The Elastic Stack wasn't originally designed with the security analytics use case in mind; remember, it was designed to be an efficient data store and search engine. However, it has become apparent that—similar to the logging/metrics/performance use case in IT operations—the Elastic Stack is also a very good platform to use for Security Analytics because of its ability to allow real-time access to high volumes of a variety of data. Let's see why and how the evolution of the Elastic Stack into a viable platform for security analytics has taken place.