# Elastic achieves Defence Cyber Certification Level 0 in the UK

DevFeed: [Elastic achieves Defence Cyber Certification Level 0 in the UK](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/elastic-achieves-defence-cyber-certification-level-0-in-the-uk-4793.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.elastic.co/blog/defence-cyber-certification>)

Author: Christine Bocci,Ryan Kam

Published: 2026-08-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Elastic Blog - Elasticsearch, Kibana, and ELK Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/elastic-blog-elasticsearch-kibana-and-elk-stack.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/resilience.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [self-attestation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-attestation.md>), [standards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standards.md>), [supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain.md>), [uk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uk.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

Elastic has achieved Defence Cyber Certification Level 0 in the UK, meeting the Ministry of Defence's baseline cyber assurance requirement for organisations in the defence supply chain ahead of the 31 December 2026 deadline.

## Source excerpt

Elastic has achieved Defence Cyber Certification (DCC) Level 0 -- the UK Ministry of Defence's baseline cyber assurance standard for the defence supply chain. Here's what it means and why it matters.