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.

Kaseya, Sera. What REvil Shall Encrypt, Shall Encrypt
Security
19 Minute Read

Kaseya, Sera. What REvil Shall Encrypt, Shall Encrypt

Kaseya VSA, remote monitoring management (RMM) software heavily used by managed service providers (MSP), was compromised by REvil, and is being used to distribute ransomware to its on-premises customers. Find out more on how to detect REvil in your environment.
Debugging Microservices with Distributed Tracing and Real-Time Log Analytics
Observability
4 Minute Read

Debugging Microservices with Distributed Tracing and Real-Time Log Analytics

Learn more about how Splunk APM and Splunk Log Observer make debugging microservices with distributed tracing and real-time log analytics fast and easy.
Fashionably Late: The Zero Trust Trend is Here to Stay
Security
3 Minute Read

Fashionably Late: The Zero Trust Trend is Here to Stay

Whether you were hip to the zero trust trend before it started being cool, or are arriving fashionably late, learn how to leverage a data-driven approach to achieve zero trust outcomes and improve the overall security capabilities of the organization in the process.
I Pity the Spool: Detecting PrintNightmare CVE-2021-34527
Security
7 Minute Read

I Pity the Spool: Detecting PrintNightmare CVE-2021-34527

Read on for details around Detect PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-34527), a critical vulnerability that affects the Print Spooler service and can perform remote code execution.
Splunker Stories: Dan Hughes
Splunk Life
5 Minute Read

Splunker Stories: Dan Hughes

In our latest edition of our 'Splunker Stories' series, we meet Splunk’s Head of National Government in our UK Public Sector, Dan Hughes.
Distributed Tracing for Kafka Clients with OpenTelemetry and Splunk APM
Observability
6 Minute Read

Distributed Tracing for Kafka Clients with OpenTelemetry and Splunk APM

In this blog, we will cover how to enable distributed tracing for Kafka clients with OpenTelemetry and Splunk APM.