CATO Networks

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solves many of these challenges. By consolidating networking and security functions into a unified, cloud-native platform, SASE helps reduce complexity, automate routine tasks, and provide comprehensive visibility. This enhances security and alleviates some of the burdens that contribute to IT burnout.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When those teams are in lockstep and ready to change, SASE adoption is the logical evolution. SSE is the half of secure access service edge (SASE) focusing on the convergence of security services; networking convergence forms the other half of SASE. SASE vs SD-WAN Whats Beyond Security | Download eBook Why Is SSE Important?

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

With the widespread adoption of cloud services and remote work, and the broadening distribution of applications and employees away from traditional corporate locations, organizations require a more flexible and scalable approach to network security. Starting with SSE necessitates having an SSE provider with a smooth migration path to SASE.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

That is the innovation of SASE. When Gartner defined the market for the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) last year, we had already seen all its networking and security functions on the market. It created a platform that could be used for unlimited applications. Convergence. We already had firewalls and UTMs.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It is the networking equivalent of a killer application that allows companies to use a variety of transport mechanisms besides MPLS and to steer traffic according to business priorities. Now the spotlight is shifting to the next evolution of networking: the secure access service edge (SASE). Thats where SASE comes in.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In its recent Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2019, Gartner recognized Cato Networks as a Sample Vendor in the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) category. Below is the verbatim text of the SASE section from the Gartner report. Users, sensitive data, applications and access requirements will be everywhere.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 15, 2022

WE will offer Catos proven and mature SASE platform to enterprises of all sizes. By leveraging Catos SASE platform, WE can rapidly deploy a wide range of networking and security capabilities across locations, users, and applications to enable customers digital transformation journeys. No capacity planning is needed.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 28, 2022

Last December, Network World published a thoughtful guide outlining the questions IT organizations should be asking when evaluating SASE platforms. It was an essential list that should be included in any SASE evaluation. In short, Cato provides all of the core SASE capabilities identified by NWW. If not, where are the gaps?

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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. Theyve dubbed this converged architecture SASE, or secure access service edge.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2020

As critical business applications migrate to the cloud, and the mobile workforce continues to grow, networking and security solutions need to evolve in order to meet the changing business needs. Applications, data, and services lived within private datacenters and relied on remote access solutions to connect remote workers.

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CATO Networks

JULY 17, 2021

When Gartner introduced Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) in 2019, it caught the market by surprise. Unlike many advancements in technology, SASE wasnt a new networking capability, or an answer to an unsolved security mystery. Why was the SASE architecture such a challenge for them?

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CATO Networks

MARCH 7, 2023

Unsolved Remote Access Challenges Continue to Propel SASE in 2023, Finds New Cato Survey By all accounts, 2023 is expected to see strong growth in the SASE market. And Gartner isnt the only one expecting SASE to perform well this year. DellOro expects the SASE market to reach $8 billion in 2023. Poor performance.

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CATO Networks

JULY 4, 2023

At Cato Networks, we also feel the need for speed, and while were not breaking the sound barrier at 30,000 feet, we did just break the SASE speed barrier (again!). 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.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 28, 2022

There is a common clich that is often thrown around during SASE vendor discussions you are comparing apples to oranges. So, let us take a look at what this expression means, and why we should compare apples and oranges when evaluating SASE solutions. Why Compare Apples and Oranges An apple and an orange have many things in common.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Additionally, Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) solutions can block the attempted exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities. A secure web gateway (SWG) can block browsing to dangerous sites and malicious downloads. The post A SASE Approach to Enterprise Ransomware Protection appeared first on Cato Networks.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

SASE Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a cloud-based solution that converges network and security functionalities. According to Gartner (that coined the term), SASE is the future of network security. Cato SSE 360 | Get the White Paper CASB Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) sits between cloud applications and users.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2021

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

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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2021

Since SASEs introduction, many networking and security vendors have rushed to capitalize on the market by partnering with other providers to include cloud backbones as part of their SASE offerings. But SASE isnt just a bunch of features in appliances managed from the cloud. But you must consider the architecture of this network.

