Somerford Blog How is Splunk Cloud Architected? Author: Becca Lambert Release Date: 22/09/2023 What is Splunk Cloud? In 2013 Splunk launched Splunk Cloud, a version of Splunk hosted and supported by Splunk. It provides the full functionality and features of Splunk Enterprise but without the costs and time requirements of administration, maintenance and upgrades, as […]
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Somerford Blog Modernise your Data Security, Privacy and Governance Author: Grace Dolby Release Date: 05/09/2023 In recent years, there has been a convergence of Security and Data Governance within organisations. This has been led by changing expectations of businesses, data obligations are growing and we are using more infrastructure platforms than ever before, meaning data
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Somerford Blog What Can Confluent Do? Author: Riley Martin Release Date: 11/08/2023 Data is everywhere in everything we do. From the ones and zeros that interpreted the keyboard presses writing this blog, to the bank transfers wiring millions of pounds across the world every day. In a data centric world, it is important that we
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Somerford Blog Identity First Approach to Zero Trust Security Author: Riley Martin Release Date: 25/07/2023 Some people say that the best defence is a good offence, however when it comes to data security the opposite is often true. At its core, Zero Trust Security is the idea and principle that any and all users or
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Somerford Blog How to Provision and De-Provision users within Okta Author: Shaq Duffus-Gordon Release Date: 05/07/2023 How do you Provision an Un-Provisioned user? The benefits of provisioning with Okta are that Okta can create/read/update accounts for all users and can remove accounts when users get deactivated. Provisioning can also save time when setting up new
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Somerford Blog KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training: A Complete Life Cycle Overview Author: Jack Travis Release Date: 14/06/2023 Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing issue in today’s world. As cyber-attacks and data breaches become increasingly frequent each day, it is necessary for individuals and organisations to protect themselves from these threats. Although many organisations invest in security
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Somerford Blog Using Varonis SaaS to Secure Microsoft 365 Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 13/06/2023 Microsoft 365 is an excellent platform for making collaboration within the workplace very easy and as the number of remote workers has increased over the past few years, many businesses have since chosen to integrate M365 into their workplace. Moving
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Somerford Blog The Five Most Common Use Cases Organisations are Tackling with Next Generation Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Author: Jake Hammacott Release Date: 13/06/2023 Secure Web Gateways (SWGs) are often used to control and manage access to or from websites within organisations to protect the user from malicious content. Granular policies are set and enforced
Somerford Blog What is Data Streaming? Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 09/06/2023 Increasingly, it is clear that the next generation of software development won’t be about creating a one-time application for dedicated computers but rather building stream-processing applications for data-centre environments. The adoption of streaming systems like those offered by our technology partner Confluent, is
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Somerford Blog What is User Access Management? Author: Riley Martin Release Date: 26/05/2023 In our modern technology and the information-based world, it is incredibly important that any company’s security systems that are in place are keeping both data and employees safe and secure. Not only that, enrolling and decommissioning employees within your company could be
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