Somerford Blog Introducing Athena AI for Varonis SaaS Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 11/12/2023 Athena AI is the new generative AI layer added into Varonis SaaS. Athena AI, named appropriately after the mythological Greek goddess of wisdom, can assist administrators throughout the data security platform, producing more efficient analysis and reducing crucial investigation times. Natural […]
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Somerford Blog What is Island? Release Date: 07/12/2023 With all my experience in Secure Web Gateways, CASBs and SASE there was always one missing piece of the puzzle and that was the reliance on third party public browsers when interacting with the web or Cloud apps. I recall a time when companies were extremely strict
Somerford Blog Our HashiConf 2023 Recap Author: John ‘JJ’ Jarvis Release Date: 07/12/2023 HashiConf ‘23 is a wrap! And what a time it is to be working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)! HashiCorp announced the biggest changes to its Terraform engine since the product’s launch, and didn’t stop there; I’ll go through a few of
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Somerford Blog What is HashiCorp Vault Acceleration Program (VAP)? Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 24/11/2023 An accelerated Vault deployment service by Somerford, our Vault Acceleration Program (VAP) is designed for the rapid installation and enablement of HashiCorp’s Vault solution to provide quick ROI and acceleration of deployment. Our HashiCorp-certified consultants will work closely with your
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Somerford Blog What is Splunk’s Universal Forwarder? Author: Becca Lambert Release Date: 21/04/2023 SIGN UP TO MAILING LIST The Splunk Universal Forwarder is a streamlined iteration of the Splunk Enterprise software, tailored to facilitate the forwarding of data. Splunk itself serves as a platform, specialising in the exploration, monitoring, and examination of machine-generated data. This
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Somerford Blog What is HashiCorp Vault? Author: John ‘JJ’ Jarvis Release Date: 21/02/2023 By now, you’ve probably heard about HashiCorp, or at least their flagship product: Terraform, which automates the provisioning of infrastructure through what’s dubbed Infrastructure as Code, or IaC, for short. But HashiCorp offers a number of solutions in this automation space, collectively
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Somerford Blog What is Multi-Cloud Security? Release Date: 14/02/2023 In order to answer the question ‘What is Multi-Cloud Security?’ one would have to define ‘What is Cloud?’ and the answer to the latter differs depending on who you speak to. Back in the day, when clients would say “We are moving to Cloud” they would
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Somerford Blog How Varonis Helps with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Microsoft 365 Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 06/02/2023 Why Choose Microsoft 365? Microsoft 365 aims to make collaboration easy for many organisations and has really accelerated many businesses adopting remote working as the new normal. Moving data to the cloud has helped many businesses
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Somerford Blog Managing Identities in the Public Sector with Okta Author: Grace Dolby Release Date: 19/01/2023 The Troublesome Issue of Identity within the Public Sector Managing identities in any organisation can be difficult, but within the public sector it can become even more challenging due to the various constraints on resources, compliance requirements and the
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Somerford Blog Drones on Operations: Splunking the Data Summary Drones are a common component of modern warfare. When operating they produce a tonne of machine data which can be ingested into Splunk and used to improve the operational capability of the platform as well as enhancing the commander’s decision-making process. This can be used to
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