Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Imagine a scenario where a competitor gains access to your organization's most sensitive data, causing severe financial loss and irreparable damage to your reputation. This nightmare can become a reality through data exfiltration. Data exfiltration is a real threat to organizations, as it involves the unauthorized transfer of sensitive information, the effects of which can lead to operational disruption, financial losses and damage to reputation.

At Splunk, you may hear us pontificating on our ponies about how awesome and easy it is to use Splunk to hunt for threats. Why, all you need to do is use X and Y with Splunk to find a Z score (no zombies were injured) and BOOM! That baddie in your network is detected. Going back to at least a decade, we’ve tried to make it easy — as you’ll see in the resources below — and yet threat hunting is about as easy as telling someone how easy it is to draw an owl.

In an ideal world, organizations should have round-the-clock protection for their corner of cyberspace, and prompt response to cyber-attacks. For this to happen, you’llneed top talent, equipped with sophisticated tools and knowledge of up-to-date security practices. But this is hardly the case for most organizations, meaning most are left vulnerable and seeking security solutions from third parties offering MDR services.

From 2010 to 2020, the amount of data being generated, stored and shared grew by nearly 5000%. During the COVID-19 pandemic, data breaches also spiked in the US. Makes sense, then, that protecting this valuable asset has become a top priority for businesses. Enter data scanning — a powerful process that helps organizations identify and safeguard sensitive data. In this blog post, we will delve into the concept of data scanning, its importance and the key benefits it brings to the table.

APIs play a significant role in seamlessly integrating applications and services. However, APIs with security vulnerabilities could open doors to cyber attackers and compromise sensitive and confidential data and systems. Therefore, it is imperative to incorporate API security testing into the API development process as early as possible.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology that is both exciting and worrisome. It reminds us of events from the past where computer systems were attacked, causing concern for their vulnerability. In 1997, a Department of Defense exercise called Eligible Receiver showed that defense systems could be hacked, which led to the creation of the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Operations.

On June 13, 2023, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released Binding Operational Directive 23-02 titled Mitigating the Risk from Internet-Exposed Management Interfaces. This BOD is aimed at reducing the risk posed by having the ability to configure or control federal agency’s networks from the public internet. If you are curious about this threat, you should review MITRE ATT&CK’s T1133- External Remote Services.

When pursuing success in business or other endeavors, two key concepts play a crucial role: process and practice. While some argue that process and practice are interchangeable, in reality, they're vastly different. But how do we use process and practice to become more efficient and successful? Is one of them more crucial than the other? Can you do one without the other? To answer these questions, we’ll dive deeper into process and practice and how to apply both.

Granting users with authorization to access sensitive business information means that you rely on them to adopt cybersecurity best practices. This trust is violated when a disgruntled employee acts maliciously and leaks sensitive information. What’s more concerning — the same violation is also possible when users unwittingly fall prey to social engineering attacks, zero-day exploits or vulnerabilities that remain unpatched in your IT networks.

Today, cybersecurity is a non-negotiable for business success. Original research from our annual State of Security confirms this is no easy task – which is why we are proud that the solutions we deliver help make organizations digitally resilient. Splunk Cloud, Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Enterprise Security are our most well-known and popular solutions, which we’ll share more about below.