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CloudFaire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Modern attacks use a growing arsenal of deceptive techniques that bypass traditional secure email gateways (SEGs) and email authentication measures, targeting organizations, employees, and vendors. Phishing is no longer just an email problem its a multi-channel, cross-application threat.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 29, 2024

However, the rise of SaaS applications, hybrid work, and global operations has created new challenges for MPLS-based networks, as their once-reliable architecture now fails to meet the demands of modern, cloud-centric environments. While SD-WAN eliminates limitations of MPLS, not all SD-WAN solutions are created equal.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 22, 2022

This blog post breaks down the considerations and requirements of strategic change, while comparing two courses of action – transforming early or waiting for the last minute – and proposes a plan for gradual adoption of SASE. As applications generate more traffic, video and data, costs are expected to go up even more.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Googles recent announcement of the GCP Network Connectivity Center (NCC) joins other similar services such as Amazons AWS Transit Gateway and Microsofts Azure Virtual WAN. SASE vs SD-WAN – Whats Beyond Security | Download eBook What are we trying to solve? Why Choose Cato’s SASE Cloud?

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CATO Networks

JULY 19, 2023

I read with some surprise the interview with Zscalers CEO, Jay Chaudry, in CRN where he stated that the network firewalls will go the way of the mainframe, that the network is just plumbing and that Zscaler proxy overlay architecture will replace it with its application switchboard. Zscaler offered a secure web gateway (SWG) as a service.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 19, 2021

But as applications and networking evolved, firewalls needed to look beyond port 80 to make a determination whether or not a packet flow was malicious. This led to the development of next generation firewalls ( NGFWs ) that look into the application layer to determin e whether or not a flow is malicious.

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CATO Networks

JULY 20, 2022

Figure 2 : Enterprise DLP Integrated DLP (IDLP) – DLP functionality that is added on top of a pre-existing security product such as a Secure Web Gateway (SWG). Also, this type of solution will typically not cover all SaaS applications and is typically limited to sanctioned applications only.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 20, 2022

Employees constantly complain about performance While traditional hub-and-spoke networking topology comes with its advantages, when users backhaul to the data center they clog the network with bandwidth-heavy applications like VOIP and file transfer. Ever Heard of SASE? No, SASE isnt just a buzzword or industry hype.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 10, 2023

It also supports the expanded remote access to cloud-based applications that customers and employees alike must utilize. This partnership allowed us to enter the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and SSE market fast and be a key part of it as security needs continue to rapidly evolve. How will this be different?

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Including: Asset Locations Agnostic: Companies are increasingly moving applications and data storage to the cloud, and the adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions contributes to this trend. SASE goes a step further, incorporating SD-WAN and network optimization capabilities as well.

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CATO Networks

JULY 26, 2022

But just as were getting used to the toddling SD-WAN, along came yet another even more exciting newborn, the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). Is SD-WAN another networking technology to be cast off and forgotten in this SASE world, or does SD-WAN continue to play an important role? Thats so yesteryear or is it? Lets find out.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

5 Things SASE Covers that SD-WAN Doesnt | EBOOK Often, the ROI argument for SD-WAN is less about hard cost savings and more about optimizing network spending. Instead, MPLS only carries critical application traffic, offloading bandwidth hungry and less critical applications to Internet connections.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

1 And just this week, for the first time, Gartner included Cato in its “Magic QuadrantTM for Network Firewalls for the FWaaS implementation of a cloud-native SASE architecture, the Cato SASE Cloud. 2 ” What’s Changing for FWaaS What’s behind this change? Across Cato, iPerf improved by more than 1,300%.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPSs), secure web gateways (SWGs), and other security solutions may decide whether to allow or block traffic based on its contents. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) provides the ability to perform TLS inspection while minimizing the impacts on network performance and latency.

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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. SASE solutions include zero trust network access (ZTNA) functionality, which provides the ability to enforce least privilege access controls across the corporate WAN.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 26, 2021

One prominent alternative is Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platforms with embedded Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) that alleviate the security dangers and other disadvantages of VPN. This is where having ZTNA fully integrated into a Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ) solution is most beneficial. (Spoiler alert: they do.)

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The applications and infrastructure pillars of IT were continuously displaced by cloud-based services. Converged Architecture vs. Integration: the first SASE Historically, networking and network security were separate between networking specialists (like Juniper and Cisco) and security specialists (like Check Point and Palo Alto Networks).

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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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