FireEye, a security company providing real-time threat protection to enterprises and governments, utilizes Elasticsearch in its Threat Analytics Platform (TAP) to guard against cyber-attacks without relying on signatures. Elasticsearch's evolution has been closely monitored by FireEye's engineering and operations teams, with milestones marked by Elastic{ON} conferences, where Elastic's company-wide presence allows for direct insights into product vision and improvements. At the 2016 conference, FireEye not only participated as attendees but also shared their experiences, discussing their objectives and exploring Elastic's roadmap, particularly in analytics. This engagement facilitated valuable exchanges with attendees about the practicalities and challenges of deploying Elasticsearch. Chris Rimondi, who leads the Site Reliability Engineering team at FireEye, highlights the significance of these interactions in learning and sharing practical deployment experiences, underscoring FireEye's commitment to leveraging Elasticsearch for indexing vast amounts of data to enhance security analytics for their enterprise customers.