STIG-Compliant Cisco Zero Trust & Security at Joint Base Andrews, MD

The 89th Airlift Wing's special air mission supports the President, Vice President, and cabinet-level officials worldwide, which means communications infrastructure at Andrews gets evaluated against a higher continuity-of-operations standard than a typical airlift wing. The 316th Wing, as host, runs the base's general IT and network backbone — garrison Wi-Fi, administrative systems, base defense — while mission-specific enclaves supporting presidential support functions sit behind additional layers of segmentation. Cisco Catalyst switching and Secure Firewall show up on both sides of that line, but the compliance bar for anything touching the 89th's mission is set high.

Air Force contracting at Andrews follows standard channels — GPC for small purchases, GSA Schedule and SEWP for larger IT refreshes — but expect background and supply-chain scrutiny that goes beyond a typical installation given the base's proximity to national leadership. TAA compliance and DoDIN-recognized configuration baselines aren't negotiable line items here; they're assumed before a quote is even reviewed. Vendors with a clean, documented supply chain and STIG-ready configurations move faster through this base's procurement process than those without.