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Splunk: what they publish

splunk.com · Monitoring and observability · checked 2026-10-14

39/100EBand E

Rank 18 of 46 in Monitoring and observability, where the median is 32.5.

Public transparency score, not a product or security rating. Latest check: 2026-10-14. How the score works.

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Overview

2 days since the newest dated result, 2 since the oldest. 12 of 12 criteria have a measured result in the last 30 days. Failed checks and undated results are excluded.

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Splunk

splunk.com · Monitoring and observability

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  6. F
E 39of 100 Rank 18 of 46

Published commitments3 of 9 found

Measured behaviour2 of 3 found

Checked 2026-10-14. Every line links the page we found it on. A cross means we found nothing at the addresses we checked, not that the vendor has no such document. A transparency score, not a product rating.

Downloads include all checks, source URLs, dates and the snapshot ID for your procurement file. We do not issue badges.

The label is the whole measurement in one object: every criterion with its weight, the band, and the date. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.

Every line in it links the page we found the result on, or lists the addresses we checked. A cross means we found nothing there, not that Splunk has no such document.

Where Splunk sits in Monitoring and observability

  1. A0 0%
  2. B2 4%
  3. C8 17%
  4. D5 11%
  5. E17 37%
  6. F14 30%
46 vendors with a score; 3 more without a score because we could measure too little. Bands have fixed thresholds, see how the score works.

The band of Splunk is marked. Vendors without a score are the ones where we could measure too few criteria to rank them – a gap on our side, counted separately.

What Splunk states

The exact figures and names we read off the pages linked below, with the sentence they stand in. This is what they publish, not what we verified about their systems.

Gaps, heaviest first

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Data processing agreement (DPA)

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No data processing agreement found.

Checked 8 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 8 addresses we checked
  1. https://splunk.com/legal/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://splunk.com/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://splunk.com/legal/data-processing-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://splunk.com/data-processing-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://splunk.com/legal/data-processing-addendum – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://splunk.com/legal/gdpr – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://splunk.com/trust/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  8. https://splunk.com/privacy/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Data processing agreement in Monitoring and observability: 12 of 46 companies

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Subprocessors: the published list

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No subprocessor list found.

Checked 7 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 7 addresses we checked
  1. https://splunk.com/legal/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://splunk.com/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://splunk.com/sub-processors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://splunk.com/legal/sub-processors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://splunk.com/trust/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://splunk.com/privacy/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://splunk.com/legal/subprocessor-list – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Subprocessor list in Monitoring and observability: 10 of 46 companies

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Status page with incident history

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No public status page found.

Checked 3 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 3 addresses we checked
  1. https://status.splunk.com/ – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  2. https://splunk.com/status – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://splunk.com.statuspage.io/ – Could not be fetched: fetch failed.

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Across the market: Status page with history in Monitoring and observability: 19 of 48 companies

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Third-party requests seen on the first load, before any interaction.

Checked 1 address on 2026-10-14.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://splunk.com/ – third-party requests before any interaction: 212-87-152-74_s-23-194-190-158_ts-1791939588-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 2rlzqsqcccuhq2wo2qca-pcyyn6-975b3d136-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, 684dd327.akstat.io, api.ipify.org, c.go-mpulse.net, cdn.cookielaw.org, cdn.signalfx.com, cdn.vidyard.com, forums-tags.cisco.com, geolocation.onetrust.com, pagead2.googlesyndication.com, play.vidyard.com, rum-ingest.us1.signalfx.com, s.go-mpulse.net, tags.tiqcdn.com, trial-eum-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, trial-eum-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, unpkg.com, www.cisco.com, www.google-analytics.com, www.googletagmanager.com

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Across the market: No third-party tracking before consent in Monitoring and observability: 1 of 48 companies

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Notice before subprocessors change

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No commitment to give notice before subprocessors change found.

Checked 8 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 8 addresses we checked
  1. https://splunk.com/legal/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://splunk.com/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://splunk.com/sub-processors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://splunk.com/legal/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://splunk.com/dpa – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://splunk.com/legal/data-processing-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://splunk.com/trust/subprocessors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  8. https://splunk.com/legal/sub-processors – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Notice before subprocessors change in Monitoring and observability: 11 of 47 companies

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Uptime SLA with a figure

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No uptime figure found.

Checked 6 addresses on 2026-10-14.

Show the 6 addresses we checked
  1. https://splunk.com/legal/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://splunk.com/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  3. https://splunk.com/legal/service-level-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://splunk.com/trust/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://splunk.com/uptime – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://splunk.com/legal/uptime-sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Uptime SLA with a figure in Monitoring and observability: 8 of 47 companies

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Named privacy contact (DPO or privacy address)

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We found this behind a sign-in, so it is not published openly.

Seen at https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/about/legal/privacy.html · checked 2026-10-14

Show the 7 addresses we checked
  1. https://splunk.com/legal/privacy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://splunk.com/privacy – found, but behind a sign-in
  3. https://splunk.com/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://splunk.com/legal/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://splunk.com/legal/privacy-notice – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://splunk.com/trust/privacy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://splunk.com/datenschutz – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Named privacy contact in Monitoring and observability: 15 of 46 companies

Evidence

The full source lists sit behind these two groups, so that the answer above stays readable.

