The South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT) has adopted Elastic Security to enhance endpoint security and improve incident response times for the state's IT infrastructure. The BIT, tasked with providing reliable and secure services to South Dakota's 885,000 residents, found its previous SIEM solution inadequate for monitoring over 9,000 systems. Elastic was chosen for its cost-effectiveness and ability to provide better visibility into both local and remote endpoints. This transition allows the BIT to implement detection rules for threats like malicious URLs and failed login attempts, significantly improving their ability to quickly identify and respond to potential security incidents. The deployment of Elastic, with tools like Logstash and Kibana, enables the BIT to efficiently monitor critical logs and prevent malware intrusions, ensuring a secure and responsive IT environment for the state government.