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Elastic Stack 8.19.22 released

Navya Uppalapati — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Version 8.19.22 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. We recommend 8.19.22 over the previous version 8.19.21

For details of the issues that have been fixed and a full list of changes for each product in this version, please refer to the release notes.

Elastic 9.5: Columnar, VectorDB index mode & auto-calibration, and AI-driven alert triage

Sarah Leslie — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Today, we are pleased to announce the GA of Elastic 9.5 as the latest version of the Elasticsearch Platform. This release includes a range of new features, including Columnar Mode, VectorDB index mode, and Agent Builder enhancements. Learn more.

7 lessons from IT leaders on their AI adoption journeys

Jennifer Klinger — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:00:00 GMT

AI adoption is top of mind for 92% of IT leaders. Three IT CxOs share what they’ve learned on their AI adoption journeys, how they tackled challenges, and how they’re leading their organizations in this new era.

SNAP payment error detection: how Elastic helps US states beat the FY2028 penalty

Adam Vielbaum — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Detecting SNAP fraud requires a layered approach, where rules catch what agencies know to look for, machine learning surfaces what rules miss, and conversational investigation helps analysts act on what the data reveals. Elastic delivers all three.

How does Elastic Security drive value to your organization?

Rick Fernandez,Mandy Andress,Riya Juneja — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT

With our new Elastic Security Value Calculator, you can easily estimate how Elastic can drive financial gains for your organization. Based on your results, you’ll know how Elastic Security creates efficiencies for you.

Australia's AI opportunity starts with data

Sean MacKirdy — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:00:00 GMT

Elastic, a Founding Partner at Australia's first Parliamentary AI Industry Showcase, highlights that data, not just models, is the key to deploying safe, effective, and trusted AI.

CISA's Logging Reference Architecture for OMB M-26-14: What federal agencies should do next

Woody Walton — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Now that CISA has released its Logging Reference Architecture (LRA) for OMB M-26-14, federal agencies tasked to complete their logging plans. In this blog, we walk you through the most important aspects of the LRA guidance.

Elastic announces GA of cross-project search on Serverless, enabling teams to query across all linked projects without moving a byte

Jordi Mon Companys,Lucy Wang — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Cross-project search is now GA on Elastic Cloud Serverless. Link multiple projects and query all of them from a single Discover or ES|QL session: no certificates, no remote cluster config, and three clicks to set up. Available from September 1, 2026.

Elastic Stack 9.4.7 released

adrian brown — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Version 9.4.7 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. We recommend 9.4.7 over the previous versions 9.4.6

For details of the issues that have been fixed and a full list of changes for each product in this version, please refer to the release notes.

Elastic Stack 9.5.4 released

adrian brown — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Version 9.5.4 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. We recommend 9.5.4 over the previous versions 9.5.3

For details of the issues that have been fixed and a full list of changes for each product in this version, please refer to the release notes.

The only perfect Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) score in 2026 belongs to Elastic

Mia LaVada — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Elastic sits at the very top of this year’s AV-Comparatives' CyberRisk Quadrant within the 2026 Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) test with the highest protection scores at 100%. Learn more.

The search multiplier: Driving revenue, productivity, and AI at scale

Nicole Volk — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

An independent IDC study found organizations deploying the Elasticsearch Platform for enterprise search and agentic AI deliver AI products faster, drive higher revenue, boost productivity, and strengthen operational resilience across the business.

Reducing false positives with automated SIEM investigations from Elastic and Tines

Aaron Jewitt — Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Discover how Elastic's InfoSec team saves thousands of hours per month by using Tines to automate SIEM alert investigations while reducing false positives and detect compromised accounts.

Know your tools: The full range of Elastic Security’s detection engineering capabilities

Kseniia Ignatovych — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 05:00:00 GMT

This blog provides a comprehensive overview of the detection capabilities available in Elastic Security. Learn about the latest features and get useful tips and tricks for your detection practice!

GenAI for customer support: Explore the Elastic Support Assistant

Chris Blaisure,Cory Mangini — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT

We are excited to announce the launch of Elastic's Support Assistant. This blog takes you through a tour of our latest generative AI tool and some common scenarios where it can help with your own use of Elastic technology.

Forging India's Digital Future: Elastic{ON} Comes to Mumbai

Atul Ahuja — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Join us at Elastic{ON} Mumbai to explore search, full-stack observability, and security, and how Elastic acts as the context engine that grounds agentic AI in your enterprise data, transforming regulatory mandates and data into an AI advantage.

Introducing cross-project search in Elastic Cloud Serverless

Najwa Harif,Hubert Grzesiek — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Discover cross-project search (CPS) for Elastic Cloud Serverless. Search across all your workloads from a single pane of glass, and instantly query distributed projects as one without moving your underlying data.

Elastic Observability: A solution for today’s “always-on” world

Bahubali Shetti — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT

Achieve operational excellence and efficiency with the Elastic Observability platform. Our unique approach to unifying observability data on an open and flexible platform with sophisticated AIOps and machine learning will prepare you for the future.

End-to-end SAP Observability with Elastic, Google Cloud, and Kyndryl: A deep dive

Valerio Arvizzigno,Francesco Di Stefano — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Companies across almost all industries rely on robust complex SAP systems to power their core operations. At Elastic, with the collaboration of Kyndryl and Google Cloud, we designed a full-stack observability experience for your SAP environment.

