Modernization Without Disruption: Orchestrating Federal Networks for Zero Trust & Compliance

Mission networks can’t be modernized by adding more tools or people. Orchestration provides a unified, policy-aligned layer that brings consistency, speed, and security to existing environments: executing change safely with the network you have today while laying the foundation for tomorrow. 

Orchestration delivers: 

• Safe modernization that validates changes, shifts traffic, and automatically rolls back if telemetry deviates, reducing brownout windows from days to hours. 
• Continuous compliance where every change is logged in machine-readable format aligned to NIST RMF and Zero Trust controls. 
• Scalable operations. Expert knowledge is packaged into reusable workflows, letting smaller teams cover more ground without increasing headcount. 

ATO timelines are demanding, Zero Trust requirements are expanding, and cyber mandates expect verifiable evidence at every step. Itential delivers the orchestration layer that unifies existing automation, making it policy-driven, auditable, and ready for mission-scale deployment. 

• Continuous evidence generation aligned to NIST RMF and Zero Trust outcomes.
• Change validation and policy enforcement across every domain and enclave.
• Integration with ITSM, CMDB, and cyber platforms to provide audit-ready data for ATO approval and continuous monitoring. 

This orchestration approach ensures agencies and partners can modernize without adding new silos, while meeting ATO requirements faster and sustaining compliance in day-to-day operations.

A major federal agency responsible for secure communications faced an urgent challenge: aging device configurations were creating vulnerabilities, complicating compliance, and slowing their ability to adapt to evolving mission requirements. 

The agency’s infrastructure teams were spending significant time on manual updates, chasing compliance evidence, and reacting to issues instead of executing planned modernization. They needed a way to standardize configurations across thousands of devices, automate drift remediation, and ensure every change was compliant from the moment it was deployed. 

With Itential’s orchestration layer, they achieved exactly that. 

• Configuration baselines were enforced across all sites, eliminating inconsistencies. 
• Policy-driven automation applied STIG requirements and compliance checks as part of every workflow. 
• Safe deployment orchestration allowed upgrades and changes to be executed with near-zero downtime. 

The result was a step-change in operational readiness: 

• Enhanced verification and reporting made compliance audits faster and simpler.
• Automated remediation reduced downtime caused by misconfigurations.
• The modernization program could advance without interrupting mission-critical operations.

Today, the agency is expanding the same orchestration playbooks to additional network domains, knowing they can execute secure, repeatable, audit-ready change without risking the mission. 

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Itential equips agencies to modernize in place, enforce Zero Trust, and operate seamlessly across NIPR, SIPR, GovCloud, and coalition networks without replacing every tool or rewriting every script. 

• Reduce brownout windows from days to hours.
• Align every change with STIG, NIST RMF, and ZTNA.
• Provide continuous ATO-ready evidence for auditors and leadership.

Itential partners with leading federal systems integrators, OEMs, and cloud providers to embed orchestration deeper into programs and mission networks. 

• Accelerate program delivery with reusable orchestration playbooks. 
• Integrate seamlessly into existing tools and program workflows. 
• Help partners meet aggressive timelines, strengthen bids, and deliver lasting value.