In this post, I'm going to veer away from the network security side of Splunk and more on the network operations side of things by introducing the Cisco Networks Splunk app. This app will gather syslog and Call Home data from various network devices in the network and visualize it in some rather interesting ways.
Cisco Security Suite in Splunk
Integrating WSA with Splunk
Integrating Splunk and Firepower's eStreamer
Integrating ISE with Splunk for Reporting
This post is going to be a bit different. I'm configuring Splunk in my lab currently for reporting and as I go through it, I'm going to detail my configurations here. I am going to use Splunk to aggregate my ISE logs to it. In order to do so, we're going to have to install the Spunk for Identity Services (ISE) app onto Splunk. Before starting, please download the app
Installing Splunk
I'm currently adding Splunk to my lab so as I'm going through the configuraitons, I'm going to list out what I do here as a series of blog posts. Splunk is a pretty power SIEM that works to aggregate and correlate data across your network and security tools. If you ever wanted to try it out for free, go to splunk.com and you should be able to download it for free for use up to a certain point. The nice thing about Splunk is that there are tons of free pre-built apps and dashboards for multiple vendors which you can download
The Cost of my CCIE Data Center - Time & Money in Review
CCIE Security Notes: ISE 2.1 Notes
CCIE Security Notes: ASA Clustering (9.6.1)
CCIE Security Notes: ASA HA Notes (9.6.1)
CCIE Security Notes: ASA Context Notes (9.6.1)
List of Free or Low-Cost IT Training
State of the IT field: Demand is high for SKILLED engineers
I've been thinking about writing this post all week and decided to wait until I processed my thoughts a little more before I wrote it out. There's a lot of fear, uncertainty and doubt that's been going on in the field for years and here are some of repetitive questions I tend to hear on Linkedin, Techexams and other social media:
- Is it worth going into networking/getting a CCIE/etc if SDN is going to take over?
- There's so many engineers out there, why do companies choose to hire H1Bs?
- Do I have to worry about my job getting outsourced to another country?
- Do I have to worry about H1Bs taking my job?
CCIE Security Notes: NAT Notes & Labbing
CCIE Security: Material List Update and Thoughts on the Blueprint
It was about a year ago that I posted this post where I went through the CCIE Security materials I intended to study with. In that time, the CCIE Security v5 blueprint was released and I thought I would update the list to reflect the current blueprint and the study materials I am using.