CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

It could change your entire approach to network security, and help save your sanity. Gone are the days when it was simple and effective to connect remote sites with a perimeter firewall, or backhaul traffic to a datacenter to keep companies secure and functional. Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) is the future of network security.

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CATO Networks

MAY 29, 2023

Remote workers need the ability to securely access corporate networks, and everyone requires secure connectivity to Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. Network Scalability: The expansion of corporate IT architectures to incorporate new technologies drives a need for more network bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 8, 2017

Anyone whos purchased MPLS bandwidth has experienced the surreal. While at home you might spend $50 for a 50 Mbps Internet link, MPLS services can cost 10 times more for a fraction of the bandwidth. So much depends on how you answer certain questions about your business, the resources available, and your networking requirements.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 16, 2019

Ransomware makes use of backdoor entry predominantly, compromising the network security as well as the data security. With small branch offices often lax in their security policies, they become a favorite entry port for all too many attackers. However, data replication is subjected to higher usage of network bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 15, 2018

More and more IT managers are interested in converging SD-WAN with network security and for good reason. An agile, efficient, and ubiquitous security architecture is essential if organizations are to fully transform their networks. Its an SD-WAN built from the ground up with security in mind.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 21, 2019

Moving to SDWaaS can significantly reduce WAN bandwidth costs for organizations looking to optimize their spending. Businesses looking for improved agility to scale bandwidth and bring new sites online can benefit from SDWaaS. Because SDWaaS has converged security and networking, security teams can meet the agility objectives too.

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Kentik

AUGUST 30, 2021

In networking, this would mean that you can understand what’s going on in your network by interpreting the network’s telemetry data. Why is my bandwidth bill so high? There are degrees to which a network can be observable. And what configuration change caused this behavior? Observability is not a binary attribute.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Last month, the service was shortlisted for Layer123s Network Transformation Awards 2017 as the Best SD-WAN Service. Previous recognition included Gartner Cool Vendor 2017 , a finalist as a RSA Innovation Sandbox 2017 , and CRN for 25 Coolest network Security Vendors.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

SD-WANs reduce bandwidth costs, no doubt, but enterprises are still left having to address important issues around cloud, mobility, and security. The Problem of MPLS Bandwidth costs remain the most obvious problem facing MPLS services. Bandwidth upgrades and changes can also take weeks.

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CATO Networks

MAY 6, 2018

Bandwidth-intensive traffic, bound for the Internet and cloud, are backhauled across the MPLS WAN. However, using MPLS bandwidth to backhaul Internet data to a secure location is expensive and affects performance. Cato has also built a full network security stack directly into its global network.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 18, 2022

By default, the Cato Management Application has several pre-defined network rules and bandwidth priority levels to meet the most common use cases, but customers can quickly customize these policies or create their own rules based on the context types mentioned above.

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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. These drivers, though, also come with baggage: the reassessment of todays corporate security model. Traditionally, Wide Area Networks (WANs) and network security were loosely coupled entities.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 5, 2017

SD-WANs Arent Enough Leveraging Direct Internet Access (DIA) allows SD-WANs to improve agility and reduce bandwidth costs, but fails to address, and sometimes exacerbates, other critical challenges. DIA also means IT can reduce their monthly bandwidth spend by as much as 90 percent.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In today’s digital age, where work from anywhere and hybrid cloud adoption are the norm, traditional network security perimeters have crumbled. IT organizations are using hybrid cloud strategies to combine the scalable, cost-effective public cloud with the secure, compliant private cloud.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 5, 2023

To maximize the value of an SD-WAN investment, it is essential to utlize a network connection that offers the desired level of performance, latency, and reliability. Design for Scalability Corporate bandwidth requirements are continuously increasing, and SD-WAN should be scalable to support current and future network requirements.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 15, 2018

Since the beginning of networks, the lynchpin of network security has been the firewall. The first network firewalls appeared in the late 1980s, and gained almost universal acceptance by the early 1990s. IT staff also no longer need be concerned about capacity planning when upgrading security appliances.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 25, 2024

The concept of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) promised a revolution in network security. Its core intent: to simplify the deployment and consumption of both networking and security functions. This platform needs to be cloud-native to handle the ever-increasing demands of bandwidth and innovation.

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CATO Networks

JULY 31, 2023

This shift impacts the use of MPLS , with the internet is being leveraged more often to boost overall bandwidth. However, security remains a top concern, with 34.5% of surveyed enterprises viewing security as the biggest challenge for using the internet as their primary WAN connectivity.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 1, 2017

Networking, security, and mobility technologies are deployed and operated independently. Integrated Security-Network Evaluation CIOs and IT leaders should pull together an interdisciplinary team to take a strategic approach to the new WAN and the dissolved perimeter. But agility is more than just a networking issue.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 27, 2018

Recent trends in enterprise networking have created a challenge for network security engineers. The rise of mobile devices, combined with the shift to cloud based platforms, means that many networks no longer have a clear perimeter, where all applications and users could be jointly protected against cyber-attacks.

