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Splunk SOAR Feature Video: Custom Functions

Jul 27, 2021 By Splunk In Splunk
Splunk SOAR’s custom functions allow shareable custom code across playbooks and the introduction of complex data objects into the playbook execution path. These aren’t just out-of the-box playbooks, but out-of-the-box custom blocks that save you time and effort. This allows for centralized code management and version control of custom functions providing the building blocks for scaling your automation, even to those without coding capabilities.
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Splunk SOAR Feature Video: Contextual Action Launch

Jul 27, 2021 By Splunk In Splunk
Splunk SOAR apps have a parameter for action inputs and outputs called "contains". These are used to enable contextual actions in the Splunk SOAR user interface. A common example is the contains type "ip". This is a powerful feature that the platform provides, as it allows the user to chain the output of one action as input to another.
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Splunk SOAR Feature Video: Configure Third Party Tools

Jul 27, 2021 By Splunk In Splunk
To get started in Splunk SOAR, you will need to configure an asset. Assets are the security and infrastructure assets that you integrate with the Splunk SOAR platform, like firewalls and endpoint products. Splunk SOAR connects to these assets through apps. Apps extend the platform by integrating third-party security products and tools.
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tigera

Do you really need a service mesh?

Jul 27, 2021 By Phil DiCorpo In Tigera

The challenges involved in deploying and managing microservices have led to the creation of the service mesh, a tool for adding observability, security, and traffic management capabilities at the application layer. While a service mesh is intended to help developers and SREs with a number of use cases related to service-to-service communication within Kubernetes clusters, a service mesh also adds operational complexity and introduces an additional control plane for security teams to manage.

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Onboarding Data in Splunk Security Analytics for AWS

Jul 26, 2021 By Splunk In Splunk
Splunk Security Analytics for AWS’ new data onboarding wizard quickly takes you from subscribing to the service to visualizing your AWS environment. We’ll walk through the wizard in this video, and you’ll see how the new process can save you hours, days or even weeks when compared to traditional data onboarding processes.
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manageengine

Why implementing Zero Trust is more important than ever before

Jul 23, 2021 By ManageEngine In ManageEngine

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we explore why organizations should implement Zero Trust in 2021. In 2010, John Kindervag introduced the concept of “Zero Trust” which has become a touchstone for cyber resilience and persistent security. Zero Trust is not a security product, architecture, or technology.

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