Kushagra Sharma's Blog Posts

Kushagra Sharma is a Product Manager at Cisco working on AIOps products that help teams operate complex systems with intelligence and scale. He focuses on translating customer problems into practical, data-driven solutions at the intersection of AI, reliability, and software platforms. Passionate about clear thinking and strong product craft, Kushagra writes to share insights on technology, product strategy, and building systems that actually work in the real world.

Data Denormalization: The Complete Guide
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Data Denormalization: The Complete Guide

To normalize or not normalize your data. Decide here, as we explain why you’d denormalize data (faster query times!) but also the reasons to avoid it.
AsyncRAT Crusade: Detections and Defense
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AsyncRAT Crusade: Detections and Defense

The Splunk Threat Research Team explores detections and defense against the Microsoft OneNote AsyncRAT malware campaign.
My Username Fields Have Passwords in Them! What Do I Do?
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My Username Fields Have Passwords in Them! What Do I Do?

Sometimes, users put their password into a username field and it gets logged into Splunk – learn how to identify this behavior and remediate it with SOAR.
What is Federated Search?
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What is Federated Search?

Searching isn’t as easy as you think: did Google get your request? Are you pinging multiple databases? Is ChatGPT involved? Learn all about federated search here.
Breaking the Chain: Defending Against Certificate Services Abuse
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Breaking the Chain: Defending Against Certificate Services Abuse

Explore the common certificate abuses leveraged by current and relevant adversaries in the wild, the multiple methods they use to obtain certificates, how to gather relevant logs and ways to mitigate adversaries stealing certificates.
Machine Learning in Security: Detecting Suspicious Processes Using Recurrent Neural Networks
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Machine Learning in Security: Detecting Suspicious Processes Using Recurrent Neural Networks

Splunk's Kumar Sharad explains how to detect suspicious processes using recurrent neural networks.