Achieving Zero Trust cyber defense through Elastic: A US federal agency case study

This paper outlines a large federal agency's operational journey toward a Zero Trust security model, highlighting how Elastic's portfolio of capabilities underpins that transformation.

Operating at tremendous scale with mission owners across the entire federal government, this agency has leveraged Elastic to achieve real-time data analytics, enhance its security posture, and drive measurable workforce efficiencies.

Here are a few key topics the paper covers:

• The technical and strategic approaches taken — from early modernization efforts and executive alignment to the consolidation of data sources and the deployment of AI and machine learning (ML) models
• How incremental adoption of Zero Trust principles, bolstered by federal guidance and modernization investments, creates a scalable, user-friendly, and future-ready cybersecurity environment
• A Zero Trust implementation blueprint for other federal entities, including lessons learned, architectural insights, and automation strategies

Additional resources

• Elastic for public sector
• (Blog) Zero Trust requires unified data
• (White paper) Does your Zero Trust strategy have a unified data access layer?
• (Webinar) The missing piece of your Zero Trust strategy