Arista NDR

Agentless, AI-assisted network detection and response for campus, data center and cloud

ToolNetwork Detection & ResponseCloudSelf-hosted

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Updated June 2026.

What is Arista NDR?

Arista NDR is a network detection and response platform that analyzes enterprise network traffic to discover entities, detect threats, and support investigation and response without endpoint agents. The product originated as the Awake Security NDR platform, founded in 2014, which Arista Networks acquired in 2020 and rebranded. Its components include EntityIQ for entity tracking, the AVA decision-support engine, and Adversarial Modeling for threat hunting. Sensors can run on Arista switches, as physical or virtual appliances, and in public cloud environments such as AWS and Google Cloud.

Best for: Organizations wanting agentless, AI-assisted network detection
Pros
  • ✓ Behavior-based detection with reported low false-positive rates
  • ✓ Agentless deployment reported as fast to stand up
  • ✓ Optional managed NDR threat-hunting service for lean teams
Cons
  • ✗ Reviewers report occasional entity-resolution errors that merge unrelated devices
  • ✗ Indicator-of-compromise ingestion is largely manual
  • ✗ Query language has a learning curve for advanced searches

Key Features

→Agentless traffic monitoring across layers 2 to 7
→EntityIQ device, user and application discovery
→AVA engine for detection, triage and investigation
→Adversarial Modeling for threat hunting
→Encrypted traffic analysis without forced decryption
→Forensic artifact preservation and incident timelines
→Sensors on Arista switches, appliances, AWS and GCP
→Integrations with SIEM, EDR, SOAR and ticketing tools

Sources & references

Where the information on this listing comes from. Always verify pricing and capabilities against the vendor before a purchasing decision.

Arista NDR — official websitePrimary source
Arista NDR, Network Detection and Response
Official site
Arista Announces Acquisition of Awake Security
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Arista Networks acquires Awake Security
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Founded2014
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Last updated: Jun 18, 2026

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