Somerford Blog Threat Detection and Investigation with Splunk & Varonis Author: Charlotte Fletcher Release Date: 21/05/2021 Ultimately, we want to reduce the mean time to detection and, more importantly, mean time to response. We need human resources for other tasks and that’s why we rely on technologies like Splunk and Varonis to integrate and provide […]
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Somerford Blog What is Confluent TableFlow? Author: Sam Ward Release Date: 13/09/2024 Understanding the Fundamentals: Apache Iceberg and Data Structures To first understand what TableFlow does, and how Confluent makes use of it, we first need to dive into what Apache Iceberg is, what Data Lakehouses are, and how we can take advantage of them.
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Somerford Blog Why Should Businesses Utilise Real-Time Data Streams? Author: Jamie Turbill Release Date: 25/07/2024 Increasingly and in the last decade, data has become one of the most important assets in business. As services become ever more digital, we expect things to be available on-demand in an instant. Organisations are reliant on data-driven systems to
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Somerford Blog Top 10 Ways to Utilise Splunk Observability Author: Riley Martin Release Date: 07/05/2024 I.T. is getting more and more complex. Every day more websites are launching, more customers are looking for the next thing in their lives, and more code is being pushed to update systems. Is it any wonder that industries are
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Somerford Blog How to Prevent a Ransomware Attack with Varonis Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 01/05/2024 Ransomware is a conversation at board level today and it’s a topic we need to tackle. Security is like insurance, we begrudge paying it and often question whether we need it in the first place, but my goodness aren’t
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Somerford Blog What is Lacework FortiCNAPP? Author: Oliver Knapp Release Date: 27/10/2023 In essence, Lacework FortiCNAPP is a complete cloud security tool which allows for an incredibly high level of visibility and, as such, control and security across all of your cloud environments. This is achieved through multiple methods which all come together in order
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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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Somerford Blog How Does Kora Enhance Kafka & Confluent Cloud? Author: Sam Ward Release Date: 03/09/2024 Confluent Cloud: A Look Back In order to understand what Kora is, we first need to take a step back, and contextualise why Confluent needed a Cloud-Native Apache Kafka Engine in the first place. Confluent’s early Kafka offering was
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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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Somerford Blog What’s included in our Splunk Health Check? Author: Becca Lambert Release Date: 04/06/2024 A Splunk health check is a service offered free of charge to Splunk customers, you don’t need to be a Somerford customer, we are happy to help all Splunk users. The Health Check is a method of reviewing an organisation’s
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