CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The market for SD-WAN has been driven in part by its ability to reduce bandwidth costs and improve the performance of cloud access. Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities. This model can reduce the number of physical appliances at the branch office.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 17, 2021

SASE merges the network optimization capabilities of SD-WAN with a full security stack, including Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and more. According to Gartner that coined the term, SASE is the future of network security.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2017

The MPLS networks that drive most enterprises were deployed at a time when threats predominantly came from outside the company. Security meant protecting the companys central Internet access point and deploying endpoint security on clients.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

While SD-WANs are a valuable first step towards evolving the wide area network , they only address a small part of the dissolved enterprise perimeter challenge. Security SD-WANs achieve significant gains in agility and cost reduction in large part due to their ability to leverage direct Internet access (DIA) at branch offices.

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