Arista NDR

What Arista NDR does

Arista NDR is the Network Detection and Response product within Arista Networks' security portfolio, providing AI-driven continuous threat detection across campus, data center, IoT, and cloud network environments. The product originated from Arista's acquisition of Awake Security and is built on the Arista EOS operating system foundation, leveraging the EOS Network Data Lake (NetDL) to aggregate device state, telemetry, packet, flow, alert, and third-party data, with the proprietary AVA (Autonomous Virtual Assist) engine applying machine learning to detect anomalies, identify root causes, and recommend mitigation. Unlike traditional NDR appliances, Arista NDR is positioned as an integrated sensor within the network fabric itself, reducing the need for separate monitoring hardware and enabling correlation with CloudVision automation, CloudVision AGNI identity services, and Multi-Domain Segmentation (MSS).

The product serves hyperscale cloud operators, large enterprises, federal government agencies, and electronic trading firms, sold via Arista's enterprise field sales motion and a global channel partner program that includes technology partners (Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, VMware, Equinix, Zscaler, Splunk), resellers, and system integrators. Underlying economics are anchored on integrated hardware-plus-software platforms sold under multi-year contracts with quote-based pricing, supplemented by professional services and recurring software subscriptions for CloudVision and EOS. The company is led by President & CEO Rahul Kashyap and co-founder Keith Amidon, with Brad Kingsbury (VP Engineering), Rudolph Araujo (VP Security Product Strategy), and Gary Golomb (Head of Threat Intelligence, Research, Detection) anchoring the technical and security functions.

The broader Arista platform is recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN and ranks in the top 1% globally for customer loyalty per SurveySparrow benchmarks. NDR competes in a $2.61B market growing at 23.1% CAGR, with strategic tailwinds from the broader Ethernet AI Networking market growing over 150% YoY in 2024 and Arista's role in the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC 1.0 released June 2025). Standalone NDR revenue is not publicly disclosed; firmographics indicate the unit employs 101-250 people, and revenue estimates for the security-focused business unit fall in the $25M-$50M range with low confidence given the absence of direct disclosure and the bundling of NDR into larger platform deals.

Name

Arista NDR

Legal name

Arista Networks, Inc.

Website

https://arista.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Arista NDR is an AI-driven Network Detection and Response product within Arista Networks that delivers continuous threat detection across campus, data center, IoT, and cloud networks, built on EOS, NetDL, and the AVA ML engine for hyperscale operators, large enterprises, and federal agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Network Detection and Response (NDR) Cybersecurity

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Network Detection & Response (NDR) (HDADABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Extended Detection & Response (XDR) (HDADAEAB), Access Security & Identity Threat Detection (ITDR, UEBA for Identity) (HDADAAAI)

Keywords

• Network detection and response
• AI-driven threat detection
• Network security monitoring
• Behavioral anomaly detection
• Cybersecurity analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Network Hardware Sales: Sale of network switches, routers, and platforms including the R-Series, X-Series, 700 Series, and Wi-Fi access points. Hardware forms the core revenue stream with both fixed and modular form factors across 1G to 1600G port speeds.
2. Network Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Software licensing for EOS, CloudVision, and related network management software. Includes software subscriptions, maintenance contracts, and support services tied to the hardware platform.
3. Professional Services: Deployment, implementation, and consulting services for network design, migration, and optimization. Includes training services through Arista Academy.
4. Transceivers and Cables: Sale of optical transceivers, cables, and interconnect accessories for network connectivity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Arista NDR is a provider of Network Detection and Response (NDR) solutions capable of detecting and visualizing behavioral, mal-intent, and compliance incidents across campus, data center, IoT, and cloud networks. The solution uses AI-driven machine learning (AVA) for continuous threat detection and response, leveraging the EOS Network Data Lake (NetDL) for unified telemetry data analysis. It integrates with CloudVision and CloudVision AGNI for identity-aware network security and is sold as part of the broader Arista security portfolio to enterprise and government customers.

Product overview

Arista NDR is part of Arista's broader network solutions portfolio, which operates as a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offerings include Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS), the network operating system foundation powering all platforms, and CloudVision for cloud automation and visibility. The product portfolio spans network switching platforms (7800R4, 7700R4, 7500R, 7280R, 7060XE7, 7060X6, 7130 Series), campus networking (Cognitive Wi-Fi, 710P Series), SD-WAN (VeloCloud), and security solutions (Arista NDR, DANZ Monitoring Fabric, Multi-Domain Segmentation, Edge Threat Management, WIPS, Network Access Control). AI capabilities are delivered through Arista Etherlink for AI networking and AVA for autonomous threat detection. The NDR product specifically provides AI-driven security for campus, data center, IoT, and cloud networks, integrating with CloudVision AGNI for identity management and leveraging AVA for anomaly detection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CloudVision: Turnkey network operation, automation, and visibility platform providing leadership domain-specific features in data center, campus wired and wireless, and cloud networks.
• EOS (Extensible Operating System)
• Etherlink
• Arista NDR (Network Detection and Response)
• AVA (Arista Autonomous Virtual Assist)
• NetDL (Network Data Lake)
• VeloCloud
• CUE (Cognitive Unified Edge)