Published, with a source 5
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Data location: where they say data is hosted

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The hosting location is stated on a public page.

  • Locations named next to the hosting wording United States. This does not establish the company’s headquarters.
    Show the exact wording

    International transfer, processing, and storage of Personal Data As Cisco is a global organization, Personal Data may be transferred to Cisco in the United States of America, to any Cisco subsidiary w...

    Read at https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/about/legal/privacy.html

Source: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/about/legal/privacy.html · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Data location stated in Monitoring and observability: 15 of 46 companies

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Public pricing with figures

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Actual numbers on a public page.

Source: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/products/pricing.html · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Public pricing in Monitoring and observability: 38 of 48 companies

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HTTPS enforced with HSTS

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HTTP redirects to HTTPS and the HSTS header is set.

  • HSTS max-age 31557600 seconds (365 days).
    Show the exact wording

    max-age=31557600

    Read at https://splunk.com/

Source: https://splunk.com/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: HTTPS enforced with HSTS in Monitoring and observability: 35 of 49 companies

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Certifications named (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

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SOC 2 or ISO 27001 named on a public page.

  • Named on that page CSA STAR (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), FedRAMP (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), HIPAA (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), ISO/IEC 27001 (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), ISO/IEC 27017 (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), ISO/IEC 27018 (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), SOC 2 Type II (not counted: the sentence does not carry it). The sentence we kept does not carry this finding on its own, so it counts in no list and no figure.
    Show the 7 exact wordings

    sory.splunk.com/ Badges SOC 2 Type II GDPR HIPAA PCI FedRAMP Moderate ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 CSA STAR 2 Our Philosophy Customers turn to Splunk to understand and improve their security posture.

    Read at https://customertrust.splunk.com/

    e the Splunk Advisories page here: https://advisory.splunk.com/ Badges SOC 2 Type II GDPR HIPAA PCI FedRAMP Moderate ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 CSA STAR 2 Our Philosophy Customers turn to Splunk to...

    Read at https://customertrust.splunk.com/

    letins, see the Splunk Advisories page here: https://advisory.splunk.com/ Badges SOC 2 Type II GDPR HIPAA PCI FedRAMP Moderate ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 CSA STAR 2 Our Philosophy Customers turn to...

    Read at https://customertrust.splunk.com/

    sories page here: https://advisory.splunk.com/ Badges SOC 2 Type II GDPR HIPAA PCI FedRAMP Moderate ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 CSA STAR 2 Our Philosophy Customers turn to Splunk to understand and i...

    Read at https://customertrust.splunk.com/

    e here: https://advisory.splunk.com/ Badges SOC 2 Type II GDPR HIPAA PCI FedRAMP Moderate ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 CSA STAR 2 Our Philosophy Customers turn to Splunk to understand and improve the...

    Read at https://customertrust.splunk.com/

    tps://advisory.splunk.com/ Badges SOC 2 Type II GDPR HIPAA PCI FedRAMP Moderate ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 CSA STAR 2 Our Philosophy Customers turn to Splunk to understand and improve their securit...

    Read at https://customertrust.splunk.com/

    and third party bulletins, see the Splunk Advisories page here: https://advisory.splunk.com/ Badges SOC 2 Type II GDPR HIPAA PCI FedRAMP Moderate ISO 27001 ISO 27017 ISO 27018 CSA STAR 2 Our Philosoph...

    Read at https://customertrust.splunk.com/

Source: https://customertrust.splunk.com/ · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: Certifications named in Monitoring and observability: 22 of 48 companies

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security.txt (RFC 9116)

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Served at /.well-known/security.txt.

Source: https://advisory.splunk.com/.well-known/security.txt · checked 2026-10-14

Across the market: security.txt (RFC 9116) in Monitoring and observability: 9 of 46 companies

History

100 0 2026-10-07: 39 of 1002026-10-14: 39 of 100 2026-10-07 2026-10-14
Score over the last 2 runs we measured Splunk in: 39 (2026-10-07), 39 (2026-10-14).

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Splunk

5 found · 7 not found · 0 not measured across 12 public checks.

12 of 12 criteria have a measured result from the last 30 days. Oldest dated result: 2026-10-14.

Investigate 7 open evidence questions
  1. Data processing agreement

    Please share the current data processing agreement for the product and plan we are considering, including its annexes and signing process.

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  2. Subprocessor list

    Which subprocessors apply to our product, what does each process, and in which countries? Please share the current list.

    Inspect this check
  3. Status page with history

    Where can we review incident history for the service we will use, and how do we subscribe to incident updates?

    Inspect this check
  4. Uptime SLA with a figure

    Which availability commitment applies to our plan? Please include the measurement window, exclusions and credit claim process.

    Inspect this check
  5. No third-party tracking before consent

    Which third-party requests occur before a visitor makes a choice, and for what purpose? Please distinguish the public website from the product.

    Inspect this check
  6. Notice before subprocessors change

    How will you notify us before a subprocessor changes, with how much notice, and what response options apply to our contract?

    Inspect this check
  7. Named privacy contact

    Which privacy contact handles requests for our account, and what escalation path should we use?

    Inspect this check

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