How to make the most of Elastic{ON} London 2026

Ben Beeching — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT

Elastic{ON} London is fast approaching. Here’s how to get the most from the event.

Why your AI bill tripled while token prices fell 75%

Sunile Manjee — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Token prices dropped 75%, so why did your agentic AI bill triple? Here's the real math behind agentic AI cost and how IT leaders can measure it.

See you at Elastic{ON} 2026

Dan Courcy — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Elastic{ON} kicks off this September with seven stops in cities around the world. Elastic’s CEO Ash Kulkarni will be appearing at stops across the tour, opening keynotes with a candid conversation about why your data has never been more valuable.

Open by design: How Elastic supports MOSA, the DoD's Modular Open Systems Approach

Woody Walton — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Major US defense acquisition programs are required to be designed around a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA). Here's what program offices need to know about how Elastic can support MOSA at the data and analytics layer.

Elastic and Tencent Cloud deepen strategic partnership to power AI-era search foundation

Yuki Jiang — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tencent Cloud and Elastic announced an expanded strategic collaboration in Shenzhen in August 2026. The companies will deepen their technical and product collaboration to help enterprises establish dedicated AI search for the AI era.

The security attack that hid inside your observability data

Roberto Arico — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Your ops team sees a CPU spike. Your security team sees nothing. The cryptominer runs for six hours. Avoid duplication of cost and time and see how a unified observability and security platform with grounded AI closes the gap.

Elastic Stack 9.5.3 released

Vincent Deuschle — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Version 9.5.3 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. We recommend 9.5.3 over the previous versions 9.5.2

For details of the issues that have been fixed and a full list of changes for each product in this version, please refer to the release notes.

Elastic Stack 9.4.6 released

Julien Mailleret — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Version 9.4.6 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. We recommend 9.4.6 over the previous versions 9.4.5

For details of the issues that have been fixed and a full list of changes for each product in this version, please refer to the release notes.

The 9.4.6 release contains fixes for potential security vulnerabilities. Please see our security announcement for more details

Elastic Stack 8.19.21 released

Julien Mailleret — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Version 8.19.21 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. We recommend 8.19.21 over the previous versions 8.19.21

For details of the issues that have been fixed and a full list of changes for each product in this version, please refer to the release notes.

The 8.19.21 release contains fixes for potential security vulnerabilities. Please see our security announcement for more details

Defending against AI-fueled social engineering

Joe DeFever — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

AI is supercharging social engineering. Learn how SOC teams can detect deepfakes, spear phishing, and smishing before they cause real damage.

How can agencies unify smart city data to improve public services?

Brixton Pizzuti — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how can smart cities unify operational data, improve visibility, detect anomalies, and secure connected infrastructure.

Machine vs. machine: The new reality of cybersecurity in ANZ

Jeremy Pell — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Frontier AI has accelerated cyber threats to machine speed, leaving many ANZ organisations vulnerable. Our latest research reveals how fragmented data and visibility gaps hinder defence and why a unified platform is essential to battle threats.

Rolling your own Detections as Code with Elastic Security

Mika Ayenson,Kseniia Ignatovych,Justin Ibarra — Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Detections as Code (DaC) is transforming security rule management. Learn about Elastic's latest enhancements in the detection-rules repo, how to leverage it for custom rule management, and our comprehensive guide for adopting DaC.

How SLED can win the cybersecurity race with agentic AI

Bobby Suber — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

AI-accelerated attacks are outpacing SLED security teams. Learn how state, local, and education organizations are closing the gap by fixing their data foundation first.

Why public sector needs AI-powered observability: Cost savings, ROI, and analyst efficiency

Leanne Link — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMT

Elastic Observability helps public sector customers solve problems like IT modernization, data silos, and data inaccessibility. Customers gain significant value from Elastic Observability, including increased ROI, analyst efficiency and cost savings.

Free the data: Why US federal agencies should standardize on OpenTelemetry

Bill Wright — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Adopting OpenTelemetry standards can enhance the government's ability to manage and analyze telemetry data across diverse systems – ensuring consistent and reliable data collection and leading to better decision-making and improved service delivery.

What's new in ECK 3.5

Kostas Stamatakis — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ECK 3.5 brings dynamic namespace management via label selectors, pause orchestration for safe maintenance windows, mutual TLS across all stack components, simplified resource specs, and a reduced operator memory footprint.

Elastic Stack 9.5.2 released

Navya Uppalapati — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Version 9.5.2 of the Elastic Stack was released today. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version. We recommend 9.5.2 over the previous versions 9.5.1

For details of the issues that have been fixed and a full list of changes for each product in this version, please refer to the release notes.

7 lessons for IT leaders on using observability to monitor AI applications

Brad Quarry — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Discover the seven lessons we learned as we evolve our LLM observability practice to monitor and improve our AI applications.

How state and local agencies can get ahead of fraud starting with the data they already have

Leanne Link — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Fraud and waste continues to be a challenge for state and local government agencies in the US. Though the data exists, the challenge is pulling it all together for an accurate anomaly detection and remediation.

From retrieval to agents: 5 takeaways on production architecture for AI agents

Sri Desikan — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

As enterprises transition from search-driven experiences to agentic AI, requirements are shifting. Learn how context engineering and retrieval layers are now more critical for building trustworthy, production-ready AI agents.