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 3, 2018

Depending on the answer, the bandwidth, speed, latency and performance requirements will differ. Mobile users Some network setups do not visibility or control for mobile access to cloud applications. Software-defined wide area network is a new way to manage and optimize enterprise networks.

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CATO Networks

MAY 5, 2016

Massive increase in Internet capacity and availability Internet bandwidth availability and capacity have increased dramatically over the past decade as prices plummeted. In many scenarios, best effort bandwidth availability of asymmetrical internet links can provide a compelling cost-effective optionfor WAN connectivity.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 27, 2018

Hungry for Bandwidth In addition to cost savings, one of the initial problems with WAN infrastructure that IT leaders were looking to solve was last mile bandwidth and availability. This technology operated at the link layer and improved last-mile bandwidth.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Enhancing Your Enterprise Network Security Strategy | Webinar Legacy Firewall Security Solutions Cant Keep Up Zero-day threat detection is essential for protecting against modern cyber threats, but it is also resource-intensive.

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Juniper

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This years WAN innovations from Juniper include: 800G routers that deliver industry-leading scalability and efficiency, designed to support massive bandwidth demands and ensure exceptional performance for modern applications and high-density environments.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 12, 2018

The Pros of WAN Optimization WAN optimization addresses MPLS limitations by tackling the three primary networking issues impacting the user experience when accessing data from across the WAN: bandwidth, latency, and packet loss. Bandwidth: Bandwidth limitations are addressed by minimizing the amount of data passed across the network.

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NW Kings

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Enhanced Monitoring: AI tools can monitor networks in real-time, identifying potential issues before they escalate. Improved Resource Management: AI helps in predictive resource allocation, ensuring optimal use of bandwidth and devices. Are there specific AI tools for network security?

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CATO Networks

JUNE 23, 2019

Access to copious enterprise bandwidth may enable Mirai to launch even more devastating attacks than before. Protecting your network from infection isnt rocket science. Cato also prevents malware, like Mirai, from entering your SD-WAN or spreading across sites with its enterprise-grade network security stack.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The bandwidth is expensive (relative to Internet capacity) and often limited or unavailable on some routes, forcing companies to either pay exorbitant fees to connect locations or, more likely, resort to Internet-based VPNs, complicating network design. With SD-WAN, companies avoid consuming expensive MPLS capacity on Internet traffic.

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CATO Networks

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Since its premier over a decade ago, SD-WAN was adopted by enterprises as the go-to-technology for preparing their network for the digital transformation. At the time this made sense, as SD-WAN brought important advantages: Optimized bandwidth costs, by leveraging inexpensive services like Internet broadband whenever possible.

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CATO Networks

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Global connectivity considerations When delivering applications across long distances, latency and packet loss not bandwidth will determine application performance. The new model to meet the networking needs of globally distributed enterprises is a cloud network, also known as software-defined WAN ( SD-WAN ) as a service.

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NW Kings

JANUARY 7, 2025

Low Overhead : Static routes do not consume bandwidth for routing updates or require additional CPU resources to compute paths. Simplicity : Static routing manages dynamic routing protocols, especially for smaller or less complex networks. This characteristic makes them efficient for routers with limited processing capabilities.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 4, 2018

For your business to stay ahead of the pack, you should be looking to improve network and security infrastructure to have the flexibility and strength to handle not just todays bandwidth demands, but tomorrows demands as well. So what are the options in dealing with your ever-changing enterprise network requirements?

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CATO Networks

JANUARY 18, 2022

Survey Reveals Confusion about the Promise of SASE Prioritizing between network security and network performance is hardly a strategy. Yet, Catos recent industry survey with non-Cato customers, Security or Performance: How do you Prioritize?

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Kentik

MAY 16, 2018

Performance is a key driver behind the movement, with 5G enabling: Greater throughput -- mobile broadband with bandwidth ranging from 50 Mbps to 10 Gbps. More connection density -- 1 million connected mobile devices in less than half of a square mile as compared to around 2K with 4G cellular networks.

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CATO Networks

DECEMBER 14, 2021

But in the new Management Application, weve enabled customization of the top-level view, enabling you to decide how much detail to show across all edges sites, remote users, and cloud assets connected to and are secured by Cato SASE Cloud (see Figure 1).

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CATO Networks

JUNE 7, 2020

Robust application-prioritization capabilities allow enterprises to align last-mile usage with business needs by prioritizing and allocating bandwidth by application. Enterprises also can prioritize bandwidth usage within applications using Catos identity-aware routing capabilities.

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