Products and services

• Arista NDR (Network Detection and Response) AI-driven Network Detection and Response security solution that detects and visualizes behavioral anomalies, malicious intent, and compliance incidents across campus, data center, IoT, and cloud networks. Reduces business impact through continuous threat detection powered by the AVA machine learning engine and the EOS Network Data Lake (NetDL), with integrated sensor capability that delivers security without requiring additional monitoring devices.
• Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) Foolproof wireless security solution that eliminates false positives for comprehensive wireless threat protection across enterprise Wi-Fi environments.
• Multi-Domain Segmentation (MSS) Unified segmentation framework from campus to datacenter using generic tagging mechanism that abstracts network constructs like IP address and VLAN for consistent policy enforcement across domains.
• Network Access Control (NAC) Simple, scalable, and secure network access control solution for enterprise environments, integrating with CloudVision AGNI for AI-driven identity and behavioral profiling.
• Edge Threat Management Integrated security solution for branch and edge locations providing comprehensive threat protection across distributed enterprise environments.
• DANZ Monitoring Fabric Controller-driven visibility fabric delivering multi-tenant monitoring for pervasive, context-driven network observability that feeds into the NetDL data lake for AI-driven security analytics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Arista 7800R4 delivers up to 460 Tbps throughput with 576 ports of 800G
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability5 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft and Arista have a long-standing strategic partnership for cloud networking and cybersecurity integration. Arista's EOS Network Data Lake integrates with Microsoft security solutions for historical flow tracking, threat vector visualization, and security policy management through XSOAR.
• EquinixcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership enabling Arista to leverage Platform Equinix to reach over 10,000 customers across more than 230 data centers globally. Joint collaboration on data-driven networking and third-party data model integrations with NetDL.
• Palo Alto NetworkscoreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing technical collaboration spanning public cloud integrations, secure edge routing architectures, firewall acceleration, and interoperable segmentation models. Building on EOS Network Data Lake for threat intelligence and security posture management.
• Red HatcoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration on Arista Validated Designs (AVD) - a fully tested, templatized and automated data center deployment and testing model integrating Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with Arista CloudVision and EOS. Certified Ansible Content Collections for Arista.
• VMwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationDecade-long partnership delivering innovations for software-defined data center and multi-cloud environments. Collaboration extended to enable data-driven networking spanning any environment to improve operations and reduce risk through NSX integration.
• ZscalercoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership enabling scalable cloud-grade routing with modern, high-performance connectivity to Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. Shared customers benefit from Zscaler telemetry for analysis within EOS Network Data Lake for deep visibility into historical data.
• SplunkcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership between Splunk full-stack Observability Cloud and Arista's EOS NetDL providing contextualized network packet, flow, and state data. Harmonizes multiple IT disciplines for better operational outcomes.
• BroadcomcoreTechnology or IntegrationAI networking collaboration including joint solution briefs and deployment guides for AI workloads. Broadcom provides RoCE deployment guides and participates in Arista's AI Etherlink ecosystem.
• Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC)coreTechnology or IntegrationArista is a member of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, contributing to the UEC 1.0 specification released in June 2025. Arista Etherlink features are compatible with UEC standards for AI networking over Ethernet.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Darktrace: Pure-play AI-driven NDR and cybersecurity vendor using self-learning ML for behavioral threat detection across enterprise networks. Directly comparable to Arista NDR in product category, target customer (large enterprise), and AI-driven detection approach.
• Vectra AI: AI-driven NDR specialist focused on attacker behavior detection across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem networks. Closely comparable to Arista NDR in ML-based detection positioning and enterprise SOC buyer focus.
• ExtraHop: Network detection and response vendor offering cloud-native and on-prem NDR solutions with strong east-west traffic visibility. Directly competes with Arista NDR in enterprise and federal segments.
• Corelight: NDR vendor built on open-source Zeek technology, providing network evidence and behavioral detection. Comparable as an NDR specialist targeting enterprise and federal SOCs with deep packet analysis.
• IronNet Cybersecurity: Enterprise NDR and collective defense vendor offering AI-driven behavioral detection. Comparable as a pure-play NDR provider targeting large enterprises and federal/defense customers.

Broad incumbents

• Cisco (Secure Network Analytics / Stealthwatch): Networking incumbent with bundled NDR capabilities integrated into its broader enterprise security and networking portfolio. Competes with Arista NDR primarily through bundling and installed-base leverage.
• Juniper Networks (Mist AI): Networking incumbent with AI-driven campus and security offerings, competing indirectly in enterprise networking refresh cycles where NDR is increasingly bundled. Comparable as a broader enterprise networking competitor.

Others

• Arista Networks: Parent platform company whose EOS, CloudVision, and NetDL provide the data foundation powering Arista NDR. Relevant for understanding the platform context and cross-product dynamics, though not a competitor.
• Gigamon: Network visibility and traffic intelligence vendor providing deep observability infrastructure that complements or competes with Arista's DANZ Monitoring Fabric and feeds NDR-class solutions. Relevant as an ecosystem enabler for NDR deployments.

Emerging players

• Palo Alto Networks (Cortex XDR): Strategic partner and adjacent security vendor offering XDR with network detection components. Overlaps with Arista NDR in network-sourced detection while also serving as a co-sell channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/arista_ndr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/AristaNetworks
• Facebookfacebook.com/AristaNDR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arista-networks-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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