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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Somerford Blog Data in Motion – Confluent vs Kafka Author: Riley Martin Release Date: 06/10/2023 When looking to set Data in Motion, a quick Google would probably get the results of Confluent and Kafka, you may even have found this blog that way! However, if you don’t have a lot of experience with real-time data
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Somerford Blog Why Cisco XDR is Your Cybersecurity Game Changer Author: Andy Molloy Release Date: 11/08/2025 Navigating the Complex Cybersecurity Landscape Every organisation is at risk of an escalating barrage of sophisticated cyber threats, from AI-powered phishing to ransomware, expanding attack surfaces across cloud, internet of things (IoT) and hybrid work environments. This can lead
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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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