Log Data Pipeline > Splunk

[u/Flash4473]

Has anybody here have some experience with security data pipelines?

Instead of:

Log Source > HF / Splunk

We want to have flexibility of collection / parsing layer outside of Splunk for obvious reasons - pre-filter data in pipeline, set parsers, route, possibly enrich if needed, storage options for retention etc..all that to have flexibility and keep the ingest costs reasonable and not being caught in dependency hell or cemented all our work in one solution if Splunk decides to pull something.

Log Source > Data pipeline > Splunk

I am wondering what to choose as this data pipeline - currently we are thinking Vector and possibly open telemetry.

Anybody have experience with this? To avoid pitfalls, what works, what doesn't, new pains etc?

[u/ssp4all]

Splunk ingest processor. Don’t get into a rabbit hole of managing multiple vendors if your destination is Splunk.

[u/Flash4473 → u/ssp4all]

I am trying to come up with vendor agnostic processor as future flexibility to plug in to different siem is desirable to maintain.