Viasat

Viasat is a publicly traded satellite communications company whose Defense and Advanced Technologies segment builds NSA Type 1-certified encryption products and secure networking equipment for the U.S. government, military, and allied nations. Its core cyber security offerings include Ethernet Data Encryptors and other cryptographic devices certified to protect data up to Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information levels, alongside secure satellite communications links used across defense, intelligence, and space programs.

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Viasat trades on Nasdaq under the ticker VSAT and employs roughly 7,000 people worldwide. In 2025 the company reported delivering its 100,000th Type 1 encryption device to government customers, and in its second quarter of fiscal year 2026 it booked more than $155 million in new information security and cyber defense awards, including a next-generation Ethernet Data Encryptor contract and a multi-year award to build space-based encryption for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command programs.

Viasat’s cyber security relevance is concentrated in government, military, and space communications rather than commercial enterprise security — its products require NSA Type 1 certification, an independent U.S. government validation process considerably more rigorous than typical commercial security testing, but that also means Viasat mostly isn’t a fit for CISOs outside defense-adjacent and highly regulated sectors.