Somerford Blog Identity is the New Perimeter: Moving Beyond the Vault Author: Matt Ord Release Date: 21/04/2026 The Erosion of the Firewall The first lesson in cybersecurity still to this day follows that of ancient civilisations: build a bigger wall. Firewalls are the “moat and castle” defence of the digital age, but what happens when […]
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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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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 Blog 10 Ways Observability will Benefit your Organisation & How Does it Differ to Monitoring Author: Paul Winchester Date: 21/09/2022 Linkedin Twitter Youtube I.T. is changing rapidly. Monolithic software is being broken down and rebuilt using technologies such as containerisation and micro services, and these are increasingly hosted in the Cloud. DevOps approaches to
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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 Setting up SplunkWeb with Third Party Certificates End-to-End on a Built Environment (Part 2) Author: Laurence Everitt Release Date: 29/05/2024 Introduction This is the second part of a 3 part explanation of how to uplift SplunkWeb from presenting a regular HTTP website to using full-blown SSL/TLS HTTPS website, end-to-end. For further information, please
Somerford Blog Setting up SplunkWeb with Third Party Certificates End-to-End on a Built Environment (Part 3) Author: Laurence Everitt Release Date: 29/05/2024 Introduction This is the last part of a 3 part explanation of how to uplift SplunkWeb from presenting a regular HTTP website to using full-blown SSL/TLS HTTPS website, end-to-end. For further information, please
Somerford Blog How Varonis Protects ChatGPT Enterprise Users Against AI Security Risks Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 24/07/2025 The Varonis SaaS Data Security Platform has recently extended its capabilities to integrate with ChatGPT Enterprise, enabling organisations to better adopt AI more securely. ChatGPT Enterprises uses a ‘connected apps’ method to gain access to company data;
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Somerford Blog Introducing Somerford Connect: A New Approach to Managed Splunk Services Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 30/09/2024 Somerford Connect is a forward thinking flexible managed service developed by Somerford Associates to help organisations unlock the full potential of Splunk. Moving beyond conventional models, Somerford Connect integrates Splunk licensing with a bespoke, output-focused service delivery,
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Somerford Blog Splunk .conf25 Updates — Unifying Enterprise Resilience in the AI Era Author: Rosie Whitfield Release Date: 17/09/2025 It has been over a year since Cisco’s strategic acquisition of Splunk, a move that was immediately recognised for its financial acumen. However, at Somerford Associates, our focus has always been on the deeper technical and
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