Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Cybersecurity means protecting computer and network systems against intrusion, theft or damage, and is the main line of defense against a vast number of digital adversaries. Most organizations rely on different cybersecurity frameworks to defend themselves from attacks. These frameworks define best practices — including security auditing, security policy development, key cybersecurity tools and methods for monitoring security conditions over time.

Splunk has been named #1 SIEM Provider in the Worldwide Security Information and Event Management Market Shares, 2022: The Multitude of SIEMs (doc #US51012523, July 2023). The continued recognition from IDC as a SIEM market Leader is a testament to our commitment to delivering a data-centric, modern solution that delivers data-driven insights for full-breadth visibility for our users.

In 2022, a German security researcher disclosed that he had gained remote control of over 25 electric vehicles. In doing so, he was able to access numerous onboard features of these vehicles such as querying the vehicle location, disabling security features, unlocking doors, and starting the engine. The security flaw that allowed this break was not with the vehicle’s system itself, but presented by an open source companion application.

Safeguarding an organization’s virtual realms has never been more important. Today, connectivity and data are the new currency. Yet, as technology advances, so do the malicious actors and their methods, constantly devising more unique and covert ways to breach defenses. Herein lies the role of detection engineering. Acting as the digital watchtower for organizations, detection engineering responds to known threats and continuously scans the horizon for the slightest hint of a potential breach.

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is the name for any framework of technology, policies and processes that authenticate and authorize a user in order for that user to access and consume an organization’s resources. Managing user identities and granting appropriate user access helps protect your assets. These assets can include digital access to sensitive information, intellectual property, data and application workloads, network access or perimeter access to the physical data center location.

An Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is a technology that can automatically detect and control security attacks, both known and unknown. The focus of this system is threat prevention — though a related technology, IDS, works to better detect threats. Let’s take look at how IPS prevents intrusions and the most common ways IPS can work.

Last year, we talked about different techniques for using Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud Platform, and Splunk Enterprise Security to detect modern financial crime using risk scores with aggregated rules and the power of the Splunk platform.

The Infosec App for Splunk is your starter security pack. It's designed to address the most common security use cases, including continuous monitoring and security investigations. The new Infosec Multicloud App for Splunk is designed by our field team to help customers that have a cloud environment. In addition to views of security posture across cloud providers, the app includes a billing dashboard for a high level overview of costs spread across your various cloud providers.

Splunk is proud to announce we’ve been granted four 2023 PeerSpot Tech Leader Awards! This honor is extended to just the top three solutions in four categories on the PeerSpot Buying Intelligence Platform. We’re particularly thrilled to be recognized by real users of Splunk Enterprise Security and Splunk SOAR that can speak to their features, functionality, and the business value they drive for their organizations.

To operate legally and ethically, every company, no matter the size or type of organization, must be aware of the laws, regulations, and industry standards that govern them. Though many businesses may view regulatory compliance as a burden, it does not have to be this way. The benefits of following these rules greatly outweigh the consequences. Organizations can ensure the safety and well-being of their employees, customers, and the general public by following these regulations.