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.

Collecting docker logs and stats with Splunk
Tips & Tricks
4 Minute Read

Collecting docker logs and stats with Splunk

Using Splunk Light (free up to 500MB), to monitor docker environments w/o cloud, 2 Data Volume Containers, ports: 8000 web access, 9997 data fm forwarders.
Detecting dynamic DNS domains in Splunk
Security
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Detecting dynamic DNS domains in Splunk

While useful legitimately, hackers can use dynamic DNS domains to change IP address rapidly & exploit via malware-evil.duckdns[.]org; how to protect against?
Back from FiRST Berlin, discover CIRCL Passive SSL
Security
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Back from FiRST Berlin, discover CIRCL Passive SSL

Phishing – What does it look like in machine data?
Security
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Phishing – What does it look like in machine data?

Phishing hits a new level of quality
Security
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Phishing hits a new level of quality

Integrating with Splunk: You Gotta Think Outside the Box
Tips & Tricks
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Integrating with Splunk: You Gotta Think Outside the Box