New features in the Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards

Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards version 1.0.0 was released on April 15, 2022. This version has these new features.

Splunk App for AWS is used for both IT monitoring and security use cases and provides dashboards for both IT monitoring and security teams. On July 15, 2022, the Splunk App for AWS will reach its end of life, which means Splunk will no longer maintain or develop this product. Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards replaces Splunk App for AWS for security use cases.

For compatibility information, see System requirements for the Splunk App for AWS Security dashboards.

For IT monitoring use cases, the Content Pack for Amazon Web Services Dashboards and Reports replaces the Splunk App for AWS for Splunk IT Essentials Work (ITE Work) and Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) users.

What's New

New feature or enhancement

Description

Release of Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards

The Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards offers a rich set of pre-built security dashboards and reports to analyze and visualize data from numerous AWS services. Use the visibility this app provides to enhance the security of your AWS account. For more details about the added Dashboards, see Overview of the Dashboards in the Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards. For security use cases, the Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards leverages the Splunk Add-on for Amazon Web Services (AWS) for GDI. This means existing Splunk App for AWS users who want to continue using security dashboards can use this new Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards. For more details on migration options, read this community post.

See also

To get started with the app, see the Installation and Configuration Manual.

For steps to migrate from Splunk App for AWS to Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards, see Migrate from the Splunk App for AWS to the Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards.