NSM-8, one year later: Validating Elastic’s approach to unified data visibility and analysis

In January 2022, the Biden administration released the Improving Cybersecurity of National Security, DOD, and Intelligence Community Systems memorandum, known as NSM-8. The memorandum directs the US Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) to increase their focus on cybersecurity through unified standards and reporting. NSM-8 serves a similar purpose as Executive Order 14028 does for US civilian agencies.

The speed and success of cyber incident response can be significantly influenced by the amount and nature of …

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