2020 was a year of unprecedented challenge for IT security teams. Consider where they started: Technology is changing quickly, and an organization’s attack surface is constantly morphing. They have tools for detecting anomalies — and detect so many that they’re overwhelmed. And attack vectors constantly change as adversaries, driven by greed, political agendas or the ...

A pattern that wasn’t interrupted by the pandemic, but instead shifted into overdrive is digital transformation. The Data Age — defined by greater interconnectedness through ubiquitous digital technologies — was already here. Now it’s really here. “COVID-19 has been a catalyst, greatly accelerating digital transformation,” says Ammar Maraqa, Splunk’s senior vice president and chief strategy ...