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Copyright © 2016 Splun Inc. Using Splunk to Manage AWS – Gaining Transparency into Cloud Computing Yuval Tenenbaum Head Of Cloud Practice EMEA At Splunk

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Copyright © 2016 Splunk Inc.

Using Splunk to Manage AWS – Gaining Transparency into Cloud ComputingYuval TenenbaumHead Of Cloud Practice EMEA At Splunk

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Copyright © 2016 Splunk Inc.

Make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone.

Splunking:to explore machine data

Spelunking:“is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems.”

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Splunk Your Machine DataIndex Untapped Data: Any Source, Type, Volume

Online Services Web

Services

ServersSecurity GPS

Location

StorageDesktops

Networks

Messaging

TelecomsOnline

Shopping Cart

Web Clickstreams

Databases

Energy Meters

RFID

On-Premises

Private Cloud

Public Cloud

End-to-End Visibility

Application Delivery

Security, Compliance, and Fraud

IT Operations

Business Analytics

Industrial Data andthe Internet of Things

CloudTrail

Config

Lambda

EC2

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Comprehensive Security Visibility Leveraging AWS CloudTrail

Correlating Data Across Hybrid EnvironmentSpanning AWS and On-Premises

Real-time AWS Cost ManagementReducing Spend on Select AWS Workloads

FINRA Uses Splunk Cloud for Transparency and End-To-End Visibility in AWS

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Same Challenges-Different EnvironmentsSecurity– Are we firewalled correctly?– Do we use all necessary AWS security features?

Compliance– Are we following all published standards?

Networking– Placed servers on the correct network?

Finance– Stayed within budget?

Capacity Planning– Used resources optimally?

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And all of that in a decentralised Model…

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Impact – Improved Visibility

Meeting IAM AWS Security Best Practices– Lock away your AWS account (root) access keys– Grant least privilege etc…

Focus on low hanging Fruit– Shutting down services over weekend/evenings– Identify AWS services with highest spending– Projects over budgets

Results– 13.5% reduction in billing in line items– Better forecast and control

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Informed Decision Making

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In Summary: Splunk App for AWS

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Increase visibility into AWS resource utilisation & user activityEnsure adherence to security and compliance standards with a full audit trailUnderstand AWS environmental dependencies through topology viewsMonitor VPC traffic utilisation for additional security insights