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.

Removing Python® 2 from New Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise Releases Starting Fall 2021
Platform
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Removing Python® 2 from New Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise Releases Starting Fall 2021

Python 2 will be removed from all new Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise releases starting Fall 2021. Learn how to confirm full Python 3 app readiness for confidence in migrations.
Little Code, Big Impact: Easily Scale your Security Automation with Splunk SOAR
Security
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Little Code, Big Impact: Easily Scale your Security Automation with Splunk SOAR

Discover how our latest revision of Splunk Phantom’s 'custom functions' make playbook creation and execution faster and easier than ever with the ability to create shareable custom code across playbooks while introducing complex data objects into the playbook execution path.
The One Where You Submitted to Call for Speakers
.conf & .conf Go
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The One Where You Submitted to Call for Speakers

Have you always wanted to be a .conf speaker? This is your chance to take the .conf21 stage!
Splunk Announces Intent to Acquire TruSTAR
Leadership
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Splunk Announces Intent to Acquire TruSTAR

Splunk to Extend Security Analytics Leadership with Cloud-Native Intelligence Platform Capabilities
How to Upgrade Your App to jQuery v3.5 or Newer
Platform
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How to Upgrade Your App to jQuery v3.5 or Newer

Announcing the migration to jQuery v3.5 from prior versions in Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud and all apps built on the platform. You need to update this to version 3.5+ by August 31, 2021.
DarkSide Ransomware: Splunk Threat Update and Detections
Security
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DarkSide Ransomware: Splunk Threat Update and Detections

Splunk Threat Research Team (STRT) replicated the DarkSide Ransomware Attack and has released an Analytic Story with several detection searches directed at community shared IOCs.