Splunk Tech Talks
Deep-dives for technical practitioners.

Splunk Connect for Syslog: Ingest Security Data

melissap
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

View our Tech Talk: Security Edition, Splunk Connect for Syslog: Ingest Security Data 

(view in My Videos)

 

Splunk is built on the world’s first data to everything platform. Organizations use Splunk every day to turn data into doing. A crucial first step towards harnessing the power of Splunk is getting your data into the platform. Mark Bonsack, co-creator of Splunk Connect for Syslog, will discuss some challenges that have plagued Syslog data ingestion for years and illustrate via a demo how Splunk’s turnkey solution has simplified the process for our customers.

Tune in to:

  • Learn the challenges historically associated with Syslog data ingestion
  • See how easy it is to use Splunk Connect for Syslog in your organization 
  • Get access to resources to help your team ingest syslog data
melissap
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee
kcepull2
Path Finder

I signed up to view this Tech Talk as an on-demand video. I got the confirmation email. When I click to "Watch Now", it asks me to enter my email address. I enter the email address I used to register (and the one that I got the confirmation at), and it then tells me the login is incorrect! So, I can't watch the video. 😞  How can I view the video?

melissap
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

@kcepull2 Thanks for letting us know, we are checking behind the scenes now to get this corrected! I will send you a note when it is fixed.

96nick
Communicator

Also seeing the same thing as @kcepull2!

melissap
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

@96nick @kcepull2 This is now fixed and you can view. Apologies for the delay!!

Contributors
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Cisco Data Fabric from Architecture to Investigation, Better SOC Visibility, and More ...

Splunk Lantern is Splunk’s customer success center that provides practical guidance from Splunk experts on key ...

The Trust Gap: Why a Data Foundation is Fundamental to an Agentic Enterprise

The Trust Gap: Why a data foundation is fundamental to an  Agentic Enterprise.   Agentic AI is transforming ...

Data Management Digest – September 2026

    Welcome to the September 2026 edition of Data Management Digest! September brought a fresh wave of ...