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Security information and event management (SIEM) systems are centralized logging platforms that enable security teams to analyze event data in real time for early detection of targeted cyber attacks and data breaches. A SIEM is used as a tool to collect, store, investigate, and report on log data for threat detection, incident response, forensics, and regulatory compliance. SIEM has continuously evolved since its early days of adoption. SIEM software today needs to support big data and provide c

With an increasing number of organizations migrating their applications and workloads to containers, the ability to monitor and track container health and usage is more critical than ever. Many teams are already using the Metricbeat docker module to collect Docker container monitoring data so it can be stored and analyzed in Elasticsearch for further analysis. But what happens when users are using Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? Can Metricbeat still be used to monitor Amazon

Version 7.11.1 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. The 7.11.1 patch contains fixes and small enhancements for the stack. Notable bug fixes are:

Regression fix in Elasticsearch for configured Active Directory or LDAP realms preventing Elasticsearch from starting (#68872) Regression fix in Elasticsearch repository-azure plugin preventing large snapshots to Azure Storage Service from succeeding (#68957)

For a full list of changes for each prod

In our Leadership @ Elastic blog series we highlight the innovative thinking behind the action at Elastic — from making distributed work better to enabling the next phase of our progress through consistency, forward thinking, and collaboration. In this edition we hear from Lisa Jones-Huff, senior director of security solutions architecture at Elastic, on the importance of learning in the trenches.

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We are excited to announce the new Elastic Cloud usage analysis page. You can now explore and analyze your Elastic Cloud usage to better understand how the resources you consume contribute to your monthly bill.  Your Elastic Cloud monthly bill consists of usage fees for the resources you used, including:

Your deployment size (such as virtual machine CPU and RAM)
The amount of data you transfer to your Elastic deployment
How much data you are storing

Understanding your resource utilizati

Istio is an open source service mesh that can be used by developers and operators to successfully control, secure, and connect services together in the world of distributed microservices. While Istio is a powerful tool for teams, it's also important for administrators to have full visibility into its health. In this blog post, we'll take a look at monitoring Istio and its microservices with Elastic Observability. As the Istio docs mention: Istio makes it easy to create a network of deployed serv

Elastic believes in giving back, both by supporting the communities in which we live and work, and recognizing that participating in these activities can inspire and enrich our lives in unexpected ways. That’s why we offer our Elasticians volunteer time off (VTO) to foster a culture of caring. The Helper Node blog series shines a light on the inspiring ways our Elasticians use their volunteer hours to help their community and the world at large. In this edition of the Helper Node series we meet

Version 6.8.14 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. The 6.8.14 patch contains fixes for security vulnerabilities. Please see our security page for more details.

For a full list of changes for each product, please refer to the release notes:

6.8.14 release notes Elasticsearch Beats LogstashKibana

https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-stack-6-8-14-released

We are happy to announce the general availability of the Logstash 7.11.0 release. This is the latest stable release and is now available for download! Please refer to the release notes for the complete list of features and bug fixes. In this release, we have made a few strides towards improving the user experience for the centralized pipeline management (CPM) feature. The focus was on resolving top requested user asks that have been outstanding for some time now. Dynamically add pipelines with

Kibana 7.11 is here and we’re thrilled to bring you some really exciting new developments, including:

Alerting in the Elastic Stack now generally available
Elastic Maps Server (locally hosted Elastic Maps data) now in beta
Machine learning jobs are now space aware

Already convinced you want to get hands-on with these new features? A free Elastic Cloud trial only takes 3 minutes to spin up and can have you taking these new innovations for a spin in no time. Downloading the latest version of K