CERDEC/ARL, a leading cyber defense entity within the U.S. Department of Defense, has adopted Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) to enhance its capabilities in countering sophisticated cyber threats. Tasked with overseeing the vast network and system monitoring for the DoD, CERDEC/ARL required a scalable and reliable platform to support its extensive data needs and agile threat-hunting processes. ECE enabled improvements in policy enforcement, anomaly detection, and search visualization, allowing for rapid response in critical security scenarios. The implementation of ECE also streamlined the data ingest architecture, facilitating better data centralization and distribution for effective monitoring of cloud usage and potential insider threats. With enhanced search and indexing capabilities, alongside Kibana visualizations, CERDEC/ARL improved its incident response and communication of security states, positioning itself as a leader in defensive cyber operations.