Elastic Recognized as a Leader in Security Analytics by Independent Research Firm
Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), the Search AI Company, announced
that it has been named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™:
Security Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025. Elastic ranked highest in the Federated
Search criterion and received the highest possible scores across 14 criteria,
including Artificial Intelligence, Analyst Experience, Investigation and
Deployment options.
According
to Forrester Principal Analyst and report author Allie Mellen, "Elastic is
an engineering-driven company that manages and analyzes data for security and
observability use cases. It has a consistent vision of solving security as a
data problem. Its innovation, especially in AI, is at the forefront of the
market…
The report also states: "Customers hail Elastic's support, its built-in security expertise, and its generative AI innovators, especially Attack Discovery and its use of retrieval augmented generation. Clients who want to work with an engineering-focused company that prioritizes an open and flexible approach and a cost-effective offering are best suited to Elastic."
Elastic
believes it stood out in this evaluation for addressing the core needs of
today's defenders:
- Operational
efficiency: Elastic
unifies SIEM, threat intel, XDR, and cloud security in one platform to
reduce complexity and tool sprawl.
- AI with
transparency: Elastic's AI
capabilities explain their logic and augment—never replace—analyst
workflows.
- Cost control and
flexibility: Elastic
removes paywalls, supports hybrid environments, and enables deployments in
any cloud, air-gapped, or on-prem setup.
- Built for security
analysts: With
federated search, timeline views, and open detection rules, Elastic is
designed to match how security analysts think and work.
- Proven outcomes: Elastic Security has become the platform of choice for organizations like KPN, Booking.com, Infomatica and global Fortune 500 companies, reducing MTTR by up to 99%, replacing tool sprawl, and delivering full MITRE ATT&CK coverage at a lower total cost of ownership, all while achieving better visibility across environments and improved SOC performance without vendor lock-in.
Elastic believes this recognition affirms that it is delivering what modern security teams need: speed, visibility, and outcomes that scale.
"Elastic
is committed to solving security as a data problem with an open, AI-driven
analytics approach that puts analysts in control with visibility across the
entire attack surface and augmenting team expertise with context-aware
AI," said Santosh Krishnan, general manager of Security and
Observability at Elastic. "For us, being recognized as a Leader by
Forrester Research in the 2025 Forrester Wave for Security Analytics reiterates
our continued investment in bringing powerful, practical security solutions to
our customers."