelity, explore use cases for this capability that drive business outcomes, and review other ways to optimize your data management strategy using Edge Processor.
ICYMI:
What’s New in Splunk SOAR 6.2? Watch the Replay
Starting With Observability: OpenTelemetry Best Practices. Watch the Replay
Community Office Hours
Join our upcoming Community Office Hour sessions, where you can ask questions and get guidance.
Security: SOAR - Wed, Nov 29 (Register here)
Splunk Search - Wed, Dec 13 (Register here)
Splunk Lantern
In this month’s blog we’re highlighting some great new updates to our Getting Started Guide for Enterprise Security (ES) that provide you with easy ways to get going on this powerful platform, as well as new data articles for MS Teams. As usual, we’re also sharing the rest of the new articles we’ve published this month. Read on to see what’s new.
Education Corner
Creating Inclusive Learning Spaces at Splunk
October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). At Splunk, we are grateful that our community is made up of all types of people, with all types of experiences and points of view. This diversity creates interest, sparks innovation, and fosters growth. Find out how Splunk supports NDEAM and weaves this awareness into its Splunk Education programs in our latest blog.
Hola! Say Hello to Our Translated Content
It’s a big world out there – with 8 billion people and about 7,000 languages spoken. Splunk Education is determined to get closer to as many of these people as possible by publishing training and certification in more diverse languages. We are pleased to share that we now offer free, self-paced eLearning courses with Spanish captions. Watch for more translated content and captions coming soon, Mucho gusto!
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Until Next Time,
Happy Splunking
