Carl Parker, Author at Somerford Associates

Achieving Security Maturity — Splunk Risk-Based Alerting Series

On-Demand Webinar/Workshop / By Carl Parker

Achieving Security Maturity—Splunk Risk-Based Alerting Series How to enhance your defence strategies for your digital landscape with Splunk RBA. WATCH ON DEMAND SIGN UP TO MAILING LIST About the Series Discover how Splunk’s Risk-Based Alerting (RBA) empowers organisations to transition from reactive responses to proactive defence strategies, promoting maturity in cybersecurity practices. Our 3-part webinar […]

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5 Tips to Help you Optimise your Splunk Searches

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog 5 Tips to Help you Optimise your Splunk Searches Author: Dan Gray Release Date: 01/02/2024 Splunk is a great tool for aggregating and interrogating the data you hold but to really get the best value out of your data you should be utilising search best practices. I’ll outline here some of the best

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How Varonis Protects your Cloud Data

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog How Varonis Protects Your Cloud Data Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 30/01/2024 Lots of businesses have made the change to working with hybrid environments, and some even now operate solely using cloud platforms. Varonis is compatible with many cloud data repositories and platforms, including M365, Salesforce, Google Drive and more. Varonis can assist

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What is HashiCorp Consul?

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog What is HashiCorp Consul? Author: John ‘JJ’ Jarvis Release Date: 24/01/2024 Consul is a service networking solution. But what do we mean by that? Well, when we’re talking about what HashiCorp calls the Cloud Operating Model, we have to change our approach, on many fronts: if there is still a ticketing system of

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How Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) Work

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Somerford Blog How Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) Work Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 19/01/2024 What are Advanced Persistent Threats? When belligerent parties target a business’ data and infrastructure in threatening attacks, the most commonly considered strategy is a fast, quickly spreading virus that searches for valuable information, then retreats as quickly as it entered. Advanced

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What is Splunk Edge Hub?

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog What is Splunk Edge Hub? Author: Becca Lambert Release Date: 15/01/2024 Late last year, Splunk announced their latest innovation in IoT data access and processing, Splunk Edge Hub. Splunk Edge Hub is a fully integrated hardware and software solution with integrated sensors and all the necessary connectivity libraries already integrated into it. Providing

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Simplify Infrastructure Provisioning with Somerford’s ATIP App

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Somerford Blog Simplify Infrastructure Provisioning with Somerford’s ATIP App Author: Jordan Phillpotts Release Date: 05/01/2024 It’s the age-old problem, how do I host my applications or web services? Okay maybe not age old but certainly it’s something any burgeoning tech company would be thinking about, do you go for on-premises, off-site, or cloud? And how

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What is the HashiCorp Terraform Acceleration Program (TAP)

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Somerford Blog What is the HashiCorp Terraform Acceleration Program (TAP)? Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 21/12/2023 The Terraform Acceleration Program (TAP) is Somerford’s offering to accelerate Terraform Enterprise rapidly within an organisation. As Terraform is a critical yet complex component of a business’ workflow, expert guidance may be required to effectively integrate Terraform within your

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How to Optimise Your SIEM Platform

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog How to Optimise your SIEM Platform Author: Jack Hancox Release Date: 19/12/2023 What is a SIEM Platform? SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) solutions are the backbone of enterprise security operations. They play a crucial role in detecting and responding to security threats, providing visibility into the security landscape, and enabling informed decision-making.

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How Confluent Adds to Open-Source Kafka

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Somerford Blog How Confluent Adds to Open-Source Kafka Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 12/12/2023 In our digital-first world, it rarely feels like there is a one-stop shop or singular solution to a problem; however in the current landscape Open-Source Kafka is the clear leader in the data streaming world. It was the first solution of

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