Data Analytics Using Splunk 9.x

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Introduction to Splunk and its Core Components

A few years ago, I was hired by the IT security team of a large healthcare company to work as a security engineer. At the time, the company had a homegrown Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system and was at the initial stages of rolling in a brand new Splunk deployment. Physical servers were ordered and scheduled to be delivered and licensing paperwork was completed. A Splunk Education instructor conducted on-site core Splunk and Splunk Enterprise Security training, and we were ready to go. The thought of working with Splunk was so exciting. At the time, we were getting ready to install Splunk 6.x with one of the earlier releases of Splunk Enterprise Security. Before my arrival, ...