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This Week's Community Digest - Splunk Community Happenings [6.27.22]

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News From Splunk Answers ✍️

Screen Shot 2022-02-18 at 2.21.47 PM.pngSplunk Answers is the place to get help, advice, and problems solved by your fellow community members. We know how much time and dedication it takes to reply to threads and join the conversations that help our community learn, grow, and get support. Let's take a moment to congratulate all of our members who have posted at least 1,000 responses on Splunk Answers! THAT'S AMAZING!

@jip31@PickleRick@bowesmana@Damien_Dallimor@lukejadamec@Ayn@ITWhisperer@thambisetty@isoutamo@inventsekar@skoelpin@Lowell@somesoni2@FrankVl@ddrillic@dwaddle@martin_mueller@sideview@DalJeanis@niketn@DavidHourani@cmerriman@kristian_kolb@jkat54@493669@renjith_nair@alacercogitatus@mayurr98@nickhills@adonio@javiergn@kamlesh_vaghela@gjanders@woodcock@ChrisG@MuS@yannK@sloshburch@Richfez@esix_splunk@harsmarvania57@richgalloway@lguinn2@gkanapathy@to4kawa@gcusello

Upcoming User Group Events! 👏

We've got a mix of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events coming up for you to join! Check 'em out:

June & July Upcoming User Group Events:

  • Canberra Splunk User Group (In-person) June 29 [RSVPWe are excited to announce that the Splunk User Groups are back in person in Canberra.  Join us as we recap the announcements made at .Conf22!
  • Perth Western Australia Splunk User Group July 6 (In-person) [RSVPWe're back in-person, Perth! Join the Splunk team for a bite to eat, followed by a BRAND NEW Splunk SOAR workshop! 
  • Stuttgart Splunk User Group (In-person) July 6 [RSVP] Details will be shared soon as we get closer to the event!
  • Israel Splunk User Group (In-person) July 12 [RSVP] Three Two *ONE ZERO* with Splunk - Building a Security Operations center from the ground up in Israel’s first and only digital bank. 
  • Applicants - Splunk User Group Leaders: How to Start or Lead a Splunk User Group (Virtual) July 12 [RSVP] In this session, formerly known as "Splunk User Group Leader Training," you will learn what it takes to be a Splunk User Group leader, along with the next steps in creating a Splunk User Group or joining an existing leadership team. This course is mandatory for anyone who intends to lead a Splunk User Group.
  • Sydney Splunk User Group (Hybrid) July 13 [RSVPBrrrr, it's cold out there! But don't worry, we'll have the room nice & toasty with plenty of drinks & food to keep your belly nice & warm...
  • Nebraska 402 Splunk User Group (Hybrid) July 13 [RSVPWe will talk about what we learned from .conf22 and we are excited to be joined by Loretta McCoy, Global Certification Program Specialist. Loretta will be guiding us down the different paths of Splunk Certifications.
  • Minneapolis Splunk User Group (In-person) July 13 [RSVP] Join us for a Splunky happy hour! Meet and geek with other Splunk Users, enjoy complimentary refreshments, and just enjoy being in person again. Informal event; no presentation. It's Brat Wednesday at BlackStack Brewing!

Search the full list of User Groups to find meetups in all locations. As we shift into more in-person meetups there are still plenty of virtual opportunities for you to join!

ICYMI - New from the Community Blog & Product News & Announcements 🆕

Check out the most recent posts from the Community Blog and our Product News & Announcements blog!

  • Reminder! Splunk Love Promo: $25 Visa Gift Card for Your Honest SOAR Review With Gartner Peer Insigh... We're excited to share the Splunk Love promotion! This time, review Splunk SOAR (f.k.a. Phantom) with Gartner Peer Insights, and you'll snag a $25 Visa gift card for your review!
  • What's New in Splunk Cloud Platform 8.2.2203?! We are happy to share the newest updates in Splunk Cloud Platform 8.2.2203! Learn about what analysts and admins can benefit from with the newest updates.
  • .conf22 Platform Product Announcements At .conf22 we announced the next generation of the Splunk Platform with new enhancements to Splunk Cloud Platform and the general availability of Splunk Enterprise 9.0, empowering customers with increased access to more data sources from edge to cloud, time to action when incidents arise, ability to secure and scale deployments with streamlined administration and greater extensibility.
  • New Resources for Upgrading Splunk Enterprise Every great Splunk admin should be thinking about upgrading to the latest version and we want to make sure you’ve got all the guidance you need. We recommend that an upgrade is performed every two years. Learn how to get in the ‘sweet spot’ of Splunk Enterprise updates - ensuring you can implement stable new features, keep pace with innovation and reduce risk. We wanted to share some newly published best practices for upgrading your Splunk! 
  • Improve Your Security Posture Customers are at the center of everything we do at Splunk and security is our top priority. On top of a series of new and improved capabilities, Splunk platform now ships with an improved security posture. Splunk is committed to helping customers identify and remediate security issues, including providing advisories and patches for any vulnerability considered “Critical” or “High”. Splunk remains hyper-vigilant and focused on outstanding customer experiences and outcomes.
  • Splunk Observability Announces new Capabilities to Help you Build, Troubleshoot, and Innovate Faster Splunk Observability announcements at .conf22 provided capabilities to expand your end-to-end visibility across hybrid cloud environments, help you predict and prevent problems before customers notice, and enhance our AI-Directed troubleshooting to pinpoint issues faster.
  • Introducing Splunk Assist! We're excited to share the launch of a brand new piece of functionality to improve your security posture. We unveiled the general availability of Splunk Assist, a fully managed cloud service that provides deep insights into the security posture of Splunk Enterprise deployments. Assist continually helps Splunk admins get cloud-powered insights with the latest recommendations from Splunk Cloud. Assist is included as part of Splunk Enterprise version 9.0, making it feasible for Splunk admins to immediately access and act on recommendations. Since Assist is cloud-powered, customers will see new features and capabilities that continually get better over time. 
  • New ITSI Feature in Preview - Custom Threshold Windows! We are excited to announce the preview of Splunk ITSI custom threshold windows (CTW). ITSI CTW allows you to adjust your severity levels when an expected abnormal behavior may arise - e.g. public holidays, peak day of the year or month, or a large retail moment like Black Friday.

Latest Tech Talk 🛠

Tech Talk: Platform Edition - On-Demand

Customers are at the center of everything we do at Splunk and security is our top priority. On top of a series of new and improved capabilities, Splunk platform now ships with an improved security posture. Splunk Enterprise 9.0 specifically includes three new security features, a series of automatically implemented security settings, and addresses eight security vulnerabilities with fixes that go deeper than just "patching." Splunk focused on intra-Splunk transport layer security (TLS), securing deployment server & forwarders, securing app development, and added search processing language (SPL) safeguards. Register here.

— Michelle Schlachta, Community + Content at Splunk

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