# Splunk

Splunk is a cybersecurity company based in the United States, founded in 2003. It has 5 products listed on CybersecTools.

> Data platform for security operations, observability, and IT monitoring

Source: https://cybersectools.com/companies/splunk-inc · Updated October 2026

## Quick facts

- Category: [Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/categories/security-operations)
- Type: Product vendor
- Headquarters: United States
- Founded: 2003
- Products listed: 5
- Website: [splunk.com](https://www.splunk.com/)

## What does Splunk do?

Splunk provides a data platform for security, observability, and IT operations. The company's platform ingests and analyzes machine-generated data from various sources including applications, servers, networks, and cloud environments. Splunk offers security information and event management (SIEM) capabilities that enable organizations to detect, investigate, and respond to security threats. The platform includes features for log management, security analytics, threat detection, and incident response.

In addition to security operations, Splunk provides observability solutions for monitoring and managing multicloud and hybrid cloud environments. These capabilities help organizations gain visibility into their infrastructure, applications, and services across different cloud providers. The platform supports container monitoring, application performance management, and infrastructure monitoring with AI-powered analytics and automation to reduce alert noise.

Splunk serves enterprises across various industries that need to manage and analyze large volumes of machine data for security, IT operations, and business analytics purposes. The company is now part of Cisco and integrates with various cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services. The platform emphasizes unified visibility across complex IT environments and uses AI and automation to help security and IT teams work more efficiently.

Categories: [Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/categories/security-operations), [Exposure & Vulnerability Management](https://cybersectools.com/categories/exposure-vulnerability-management), [Human Risk](https://cybersectools.com/categories/human-risk)

## Splunk products

- [Splunk Enterprise Security](https://cybersectools.com/tools/splunk-enterprise-security): Unified SIEM platform with integrated SOAR, UEBA, and AI capabilities for TDIR (commercial)
- [Splunk User and Entity Behavior Analytics](https://cybersectools.com/tools/splunk-ueba): ML-based UEBA detecting insider threats via behavioral anomaly detection and risk scoring. (commercial)
- [Splunk Asset and Risk Intelligence](https://cybersectools.com/tools/splunk-asset-and-risk-intelligence): Continuous asset discovery and risk intelligence platform for compliance (commercial)
- [Splunk SOAR](https://cybersectools.com/tools/splunk-soar): SOAR platform that orchestrates security workflows and automates SOC tasks at scale. (commercial)
- [Splunk Attack Analyzer](https://cybersectools.com/tools/splunk-attack-analyzer): Automated threat analysis platform for phishing and malware investigation (commercial)

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