Network EoS/EoL Detection with AI Agents
Continuously cross-reference your device inventory against vendor end-of-support and end-of-life feeds, with a remediation roadmap, not a panic.
The problem today
You find out a critical Cisco device is end-of-support three months after the announcement, when a CVE drops and there's no patch. Remediation is now an emergency, not a planned refresh. Nobody is tracking EoS/EoL across 200+ devices because the only way is to manually check vendor sites quarterly, and the spreadsheet that holds the results is always out of date by the time the next check happens.
How AI agents solve it
The Map Agent maintains a live device inventory across every vendor (model, software version, serial number, support contract). The Security Agent continuously polls Cisco EoX, Cisco PSIRT, Juniper, Arista, and other vendor feeds for EoS/EoL announcements. New announcements are matched against your fleet within hours of publication. The output is a prioritized refresh roadmap by remaining-support-window, not a year-end fire drill.
Who this is for: NetOps managers and infrastructure leads responsible for network hardware lifecycle management
Manual workflow vs. Network Digital Map Agent
Manual workflow
- Quarterly manual check against vendor EoX sites
- Spreadsheet inventory perpetually out of date
- EoS announcements discovered after-the-fact, during incidents
- Refresh planning happens reactively, never proactively
- Remediation budgets surprised by emergency replacements
With the Network Digital Map Agent
- Continuous cross-reference against vendor feeds, within hours of publication
- Live inventory means matches are accurate
- EoS announcements caught at publication, not at the next outage
- Refresh roadmap prioritized by remaining-support-window
- Budgets planned against a real, live remaining-support timeline
How the Network Digital Map Agent runs this
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Map Agent maintains a continuously-updated device inventory (model, software version, serial, support tier)
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Security Agent polls vendor EoX/PSIRT/EoL feeds for new announcements
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Cross-reference each announcement against the live inventory
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For matches, calculate the remaining-support window and a risk score
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Generate a prioritized refresh roadmap sorted by remaining-support-window
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Alert on any device crossing into the 'no patches available' state
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Export an audit-ready EoS/EoL posture report on demand
Measurable impact
Eliminates surprise EoS-driven emergencies
Refresh budgets aligned to actual support timelines
Audit-ready EoS posture available on demand
Prevents 'no patch available' situations entirely
Agents involved
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