How Our Customers Recovered 50% Of Their Splunk Cost
Introduction A customer of ours once challenged the log reduction volumes we were able to achieve using Cribl (Basic Statistics). So we came up with the idea of verifying the results using their Splunk dashboards. To get Splunk power and satisfy finance people, security professionals always struggle to come up with the ideal balance that […]
How To Install Splunk Universal Forwarder On Windows Servers Using GPO
This blog provides a step-by-step tutorial for installing Splunk Universal Forwarder in windows environment using Group Policy Object. In one of our new Splunk migration projects, the clients had tasked us to deploy Splunk Universal Forwarder (SUF) in several of their windows endpoints. There are many ways an operator can remotely collect security logs from […]
Protect Your Company From Ransomware Attacks: Learnings From The Irish Cyber Attack
In the past few weeks, cyber criminals attacked a number of health organisations In Ireland in what is described as the ‘most significant cybercrime attack on the Irish State’. In the midst of a pandemic, the stakes are both high and consequential – the Irish Health Service must continue to respond to health emergencies and […]