Deep Network Observability for Federal & DoD
Aviz delivers software-defined, vendor-neutral deep network observability for federal agencies, the network-level visibility foundation that Zero Trust requires. From the data center to the tactical edge, Aviz captures traffic across every segment and delivers optimized packet streams and packet-derived telemetry to the security and observability tools agencies already run. DPU-accelerated to 400G, no vendor lock-in.
Challenge
Zero Trust starts with seeing everything. The network is where agencies still can't.
NIST SP 800-207, the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model, and the DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture all converge on one requirement: continuous, network-level visibility. You cannot enforce what you cannot see.
After several years of federal Zero Trust implementation, agencies have matured fastest on Identity and Devices and slowest on the two pillars that depend on seeing the network itself:
NETWORKS and Data
The Networks pillar is exactly where Aviz Deep Network Observability lives.
EAST-WEST Blind Spots
Agencies historically watched the perimeter. Adversaries move East-West for months before detection. Lateral movement is the most common blind spot and the foundational Zero Trust gap.
ENCRYPTED & Container Traffic
Encrypted flows and container-to-container traffic hide threats from perimeter tools. Without packet-level visibility, encrypted traffic is a coverage gap, not a security control.
UNMANAGED Hosts & Assets
On-prem and hybrid networks carry unmanaged hosts, IoT, and OT that cannot host agents. Network-layer visibility is the only path to a complete, authoritative asset inventory.
TOOL Sprawl & Budget Pressure
Agencies run dozens of security and network tools under constant budget scrutiny. Feeding every tool raw, duplicate traffic inflates cost and shortens tool lifespan.
HYBRID & Tactical Edge
Mission traffic spans data centers, multiple clouds, field offices, and tactical/deployed environments. Centralized appliance-based visibility cannot follow it.
ARCHITECTURE
The Aviz Deep Network Observability Pipeline
Aviz Deep Network Observability is a software-defined pipeline that turns raw agency traffic into two outputs the mission needs: optimized packet streams for the tools that require full traffic, and enriched, packet-derived telemetry for the tools that want structured intelligence. Aviz DNO captures traffic across every federal environment and delivers vendor-neutral data to every security, observability, and analytics platform the agency already operates.
Aggregate
Capture traffic across data center, hybrid clouds, field offices, and tactical/edge sites into a single logical pipeline. No blind spots including the East-West lateral traffic the perimeter misses.
Optimize
Reduce noise through filtering, load balancing, deduplication, and tunnel normalization (VXLAN, GRE, ERSPAN). Stop paying security and observability tools to process duplicate or irrelevant bytes.
Enrich
Deep Packet Inspection produces packet-derived metadata application identity, TLS and certificate posture, and East-West session graphs bound to every flow. The continuous, verifiable evidence Zero Trust frameworks require.
DPU-Native Acceleration
Line-rate packet processing at 400G on commodity x86. No proprietary ASICs, no vendor lock-in, no appliance refresh cycle.
Distribute
Intelligently distribute optimized traffic and enriched metadata to NDR, SIEM, NPM, AIOps, and observability tools simultaneously. Open formats (NetFlow/IPFIX, JSON, Kafka) feed any tool of choice or the Aviz Elastic Node as an in-house analytics target.
Use Cases
Operationalize Zero Trust. Eliminate blind spots. Stretch the budget.
Aviz turns raw agency traffic into optimized packet streams and enriched, packet-derived telemetry that strengthen every downstream mission Zero Trust enforcement, threat detection, network performance, and continuous compliance.
Tile 1
Zero Trust Visibility Foundation
The network-level evidence Zero Trust requires.
Packet-derived visibility across every segment the foundation NIST SP 800-207, CISA ZTMM, and the DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture are built on. Continuous verification of segmentation, encrypted-traffic posture, and East-West behavior fed to the agency's policy and analytics stack.
Download guide →Tile 2
East-West Lateral Movement Detection
See the traffic the perimeter misses.
East-West visibility across the converged network the most common blind spot in agency environments. Packet-derived evidence streams continuously into NDR, XDR, and SIEM, surfacing the lateral movement patterns that precede every major breach.
Tile 3
Tool Optimization & Cost Avoidance
Extend tool life, defer the next purchase.
Agencies run dozens of security and network tools under constant budget scrutiny. Aviz optimizes traffic at the broker layer filtering, deduplicating, load balancing so each tool receives only what it needs. Tools run at capacity, extending their lifespan and deferring costly upgrades.
Tile 4
DPU-Accelerated 400G
Carrier-grade performance, software economics.
DPU offload delivers line-rate throughput on commodity x86 no proprietary silicon, no vendor lock-in, no appliance refresh cycle. Software-defined deployment across data center, cloud, and tactical edge.
Built on NIST SP 800-207. Aviz is the network visibility and telemetry source that feeds the trust algorithm NIST 800-207 defines not the Policy Engine or enforcement point, but the continuous, packet-derived evidence they depend on.
Read blog →Federal Segments:
One pipeline. Every mission environment.
Aviz Deep Network Observability adapts to how each part of the federal mission actually runs the scale, the architecture, and the specific traffic that matters most.
Department of Defense, Mission Networks · Tactical Edge
Operationalize the DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture with packet-derived visibility across mission networks. Capture East-West traffic, verify segmentation, and feed mission-network telemetry to the agency's security stack from the data center to the deployed tactical edge.
- East-West lateral movement visibility mapped to DoD Zero Trust target activities
- Encrypted and container traffic posture across mission networks
- Software-defined deployment for data center, cloud, and tactical/edge environments
- 400G line-rate performance with DPU acceleration
Federal Civilian Agencies, Zero Trust
Mature the Networks pillar against OMB M-22-09 and the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model. Aviz provides the network-pillar evidence continuous visibility, segmentation verification, and encrypted-traffic posture without ripping out the tools the agency already depends on.
- Network-pillar evidence for the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model
- Feeds existing NDR, SIEM, and observability investments
- Reduced tool load through traffic optimization
Hybrid Cloud & Multi-Cloud Environments
Mission workloads now span on-premises data centers, multiple clouds, and Kubernetes. Aviz extends consistent, packet-derived visibility across every environment using SPAN, physical, and virtual taps closing the intra-VPC and container-to-container blind spots cloud-native flow logs miss.
- Hybrid, multi-cloud, and Kubernetes traffic visibility
- VPC-to-VPC and container-to-container flow evidence
- Consistent telemetry across on-prem and cloud environments
- One traffic foundation spanning the entire hybrid estate
Critical Infrastructure & Network Modernization
Agencies modernizing legacy network infrastructure can pair Aviz DNO with open networking. As switching environments migrate toward open, disaggregated platforms, Aviz provides the observability layer that travels with the modernization vendor-neutral, software-defined, and built for the AI era.
- Vendor-neutral observability across modernizing infrastructure
- Packet-derived telemetry independent of the switching vendor
- Software-first economics aligned to efficiency mandates
- A foundation that scales from 1G to 400G as missions grow
See it on your network.
Bring a day of real agency traffic to the Aviz ONE Center. We'll stand up Packet Broker, Service Node, and Flow Vision alongside your incumbent tools and you'll walk out with a side-by-side comparison of Zero Trust coverage, tool offload, and total cost of ownership.