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The University of Exeter – Part 2: “Zero to SIEM” in 8 weeks, the Splunk Deployment

The University of Exeter – Part 2: “Zero to SIEM” in 8 weeks, the Splunk Deployment 04/09/19 – Author: Baz Donaghue – Certified Splunk Consultant at Somerford Associates The first and subsequent steps on any organisations IT Security journey can be difficult and uncertain at the best of times. To go from little or no […]

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Somerford’s New Confluent Migration Accelerator Programme Benefits

Blog / By Campbell Williams

Somerford Blog What are the Confluent Migration Accelerator Programme Benefits? Author: Matt Woodhams Release Date: 19/03/2024 Confluent and Somerford Somerford is proud to partner with Confluent as part of their Confluent Migration Accelerator programme to offer a streamlined migration from traditional messaging systems or open-source Kafka deployments to Confluent. Together, Somerford and Confluent aim to

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Phishing Managed Service – Maximise your Defence with KnowBe4

Blog / By Campbell Williams

Somerford Blog Phishing Managed Service – Maximise your Defence with KnowBe4 Author: Becca Lambert Release Date: 10/10/2023 What is KnowBe4 as a Managed Service? With KnowBe4 as a Managed Service from Somerford, we will help you to deploy your KnowBe4 Platform effectively, without taking up valuable IT or admin resources. Helping you eliminate the human

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Modernise your Data Security, Privacy and Governance

Blog / By Campbell Williams

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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KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training: A Complete Life Cycle Overview

Blog / By Campbell Williams

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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Blog: Consolidate your IT Ops Infrastructure with Splunk IT Essentials Work

Blog / By Penny Harrison

Somerford Blog Consolidate your IT Ops Infrastructure with Splunk IT Essentials Work Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 28/06/2021 In an effort to simplify their customers’ experience with infrastructure monitoring, Splunk have introduced the IT Essentials Work platform; a centralised app that can support the most common IT Operations use cases. Without a bespoke solution for

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Identity First Approach to Zero Trust Security

Blog / By Campbell Williams

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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How to troubleshoot Splunk Indexer Blocked Queues

Blog / By Penny Harrison

Somerford Blog How to Troubleshoot Splunk Indexer Blocked Queues Author: Grace Dolby Date: 04/10/2022 SIGN UP TO MAILING LIST Linkedin Twitter Youtube Within the Somerford Support Desk we see many common themes among our customers and the cases that they raise. Recently, we have seen many being caused by blocked queues on Splunk Indexers and

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How to Provision and Deprovision users within Okta

Blog / By Campbell Williams

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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How to Configure Single-Sign On with Office 365

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog How to Configure Single-Sign On with Office 365 Author: Jamie Turbill Release Date: 13/06/2022 If you use Office 365 heavily, you know it’s a critical application in your organisation. It enables collaboration and communication between your employees, customers, suppliers and more and without it you simply cannot work. You May Also Like: Ensuring

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