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Splunk Attack Range v5 Demo

Feb 12, 2026 By Splunk In Splunk
The Splunk Attack Range is an open source project that lets security teams spin up instrumented cloud environments, simulate adversary behavior, and use the generated telemetry to build and test detections in Splunk. Whether you are a detection engineer tuning rules, a purple team validating coverage, or a developer automating tests, Attack Range gives you a repeatable, cloud-based lab. This post highlights what Attack Range does, how it works, and how to get started - whether you prefer a web UI, a REST API, or the command line.
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6 Underused Git Commands That Save Time

Feb 12, 2026 By GitKraken In GitKraken
Git is full of underused powers that most developers never discover. In this GitKon 2025 session, GitKraken Senior Product Manager Jonathan Silva reveals 6 lesser-known Git commands that solve real workflow pain points, from recovering lost commits to managing stashes strategically. Learn how to undo commits without losing work, recover deleted branches with git reflog, cherry-pick without immediate commits, target specific stashes, see contributor breakdowns, and more. Jonathan also demonstrates how GitKraken Desktop makes these workflows visual and intuitive.
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squared up

Dashboarding Azure: SquaredUp vs Grafana

Feb 12, 2026 By Blog In Squared Up
If you’re looking for a dashboarding solution today, chances are you’ve looked at Grafana or SquaredUp — or both. Grafana is a popular open source dashboarding tool with on-prem and cloud variants, while SquaredUp is the SaaS, cloud-based unified dashboarding solution. Both offer a comprehensive list of data sources that they can plug into and build dashboards. As such, they both also offer an integration with Azure - which is the focus of our discussion today.
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coralogix

Troubleshooting & RCA with Olly

Feb 12, 2026 By Lily Waldorf In Coralogix
If troubleshooting still feels harder than it should, check on these two numbers: how many dashboards you have, and how many alerts fire every day. For most teams, it’s hundreds of dashboards and thousands of alerts, a sign of maturity, coverage, and good intentions. On the other hand, we also see that when something actually breaks, that coverage rarely turns into clarity fast enough.
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elastic

AI observability: The backbone of mission resilience in the public sector

Feb 12, 2026 By Leah McEwen In Elastic
Downtime cost the public sector $193 million last year — and the financial hit is only the beginning. Beyond the numbers, downtime in the public sector can also lead to severe consequences for citizens: interrupted access to critical online services, delayed benefits, and stalled emergency response. When citizens cannot rely on government services, downtime becomes more than an inconvenience; it becomes a matter of trust. More than uptime, resilience is the new success metric for modern government.
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icinga

How to Migrate an Icinga 2 Master in a High Availability Setup

Feb 12, 2026 By Blerim Sheqa In Icinga
Moving an Icinga 2 master to a new machine requires careful preparation, especially in a master-to-master high availability setup. In production environments, such migrations are often part of broader infrastructure changes, platform standardization, or long-term monitoring strategy decisions. This guide walks you through the process step by step, ensuring a smooth migration without service interruption while keeping your monitoring platform stable and consistent across the environment.
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xMatters

Turning Data Into Decisions with the xMatters Incident AI Agent

Feb 12, 2026 By Jon Skog In xMatters
When an incident hits, the gap between awareness and action can make all the difference. Responders know the pain: endless tool-switching, chasing updates, and fragmented data. It’s not a lack of capability that slows response; it’s the lack of context and connection. That’s why we built the xMatters Incident AI Agent, a purpose-built, conversational assistant that brings intelligence and automation directly into the heart of incident response.
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spike

Follow-the-sun and other on-call models

Feb 12, 2026 By Sreekar In Spike
Most teams run on-call using rotation-based schedules where responsibility shifts every few days or weeks. But some situations call for different models that change who responds based on time zones, expertise, or the type of incident that triggers. This guide walks you through six on-call models that work outside the standard rotation patterns.
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5 Offbeat on-call rotations that work

Feb 12, 2026 By Sreekar In Spike
Most teams choose standard on-call patterns like weekly or daily rotations. But sometimes a less conventional rotation can solve a specific problem or just fit better with how your team works. This guide walks you through five offbeat on-call rotations. For each, we look at why it might work for you and the challenges involved. This helps you see the full picture before you decide to try them out. Let’s dive in!
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