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Elastic joins AWS Zero Trust Accelerator for Government (ZTAG) program

Strategic collaboration to advance security information and event management (SIEM) integration specifically tailored for the US federal government's Zero Trust architecture

By

Marianna Jonsdottir,

Brian Bergholm,

Varun Jasti,

Zach Towner

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Elastic is proud to be officially recognized as an AWS Zero Trust for Government partner and for onboarding into the AWS Zero Trust Accelerator for Government (ZTAG) program in the US. By integrating Elastic’s data-centric approach with AWS’s Zero trust framework, this partnership empowers US federal agencies to accelerate and operationalize their Zero Trust adoption efforts.

What is Zero Trust?

Cyber attacks continue to grow in sophistication and destructive impact. Terrorist organizations, hacktivists, nation-state actors, and cybercriminals are all finding ways to outsmart security measures in an effort to steal vital US government data. 

According to Elastic research, organizations are not only overrelying on built-in security tools, but bad actors are also abusing offensive security tools to pinpoint vulnerabilities and attack IT environments with even greater precision.

In light of these challenges, Elastic has been actively working with US federal agencies to accelerate Zero Trust adoption, following CISA’s crawl-walk-run maturity model. Our diligent progress to enhance national security and operational efficiency has resulted in our recognition as an AWS partner solution for Zero Trust.

Key benefits of the Elastic and AWS Zero Trust collaboration

Elastic's data-centric approach to Zero Trust unifies data across all pillars — no matter the data type or where it’s stored —  enabling agencies to seamlessly ingest, analyze, and act on all threats while integrating with their existing systems. Some of the key benefits of our collaboration include:

  • Comprehensive visibility across a Zero Trust ecosystem: Elastic enables agencies to unify and analyze telemetry across disparate systems, supporting interoperability, reducing silos, and strengthening multi-vendor Zero Trust strategies.

  • Strengthened security and completed mandates: Support Zero Trust mandates and approaches with a scalable, data-first approach that enhances detection, compliance, and threat response for SIEM.

  • Open, collaborative ecosystem: Elastic’s open source platform and APIs makes it easy for agencies to integrate with existing technology, systems, and partners.

  • Simplified transition to Zero Trust: Move from legacy systems to continuous verification models with a flexible, cloud-native platform built for interoperability.

  • Enabled secure, long-term visibility: Elastic’s tiered storage and data mesh architecture reduce log storage costs while enabling historical analysis at scale.

  • Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP): Elastic Cloud Hosted is FedRAMP Moderate authorized on AWS GovCloud (US) with FedRamp High "In Process" status.

A secure path forward

Strengthen federal data security and accelerate Zero Trust compliance with Elastic so you can stay focused on the missions that matter. Learn more below or contact us.

The release and timing of any features or functionality described in this post remain at Elastic's sole discretion. Any features or functionality not currently available may not be delivered on time or at all.

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