One of the great things about developing for Splunk Security Essentials is that most of the features and capabilities are requested from customers and the security community. In this latest release (3.1), we added a feature that has been requested frequently: the ability to filter the ATT&CK Matrix for Cloud and SaaS Techniques. The MITRE ATT&CK Framework consists of multiple matrices such as Enterprise, Mobile, and ICS.

Internal audit and compliance departments benefit from having a comprehensive framework to use to perform corporate risk assessment and internal control testing as well as fight fraud. The most popular framework is the COSO Framework. The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) was originally formed in the United States in 1985 to combat corporate fraud.

Innovations in technology have been a prime agent for disruption throughout much of human history. Advancements in materials science gave English archers, with their superior longbows, the advantage over the French in many conflicts during the Hundred Years War; such as the Battle of Agincourt. In the late 2000’s, the music industry was forced to reinvent itself in the face of changing consumer consumption models as a result of technological advancements or become irrelevant.