Confluent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

This blog post goes over: The complexities that users will run into when self-managing Apache Kafka on the cloud and how users can benefit from building event streaming applications with a fully managed service for Apache Kafka. Key characteristics of a fully managed service that you can trust for production and mission-critical applications.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Networking teams focussed on the connectivity between locations; security teams focussed on protecting against malware threats and other external or application-layer security issues. Any SD-WAN should build a virtual overlay of encrypted tunnels between locations.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Double Extortion: Double extortion ransomware both steals and encrypts sensitive and valuable data on an infected system. Lateral Movement: Ransomware rarely immediately lands on a device containing the high-value data that it plans to encrypt. A secure web gateway (SWG) can block browsing to dangerous sites and malicious downloads.

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2022

As critical applications migrate into Microsoft Azure, enterprises are challenged with building a WAN that can deliver the necessary cloud performance without dramatically increasing costs and complexity. You can even improve the connection between the gateway and Azure with a premium connectivity service, such as Azure ExpressRoute.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Convergence enables Cato to collapse multiple security solutions such as a next-generation firewall, secure web gateway, anti-malware, and IPS into a cloud service that enforces a unified policy across all corporate locations, users and data. Other features include WAN traffic protection and Internet traffic protection.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 4, 2017

The lack of a global, SLA-backed backbone leaves SD-WANs unable to provide the consistent, predictable transport needed by real-time service and business-critical applications. As a result, SD-WAN adopters have remained chained to their MPLS services, paying exorbitant bandwidth fees just to deliver these core applications.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Cato Cloud connects all enterprise network elements, including branch locations, the mobile workforce, and physical and cloud datacenters, into a global, encrypted and optimized SD-WAN in the cloud. With all WAN and Internet traffic consolidated in the cloud, Cato applies a set of security services to protect all traffic at all times.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

SASEs built-in SD-WAN functionality offers network optimization, while the integrated security stack including Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and more secures traffic over the corporate WAN. According to Gartner (that coined the term), SASE is the future of network security.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 19, 2018

Born alongside the expensive MPLS data service, WAN optimization appliances allowed organizations to squeeze more bandwidth out of thin pipes through compression and deduplication, as well as prioritizing traffic of loss-sensitive applications such as remote desktops. All policies are managed within Catos management application.

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CATO Networks

JULY 4, 2023

Earlier last month, we announced that Cato reached a new SASE throughput record , achieving 5 Gbps on a single encrypted tunnel with all security inspections fully enabled. Companies need encrypted, secure high throughput between their clouds or to the central data centers in their hybrid deployments.

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2021

The PoP is just a connection point a gateway, of sorts where the external world (i.e., It would typically be bound for a SaaS application perhaps one that isnt hosted in the same region or to your own datacenter or another branch office (i.e., Are we able to prioritize our key applications, use cases and workloads into our network?

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2018

According to a July 2017 report from market-research firm IDC , SD-WAN adoption is seeing remarkable growth as companies look to streamline their WAN infrastructure and move toward more cloud-based applications. Applications are grouped into classes, such as voice/video, business-critical, or best effort. and reach $8.05 and reach $8.05

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CATO Networks

APRIL 15, 2018

With this technology, an organizations sites are connected to a single, logical, global firewall with a unified application-aware security policy. Visibility Solutions such as Secure Web Gateways in the Cloud don’t provide visibility to the WAN. Thus, a separate firewall solution is required for the WAN.

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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. SASE SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) converges network and security functionalities into a single cloud-based solution.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 8, 2020

Theyll be on the network every workday for hours accessing enterprise applications, files, and data. Once inside the network, a hacker is only one administrator password away from access to sensitive applications and data. Shifting to cloud-based Web gateways and CASBs has its own overhead as well.

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2018

Other applications set to benefit from this kind of wireless network performance and scalability include enhanced mobile broadband, enterprise communications, autonomous vehicles, telemedicine, augmented reality (AR), connected homes, and industrial automation. 5G and SDN Capabilities Intersect.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 28, 2022

Cloud datacenters are connected via an agentless configuration, and cloud applications are connected through our cloud-optimized routing. Enterprises manage and monitor networking, security, and access through a single application. Cato provides centralized administration via our management application. Whose cloud is it anyway?

