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NET+ Splunk enables institutions to leverage the benefits of Splunk and Splunk Cloud to monitor data from any source, including logs, clickstreams, sensors, network traffic, and web servers.

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Eligible Subscribers Include:

Internet2 Higher Education members, non-profit higher education institutions whose main campuses are located in the United States, or K-12 educational institutions, libraries, or museums.

Securely Search Data Streams

The NET+ Splunk program helps institutions transform a vast amount of raw data into actionable insights that can be easily searched, analyzed, and visualized.  Through  a community-driven approach, NET+ Splunk helps campuses strengthen security, monitor systems, and make data-informed decisions, providing access to higher education-friendly pricing as IT staff choose between two versions of Splunk–Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud–each available to fit diverse IT environments,  offering peer collaboration across institutions, a community of experts that share best practices, and an ease of procurement, reducing risk and administrative burden, helping institutions problem solve and maximize the value of NET+ Splunk.

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NET+ Splunk Offers:

  • Better Pricing & Value
    • 20–30% minimum discount negotiated through Internet2 
    • Pricing based only on data indexed per day; no charges for users, CPUs, nodes, searches, stored data
    • Splunk premium apps (Enterprise Security & IT Service Intelligence) available at a discount
  • Flexibility & Predictability
    • 1–3 year customer agreements
    • Ability to exceed daily indexing limits up to 5 times in 30 days without disruption 
    • To help universities with predicting demand for data indexing needs, onboarding licenses for evaluating the Splunk offering are available
  • Compliance & Security
    • FERPA, HIPAA, GDPR, Section 508
    • HECVAT and SOC 2 Type II available
    • FedRAMP authorized
      BAA available with Premium HIPAA offering

  • Support & License Management
    • 3 named support contacts at 50GB tier; 5 at 100GB+ 
    • Data continues to be collected if license limits exceeded; search requires license adjustment via Carahsoft/resellers
  • Community Engagement
    • The NET+ Splunk Service Advisory Group meets quarterly to discuss higher education challenges related to the use of Splunk
    • NET+ Splunk Community Calls feature topics of interest to the community, with campus speakers sharing their experiences and use cases

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Advisory Board

  • Jon Allen, Baylor University 
  • RuthAnne Bevier, Caltech
  • Matthew Wertz, Carahsoft 
  • Elizabeth Thompson, Splunk
  • Stacy Cahill, University of Maryland – Baltimore County
  • Carlos E. McKinney, University of Maryland – Baltimore County
  • Mitch Parks, University of Idaho
  • Eric Weakland, American University
  • Jason Griffin, University of Nevada – Las Vegas
  • Nick Lewis, Internet2
  • Nidhi Yadav, Internet2

Learn More and Engage

Go to this Splunk webpage to learn more about solutions for higher ed:  

NET+ Splunk Wiki

To explore NET+ Splunk options and get started:

  • Carahsoft manages the contract and provides support.
  • Authorized Resellers: Arcus Data, Blackwood, CompuNet, cStor, ePlus, GTS Technology Solutions, NuHarbor Security, Presidio, RFD, SHI, Spico, Structured Communication, TekStream, WWT, Optiv Security. 
  • Additional resellers can be added if an institution prefers to sign up through a specific reseller.

Program Information

Eligible Subscribers: Internet2 Higher Education members, non-profit higher education institutions whose main campuses are located in the United States, or K-12 educational institutions, libraries, or museums.
Sponsors: Baylor University, California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, Indiana University, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington
Email: netplus@internet2.edu
Contact: Nidhi Yadav

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