Federal Government

Federal networking and security requirements span classified and unclassified operations across defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies, demanding infrastructure that meets strict compliance frameworks while maintaining the performance and availability needed for mission-critical applications. Arista's EOS-based switching and security portfolio addresses this range through platforms that support MACsec wire-speed encryption, zero trust segmentation with MSS, AI-driven threat detection with NDR, and dynamic network access control with AGNI, in a software stack with a documented, auditable change history managed through CloudVision.

For zero trust architecture requirements, Arista MSS enforces microsegmentation at the switch ASIC, covering classified and unclassified segments, managed and unmanaged devices, and OT equipment that cannot run endpoint agents, without inserting a separate security appliance into the forwarding path. Arista NDR's EntityIQ AI modeling provides the detection layer for insider threats and lateral movement across the fabric, analyzing traffic patterns at over 3,000 protocols deep without requiring decryption that would conflict with classified segment security requirements.

Wire-speed TunnelSec and MACsec encryption are available across the 7020R4 and 7388X5 platforms, enabling encrypted interconnect between classified enclaves at full line rate without dedicated encryption appliances that introduce additional failure domains. CloudVision maintains a complete, immutable audit log of every configuration change across the EOS estate, supporting the configuration audit requirements of federal compliance frameworks including FISMA and DISA STIG profiles that require configuration management records to support accreditation and continuous monitoring programs.