From the course: Introduction to SecOps on Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) by Google

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Splunk dashboards

Splunk dashboards

- [Instructor] A dashboard tells a story that analysts can use to guide their decision-making. Dashboards transform complex and diverse data sources into meaningful visualizations. Dashboards guide users through a narrative that reveals insights, trends, and critical information. Through the smart design of dashboards, efficient decision-making and fast actions are made possible. Let's review the most common dashboard charts used in Splunk for the GDC SOC. A line chart represents data points with connected lines, illustrating trends over time. For example, a line chart can be used for the daily count of login failures. This can detect spikes, which can indicate potential brute force attacks, or the trend of malware infections to identify sudden spikes over a specific time period. When time is used for the x axis, the chart is typically referred to as a time chart. Bar and column charts represent data points through…

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