I’m really frustrated with Elastic’s decision to deprecate Defend for Containers starting with Elastic Stack 9.0. Now, with no clear or feature-complete replacement, users are left scrambling to fill the gap. It’s a big step backward at a time when container security adoption is only growing.
If container security is truly a priority for Elastic and its customers, this should have been handled much better. Users deserve clearer communication, backward compatibility, and fully functional, supported alternatives instead of sudden deprecations that cause operational headaches.
I hope Elastic reconsiders this or at least provides comprehensive tools and documentation soon for a smooth transition. Moreover im hoping Elastic will acquire at least one company that truly understand containers and their critical role in modern cloud-native infrastructure.
Hopefully, Elastic takes this community input seriously.
Thank you