Splunk Cloud Platform assessment
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The current use case is using Splunk Cloud Platform to look for cyber security threats. While there are other tools being used to look for cybersecurity threats. Splunk Cloud Platform has proven to be a reliable and trusted source.
It's also used monitor login attempts and watch traffic patterns and trends. Dashboards have long been used in this product and will continue.
Pros
- Monitoring
- Dashboards
- Searching
Cons
- Cost
- Configuration
- Maintenance
Return on Investment
- Reduced MTTR by 25%
- Preventing breaches justifies investment
- High licensing costs
- Need for skilled senior personnel to operate
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Datadog, Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel
Other Software Used
PagerDuty, Splunk SOAR, DataSet by SentinelOne, Zeek Network Security Monitor

