Elastic Stack
SIEM & Observability
Official Website →The Elastic Stack (formerly ELK Stack) is a powerful open-source platform for search, observability, and security built on Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash.
Core Components
- Elasticsearch - Distributed search and analytics engine
- Kibana - Data visualization and exploration interface
- Logstash - Server-side data processing pipeline
- Beats - Lightweight data shippers for various data types
Security Capabilities
- Elastic Security - SIEM functionality with detection rules and case management
- Endpoint Security - Host-based protection and EDR capabilities
- Threat Hunting - Interactive investigation and hunting workflows
- Machine Learning - Anomaly detection and behavioral analysis
Use Cases
- Log aggregation and analysis at scale
- Security monitoring and threat detection
- Application performance monitoring (APM)
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Full-text search applications