Have you ever wondered about the tiny padlock icon in your browser and why it's there? This little padlock icon, along with the "https" in the URL, signifies that your connection to the website you're on is secure and encrypted using SSL/TLS protocols. It's a symbol that represents the security of all types of information transferred to and from your website — not just for ecommerce transactions.

Hello there, cybersecurity aficionados! We're thrilled to unveil our latest and greatest Splunk SOAR apps, tailored for the giants of the firewall space: Panorama and FortiManager. These sophisticated apps help us deliver the most compelling automation for our community, no matter the tools they have deployed. Much like our playbooks packs from earlier this year, these integrations are another great way for users to align their incident response approach to MITRE D3FEND.

The recent SURGe in popularity of generative artificial intelligence tools has raised many questions around potential use cases in cybersecurity, both from an offensive and defensive point of view. Will chat-based AI-assistants provide more utility to attackers, or defenders?

Twofish is an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) blockcypher algorithm. Twofish is not vulnerable to a simple brute force attack and is not inherently insecure against side-channel attacks. Let’s explore Twofish here.

Software liability is an increasingly important area for every software development company and team. At its core, software liability is about protecting users from damages caused by software issues. As more software is in use than ever before, there’s a lot of ways that software — and its manufacturers — could be held responsible for certain actions or inactions. Indeed, even the rise of cyber insecurity globally could fall into this murky area.

There’s no single perfect, one-size-fits-all SOC model. Leaders are still unsure whether to bring the SOC in-house, get it outsourced, or do a mix of these two approaches (the so-called hybrid SOC). How do you choose? Investing now in the right model (with adaptability and portability as key considerations) might not be glamorous, but it will set you up for success in the future.

Today, data privacy is the new strategic priority for many companies. Prioritizing data privacy boils down to two key drivers: Indeed, the awareness piece has grown significantly, both leading to and because of stringent data privacy regulations, including GDPR and CCPA, the California Consumer Privacy Act. (First time on Splunk.com? You might see a pop-up banner specifically for you to opt in or out.) So, let’s take a look at the concept of data privacy and what’s behind it.

Last week, we released Splunk SOAR 6.2 (Security Orchestration Automation and Response) and in the accompanying announcement blog, we highlighted some of the new key features found in this release. Today, we want to take a more in-depth look at one of those features, logic loops, and show how they make it easier than ever for security engineers and analysts to save time and cut down on repetitive manual tasks.

An application’s attack surface is the sum of all the areas of an application which could be attacked by malicious attackers. This includes the application’s APIs, the underlying code, supporting infrastructure, and any other components which could be compromised. The goal for any organization is to reduce the attack surface area by discovering and minimizing potential vulnerabilities.