NSM-8, introduced in January 2022, directs the US Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community to enhance cybersecurity through unified standards and reporting, aligning with the objectives of Executive Order 14028 for civilian agencies. Elastic has supported these entities by providing a cost-efficient, unified approach to cybersecurity, logging compliance, and data analysis. Key aspects of NSM-8 include accelerating the shift to secure cloud services, implementing Zero Trust Architecture, deploying Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities, and maintaining comprehensive event logging. Elastic's platform facilitates real-time data search, correlation, and machine learning across multi-cloud and multi-cluster environments, helping agencies reduce attacker dwell time and improve incident response. By using frozen tier storage for older data, Elastic offers affordable, easily searchable data retention, significantly lowering storage costs. Elastic's extended detection and response (XDR) solution enhances protection by integrating data from various sources, applying detection layers, and automating policy enforcement. NSM-8 emphasizes the extended retention of logs for effective investigation and remediation, a directive Elastic supports with its comprehensive logging capabilities.