CATO Networks

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Enterprise Solutions for Secure Remote Access There are three primary enterprise-grade solutions that businesses use today for secure remote access: Virtual Private Network (VPN); Zero Trust Network Access ( ZTNA ); and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). VPNs provide point-to-point connectivity.

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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

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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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

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

MAY 5, 2016

A very common alternative architecture is to use firewalls to establish Internet-based VPN tunnels between enterprise locations. Massive increase in Internet capacity and availability Internet bandwidth availability and capacity have increased dramatically over the past decade as prices plummeted.

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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. Will security still be implemented?

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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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CATO Networks

APRIL 20, 2022

Youve been told to cut costs Its no secret that MPLS circuits cost a fortune often 3-4x the price of MPLS alternatives (like SD-WAN,) for only a fraction of the bandwidth. Multiplied by hundreds or thousands of simultaneous users and you choke your network, creating performance problems which IT is tasked to solve.

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CATO Networks

AUGUST 20, 2019

Network as a Service: A crash course With NaaS, many WAN complexities can be abstracted away. Third- party services deliver network functionalities such as VPN, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), and Bandwidth on Demand (BoD). These features enhance WAN security while also reducing complexity.

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CATO Networks

MAY 16, 2018

Organizations with far fewer locations and employees than Maersk are equally challenged with the complexity of securing the WAN that requires a plethora of costly hardware devices along with having staff with the skill sets to manage them all. As cyberattacks increase and evolve, effective network security is critical.

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CATO Networks

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The dynamic and distributed nature of cloud workloads coupled with a mobile workforce make avoiding shadow IT and achieving granular visibility of network flows challenging for many enterprises. As opposed to having network traffic routed through an on-premises appliance, mobile users can connect to the Cato Cloud using Catos mobile client.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 1, 2020

For example, the trombone effect (the inefficient backhauling of cloud bound traffic through a specific network endpoint) often meant MPLS connectivity to cloud assets was worse than standard Internet connections. As a result, businesses turned to SD-WAN and Internet-based VPN solutions as an alternative. The solution?

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