Security News > 2024 > May > Cisco’s Splunk Acquisition Should Help Security Pros See Threats Sooner in Australia and New Zealand

Craig Bates, Splunk vice president of Australia and New Zealand, said the deal will help customers defend against modern threats by tooling security operations centres up with end-to-end security and observability.

He added security data unification will be key to organisations in the future as they battle threats increasingly launched with the aid of AI. What does the Cisco and Splunk combination mean for cyber security software customers?

Cisco touted the Splunk deal as driving the next generation of AI-enabled security and observability.

With Australia and New Zealand in the midst of a tech skills crisis, cyber security professionals are among the hardest to come by, a pressure that AI capacities could help ease over time.

Splunk's State of Security 2024: The Race to Harness AI report found that, of 1,600 global security leaders, 93% were using public generative AI themselves, 46% thought it would be 'game-changing' for security and 50% were developing a formal plan for AI deployment.

Splunk has promised channel partners will have a long-term opportunity in Australia and New Zealand as the company comes together with Cisco.

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