Infrastructure Observability & Network Monitoring

The establishment operates two distinct networks with 450+ servers, workstations, and network devices including switches, routers, firewalls, and storage systems. There was no centralized visibility into device health, network performance, CPU/memory utilization, disk capacity, or uptime across this infrastructure. Identifying hardware failures, performance bottlenecks, or capacity issues relied entirely on manual checks and reactive troubleshooting. The environment includes air-gapped networks with no internet connectivity, requiring a fully self-contained solution that operates within strict security boundaries.

We deployed our partner's enterprise-grade observability platform, customized and configured for the defense environment. The solution provides real-time monitoring of all 450+ servers and workstations across both networks — tracking CPU utilization, memory consumption, disk I/O, network throughput, process health, and service availability. Network device monitoring covers switches, routers, and firewalls via SNMP and syslog collection, providing topology-aware visibility into the entire infrastructure. Custom dashboards deliver at-a-glance health summaries for operations teams, while automated alerting triggers notifications on threshold breaches — enabling proactive intervention before issues impact operations. The entire stack runs on-premise within air-gapped networks with defense-grade security controls, role-based access, encrypted data at rest, and comprehensive audit logging.