Elastic’s Jen Nowell on improving efficiency with a data-mesh approach

At the Elastic Public Sector Summit, Jen Nowell, Area Vice President of Sales for Federal Civilian at Elastic, discussed the challenges government organizations face in transforming large data sets into actionable insights, citing Executive Order 14028 and OMB’s Memorandum 21-31 as catalysts for increased data volume. She highlighted Elastic’s attack discovery feature, which uses AI to help SOC analysts triage alerts more efficiently. Nowell also explained the benefits of a data-mesh approach, emphasizing its role in modern architecture, data ownership and cost reduction through better data governance and access controls.