Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook: Transform Big Data into business-critical insights and rethink operational Intelligence with Splunk, Edition 2

Josh Diakun is an IT operations and security specialist with a focus on creating data-driven operational processes. He has over 10 years of experience managing and architecting enterprise-grade IT environments. For the past 7 years, he has been architecting, deploying and developing on Splunk as the core platform for organizations to gain security and operational intelligence. Josh is a founding partner at Discovered Intelligence, a company specializing in data intelligence services and solutions. He is also a co-founder of the Splunk Toronto User Group.

Jose Hernandez is currently the Director of Security Solutions at Zenege Inc. with a vast experience in security analytics. He started his professional career at Prolexic Technologies (now Akamai) in DDOS fighting attacks from anonymous and lulzsec against fortune 100 companies. While working at Splunk Inc. as a Security Architect, he built and released an auto-mitigation framework that has been used to automatically fight attacks in large organizations. In the past, he has helped build security operation centers as well as run a public threat intelligence service. Jose is originally from Miami, Florida where he completed his Master's degree in Information Security from Nova Southeastern University. He also achieved two undergraduate Bachelor degrees from Florida International University in the field of Management of Information Systems and Information Technologies. Although security information has been the focus of his career, Jose has found that his true passion is in solving problems and creating solutions. As an example, he built an underwater remote control vehicle called the SensorSub, which was used to test and measure toxicity in Miami's waterways. As per the contact information, my email is josehelps@gmail.com, twitter: divious_1 and github divious1

Derek Mock is a software developer and big data architect who specializes in IT operations, information security, and cloud technologies. He has 15 years' experience developing and operating large enterprise-grade deployments and SaaS applications. He is a founding partner at Discovered Intelligence, a company specializing in data intelligence services and solutions. For the past 6 years, he has been leveraging Splunk as the core tool to deliver key operational intelligence. Derek is based in Toronto, Canada, and is a co-founder of the Splunk Toronto User Group.

Paul R Johnson has over 10 years of data intelligence experience in the areas of information security, operations, and compliance. He is a partner at Discovered Intelligence, a company specializing in data intelligence services and solutions. Paul previously worked for a Fortune 10 company, leading IT risk intelligence initiatives and managing a global Splunk deployment. Paul co-founded the Splunk Toronto User Group and lives and works in Toronto, Canada.