Business leaders’ bottom-line concerns often conflict with CISOs’ insistence on vital cybersecurity investments. The CISO-board relationship is deepening as they have more opportunities to engage on matters of cybersecurity and enterprise risk. CISOs’ regular presence in the boardroom and their counsel on enterprise risk will strengthen board confidence and alignment.

As organizations ramp up adoption of AI, edge and multi-cloud infrastructure, they will need broader and deeper visibility into expanding environments. This panoramic view is only possible when all relevant teams and stakeholders are aligned. That’s why organizations should ingrain security into all processes, functions and phases of development. In 2024, collaboration will be essential as resilience becomes non-negotiable. With communication, trust and a commitment to shared strengths, organizations can remain resilient through adversity next year and beyond.

Splunk sits at the heart of Security Operations for many of the world’s largest and most complex organizations. We spend our days helping CISOs and their teams get ahead of emerging threats, respond quickly when incidents inevitably occur, and succeed as business enablers. In The CISO Report, we share the results of our original research and offer insights on how leaders can evolve along with the cybersecurity landscape.

Organizations are developing new applications as part of an overall movement toward digitally transforming business operations. Many executives and board members still consider these purely technology problems, but this perception is greatly mistaken. Given the potential business impact, they should accept these as business issues. Ensuring system security and resilience must be addressed as part of business planning, risk management, and operations.

In the two years since our inaugural State of Observability report, we’ve seen the number of organizations getting started with observability rise substantially, and a whopping 87% of respondents now employ specialists who work exclusively on observability projects. There are plenty of good reasons so many businesses are jumping on the observability bandwagon. We surveyed 1,750 observability practitioners, managers and experts to examine that state of observability - from the success of today to the ambitions of tomorrow.

Cyberattacks continue to grow in quantity and sophistication at the same time that organizations’ systems become increasingly complex. Security teams, as always, feel the stress. But a surprising outcome of our 2023 State of Security research is that the number of respondents who say they just can’t keep up has shrunk. Whether this data represents incremental improvement or a onetime windfall, organizations should press any advantage. Which won’t be easy: Most security teams tell us they’re too stuck in reactive mode to be effectively proactive.

The focus on resilience is changing the role of security leaders in their organizations. These discussions vary based on many factors, most notably the maturity level of the organization. Long-established legacy orgs have a harder time adopting a new approach, be it A-driven automation, a zero trust framework or DevSecOps practices, while fresh-face startups may have never done it any other way.

This graphic novel offers a humorous yet informative guide to a security breach by telling a tale that takes place within a craft brewery.

This report posits the following, “When effectively harnessed, AI and ML can form the core of a dynamic predictive IT system, saving money, streamlining operations, and raising productivity as organizations become more adept at avoiding operational, and security issues that could affect their bottom line.”

At Splunk, we’re working on shaping the future. Our experts are embracing new developments, focusing on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), IT operations, security and IoT. Pulling together insights from our thousands of customers and our dedicated research teams, our experts have assembled a shortlist of the top predictions for 2019.

At Splunk, our experts don’t read palms, but they do look into the future. The future of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), IT operations, security, and IoT. Join us once again as we connect with our renowned experts to capture their predictions for the next big thing in their fields.

From the report, “The Puppet 2018 State of DevOps Report took a new tack this year, seeking prescriptive guidance for teams to follow. We designed our survey to learn how organizations progress through their DevOps journeys, and after analyzing the data, we found that the successful ones go through specific stages. Our research also revealed a set of core practices — we call them “foundational practices” — that are critical to success throughout the entire DevOps evolution. In this paper, we’ll take you through an in-depth description of these foundational practices, and offer you our advice for how to begin instituting them in the way that makes most sense for your organization, based on our findings.”

This Infographic lays out details of the State of Security Operations. It reveals data that discusses how much time and budget are being spent on cybersecurity issues.

The 2018 State of DevOps Report breaks new ground in an understanding of the DevOps evolutionary journey. They have identified the five distinct stages of DevOps evolution, and the critical practices at each stage that help you achieve success and progress to the next phase of your journey.