directly.</p><figure style=width:90%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:90.0390625%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.25/blog/2023/network-security-splunk/Splunk%20Platform.png title="Splunk Application Platform"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.25/blog/2023/network-security-splunk/Splunk%20Platform.png alt="Splunk Application Platform"></a></div><figcaption>Splunk Application Platform</figcaption></figure><h2 id=pain-points>Pain Points</h2><p>While Splunk’s architecture me