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Kentik

MARCH 6, 2019

As the complexity of microservice applications continues to grow, it’s becoming extremely difficult to track and manage interactions between services. Understanding the network footprint of applications and services is now essential for delivering fast and reliable services in cloud-native environments.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Moreover, traditional VPNs can introduce latency and bandwidth constraints, impacting application performance and user experience: Complexity : VPNs can be complex to manage, especially for large organizations with multiple locations and diverse user populations.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 7, 2020

Its impractical to centralize a network around an on-premise datacenter when data and applications increasingly are in the cloud and users are wherever they need to beon the road, at home, at a customer site, in a branch office. SASE moves security out of the legacy datacenter and closer to where users, data and applications reside today.

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CATO Networks

JULY 31, 2017

Catos cloud-based IPS is fully converged with the rest of Catos security services, which include next generation firewall (NGFW) , secure web gateway (SWG) , URL filtering, and malware protection. The increased use of encrypted traffic, makes TLS/SSL inspection essential. However, inspecting encrypted traffic degrades IPS performance.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 16, 2020

Enterprises can choose how to securely connect remote and mobile users to their enterprise resources and applications. Cato Client is a lightweight application that can be set up on a users device in minutes. Catos clientless access solution allows optimized and secure access to select applications through a browser.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 31, 2023

The first step towards NIS2 compliance is to thoroughly understand the scope of the directive and its applicability to your organization. This includes measures such as risk management, incident detection and response, regular security assessments, and encryption of sensitive data. Who needs to comply with NIS2?

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

At the most granular, enterprises may strive to achieve visibility down to the packet, user, and application level. Additionally, network visibility can improve network analytics and application profiling. Similarly, capturing application-level visibility on traffic to and from cloud datacenters becomes a major challenge.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 26, 2021

VPNs Put Remote Access Security at High Risk In general, VPNs provide minimal security with traffic encryption and simple user authentication. This is a network architecture configuration where traffic is directed from a VPN client to the corporate network and also through a gateway to link with the Internet.

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CATO Networks

JULY 17, 2021

Gartner has answered that question by describing a SASE architecture as the convergence of multiple WAN edge and network security capabilities, delivered via a global cloud service that enforces a common policy on all enterprise edges : users, locations, and applications. In short, they drive complexity into the IT lifecycle.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 10, 2023

In addition to security applications, this data can also provide insight into how corporate IT assets are being used and inform infrastructure design and investment. With over 75 PoPs worldwide, Cato optimizes and secures application access for all users and locations, and is easily managed from a single pane of glass.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 13, 2019

However, theres no encryption on MPLS circuits and any security features like traffic inspection, IPS (Intrusion Prevention System), and anti-malware have to be layered in separately. Appliance-based SD-WAN generally offers encryption, solving one of the problems associated with MPLS, but its effectively the same story after that.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 14, 2021

The legacy hub-and-spoke architecture is pure kryptonite to cloud application performance. While SD-WAN can enhance application performance through traffic prioritization and steering, it fails to satisfy enterprise needs for strong security. Cato provides a full list of signatures and parsers to identify common applications.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Components of SSE Like SASE, SSE offerings converge cloud-centric security capabilities to facilitate secure access to the web, cloud services, and private applications. SSE capabilities include access control, threat protection, data security, and security monitoring.

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Kentik

OCTOBER 23, 2017

That means Kentik users are now able access the portal via the same authentication services they use for other SSO-enabled applications, allowing them to access many services with just one sign-on. In-house identity management : A self-operated SAML2-compatible IdP or identity gateway, such as Shibboleth. and a directory of users. -

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CloudFaire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

traffic is using post-quantum encryption. traffic is using post-quantum encryption. Growth trends in post-quantum encrypted TLS 1.3 HTTP/3 also provides encryption by default, which mitigates the risk of attacks. Adoption & Usage Globally, nearly one-third of mobile device traffic was from Apple iOS devices.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 17, 2021

VPNs are Giving Way to Zero Trust Security While VPNs provide traffic encryption and user authentication, they still present a security risk because they grant access to the entire network without the option of controlling granular user access to specific resources.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Overall, we found two drivers ranked highest (27% of responses) Prioritize business-critical application traffic and Reduce connectivity cost (see Figure 1). Today, most Internet traffic is encrypted, limiting the visibility of many traditional IT tools. Decrypting and re-encrypting traffic has no impact on Cato Cloud performance.

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