Releases

Elastic now includes a default managed LLM, prioritizing privacy and eliminating the need for additional setup or subscriptions. External LLMs continue to be supported, ensuring flexibility to meet user requirements.

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Automatic Migration reduces the time and expertise needed to migrate to a new SIEM. The first version of this feature maps and translates existing SIEM artifacts with AI, reducing cost, complexity, and risk.

In 8.18, Elastic Defend’s default configuration has been improved to lower how much event data is generated by up to 70%. In addition, process descendant event filters now give users a powerful new way to limit Elastic Defend’s data volume.