Confluent Presents: Top 3 Use Cases for Streaming Data Pipelines To make data more accessible and increase value, most IT organisations centralise as much information as possible. However, this process increases the likelihood that decisions are being made using stale data. This eBook from Confluent describes the challenges of legacy data pipelines and the advantages […]
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Somerford & Confluent Present: The 2025 Data Streaming Report “Organisations are doing more than just investing in DSPs right now—they’re reimagining what’s possible across nearly every industry”. Now in its fourth installment, Confluent’s 2025 Data Streaming Report considers insights from 4,175 IT leaders to unveil how data streaming platforms (DSPs) play a pivotal role in
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Splunk & Somerford Present: Modernising Security Operations for Manufacturing Whitepaper Malicious actors and cyber criminals see the convergence between IT and Operational Technology (OT) as a significant opportunity to exploy weaknesses inherent within many Manufacturing organisations today. Any successful attack brings with it serious implications for businesses in this industry, as production lines are brought
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Generative AI Security: Preventing Microsoft Copilot Data Exposure Although Microsoft’s dream is to take the drudgery out of daily work and let humans focus on being creative problem-solvers, their Copilot generative AI solution is not without it’s drawbacks. Assuming the same permissions as a company’s employees, Copilot has access to plenty of sensitive data that
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Splunk Presents: The Top 50 Cyber – Security Threats Resilient security teams deliver innovative cybersecurity solutions to protect every aspect of the business, unlock innovation and empower the overall organisation, with data at the center of everything they do. This seems to bare out in reporting. Data-centric security operations can reduce the risk of data
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Splunk Presents: Security Use Cases Enhanced by AI & ML Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are two of the hottest topics in the technology world right now, with significant potential for solving critical business problems, particularly predicting and preventing security incidents before they occur. So how can AI and ML be implemented within Splunk to
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Confluent Presents: 5 Event Streaming Use Cases That Transform Business The recent revolution in data infrastructure and application architecture has transformed the way businesses work with data. However, to truly take advantage of event streaming, organisations must move from the domain of one-off engineering initiatives into a central nervous system for the enterprise. Transformation takes
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Privilege Access Management (PAM) Maturity Model Securing Privileged accounts, whether they are User, System or Application accounts, all need to be managed effectively. There are so many Privileged identities of many different types, it takes time to achieve full PAM Maturity. A PAM project or programme of works will likely take many months to complete
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Splunk Presents: SIEM Replacement Assessment Our partner, Splunk, have developed a framework for identifying the critical steps and timelines of the significant stages in a replacement project. Somerford Associates are delighted to collaborate with Splunk to provide a two-week engagement where our Professional Services team will work with you to create a customised plan for
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Splunk Presents: 5 Big Myths of AI and Machine Learning Debunked The release of ChatGPT in late 2022, and the competitors that have since been released, have really brought generative AI back into the mainstream. More powerful and easier to use than ever before, with use cases that span across both consumer and enterprise, Generative
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